The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge as seen from Jacob's Pool, Arizona
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The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge as seen from Jacob's Pool, Arizona
From Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian
1872
Albumen silver print
Each Image: 9.3 x 7.5 cm
Mount: 9.9 x 17.7 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
2009.0301.0001
Inscriptions recto (in image): 113
(printed in black): EXPEDITION OF 1872. / 1ST LIEUT. GEO. M. WHEELER. / Corps of Engineers, Commanding.
verso (printed in green): WAR DEPARTMENT / CORPS OF ENGINEERS . U.S. ARMY. / Geographical and Geological / EXPLORATIONS and SURVEYS WEST of the 100th MERIDIAN.
(printed in black on applied label): No. 11. / The "Vermilion Cliff,"a typical plateau edge as seen from Jacob's Pool, Arizona. / From its / top a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level / is 1,500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling. / (F. 113. ) / WM. BELL, Phot.
(printed in black): EXPEDITION OF 1872. / 1ST LIEUT. GEO. M. WHEELER. / Corps of Engineers, Commanding.
verso (printed in green): WAR DEPARTMENT / CORPS OF ENGINEERS . U.S. ARMY. / Geographical and Geological / EXPLORATIONS and SURVEYS WEST of the 100th MERIDIAN.
(printed in black on applied label): No. 11. / The "Vermilion Cliff,"a typical plateau edge as seen from Jacob's Pool, Arizona. / From its / top a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level / is 1,500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling. / (F. 113. ) / WM. BELL, Phot.
