Marble Cañon
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Marble Cañon
From Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian
1872
Albumen silver print
Each Image: 9.2 x 7.5 cm
Mount: 10 x 17.7 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
2009.0301.0008
Inscriptions recto (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): No. 29. / Marble Cañon [sic], one of the gorges of the Colorado, here 1,200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray / limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone. / (F. 102. ) WM. BELL, Phot.
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): No. 29. / Marble Cañon [sic], one of the gorges of the Colorado, here 1,200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray / limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone. / (F. 102. ) WM. BELL, Phot.
