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Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, looking West by William H. Bell — VisualArtsDB
Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, looking West
William H. Bell
1872
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Genre
Photograph
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags
rivers
mountains
landscapes
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The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Looking South into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Sheavwitz Crossing
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View in the Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, No. 12 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Canon of Kanab Wash, Looking South, Colorado River
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Marble Cañon, 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, No. 13 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West
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The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs 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, No. 15 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
William H. Bell, 1872
Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking South
William H. Bell, 1872
"The Bath," a dripping spring in Kanab Cañon. Temperature, 69° Fahr, No. 9 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
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![Excised Knee Joint. A Round Musket Ball in the Inner Condyle of the Right Femur [Gardiner Lewis, Company B, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP274818.jpg)
