Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Rapids in the "Botany."

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Title Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Rapids in the "Botany."
Photo Number P0341n02_07_13
Description Photo shows a member of the 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition (led by Norm Nevills) running a rapid in the cataract boat "Botany." Location unidentified, but probably along the Colorado River
Date 1938-07
Textual Date July 1938
Keywords Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Boats; Rowboats; Cataract boats; Oars; Pith helmets; Equipment; Protective and life-saving equipment; Life preservers; Personal flotation Device; PFD; Rivers; Rapids; Shooting rapids; Boatmen; Pith helmets; Talus (Geology)
Subject Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Wooden boats--Photographs; Rapids--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Additional Information The expedition started in Green River, Utah, on June 20, 1938 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 1, 1938.
Collection Number and Name P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection
Collection Name Norman D. and Doris Nevills
Finding Aid http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17126/
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Donated By/Purchased From Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988.
Rights
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6bv8779
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1341860
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bv8779
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