Title |
Colorado River -- Excursions p.3 |
Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
File Name |
Colorado_River-Excursions_p.3.tif |
Photo Number |
01974 |
Classification |
551.47 |
Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
Date |
1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960 |
Subject |
Canyons; Rivers; Recreation; Group portraits; People; Nature; Tourism; Travel; Boats; Rapids; Shooting rapids; Cliffs; Vacations; Rubber; Photography; Photographers; Motorboats; Towing; Camping |
Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Kane County; Lake Powell |
Description |
Put-putting along via rubber assault boast and outboard motor, this party riding down the Colorado tows a navy rubber raft loaded with provisions and camping equipment. There are four passengers in this boat and gasoline is carried in a steel drum in the bow of the boat. A perpendicular cliff wall is seen in the background. The water here is thirty feet deep. Another assault boat is shortly behind this boat and not shown in the picture. Glen Canyon. From: PID Collection. |
Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2015 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection, 551.47 Rivers |
Source Format |
Print photograph |
Type |
Image/StillImage |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Format Creation |
Original scanned on Epson Perfection 1240 and saved as 800 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. |
Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson; Earl Hindley |
Barcode Identifier |
39222001511398 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b010ft |
Setname |
dha_cp |
ID |
459674 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b010ft |