| Title |
Running the Colorado River |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
39222001338008 |
| Photo Number |
17424 |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
1938 |
| Date |
1938 |
| Subject |
Rivers - Utah, Colorado River; Rafting (Sports); Men in popular culture; Boats and boating |
| Person |
Burg, Amos; Holmstrom, Haldane "Buzz"; Johnson, Willis |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; San Juan County |
| Comment |
Image shows (left to right) Amos Burg, Haldene "Buzz" Holmstrom, and Willis Johnson. Burg's boat "Charlie" was the first inflatable craft to make a trip from Greev River Lakes, Wyoming to Lake Mead. Holmstrom's boat "Julius F." made the first solo run of the Colorado in 1937 and on this trip became the first to run every rapid on the river. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image (c) 2004 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photo Collection, 920 Group Biography |
| Source Format |
Paper print |
| Source Size |
10 inches x 8 inches |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Image scanned on Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner at TIFF: 800 ppi resolution and 8-bit grayscale. Dimensions are JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels. |
| Scanned By |
Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6xk8nvv |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
430234 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xk8nvv |
