Title |
Arches National Monument scrapbook |
Identifier |
arches.xml |
Subject |
Arches National Park (Utah); Natural bridges; National parks and reserves; Scrapbooks |
Description |
Scrapbook by Frank A. Beckwith describing Arches National Monument, providing the reader with a tour of the area as it was in the 1930s; includes photographs |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Spatial Coverage |
Arches National Park (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1933; 1934 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Arches National Monument Scrapbook |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
Scrapbook |
Source Physical Dimensions |
22cm x 29cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b884bj |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126239 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b884bj |
Title |
Landscape Arch |
Identifier |
029anm_p27.tif |
Subject |
National parks and reserves; Rock formations |
Description |
"...so delicate in one place that it looks as if, as one said, " 'should a dragonfly light on it, the span would fall.' " |
OCR Text |
Show 27 delicate is 1t in one place that 1t looks as if as one said Shoulddragon fly 1light on it the spen would fall This is deceptive hed an under-widthsafe-footed and op One marvels for although of sleleht heieht of nesrly twenty feet end 1f nervy person could walk seross how wind erosion could fashion thing so wide and With so fragile lines there the rook one is daring it on the convex this delicate Adjectives are the pit falls of word ploturest-but truly this avoh is reslly marvelous It grows on ome So wide is that en eight-inch lens ofstandard Graflex could not got the full width within the field of view nor couldsback avay further exoept at the expense of losky-line compronise had to be teken even thoush the right buttress is not inoluded in the photo Many piotures Will be tecen by the tourist of this spectacsening the degree by which the arch rises above the uler sight One may easily olimb to the rock wall behind 1t and take Dloture through the areh opening end again its title Landscape Aroh 1s aptly bostowed for the view from there is perfect Note the 1eft hand photo showing the horses from which stand the canera was placed to take the pleture on the preceding page md note the man standing just bove the mxv Withsmall magnifier Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Coverage |
Utah |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
"Arches National Monument" Scrapbook |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
124610 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b884bj/124610 |