Rainbow Bridge [02]

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Title Rainbow Bridge [02]
Photo Number p1152n18
Description Color transparency photo from Kenneth Fielding McAllister's river trip with SOCOTWA through Glen Canyon, June 5-13, 1956. A view of Bridge Canyon en route to Rainbow Bridge. McAllister's notes for photos 17 - 23: We hiked up on top of on the Bridge. I was lowered over a ledge off of a connecting plateau next to the Bridge...this was the only way to actually reach the top of the bridge. You will note the ropes in one of the photos. In one of the photos taken from the ground level. You can see the rest of us on the top of the Bridge. I was told that air planes flew under the Bridge.
Subject Rainbow Bridge National Monument (Utah)--Photographs; Natural bridges--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Hiking--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs
Additional Information SOCOTWA was an organization founded in the South Cottonwood Ward, Salt Lake County, that organized recreational and educational field trips for LDS groups, Boy Scouts, etc., for many decades.
Spatial Coverage Rainbow Bridge National Monument (Utah); San Juan County (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P1152 Kenneth Fielding McAllister photograph collection
Collection Name Kenneth Fielding McAllister
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Date 1956-06-10
Textual Date June 10, 1956
Creator McAllister, Kenneth Fielding, 1940-
Rights
Type Image/StillImage
ARK ark:/87278/s6g3ck5m
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1968921
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g3ck5m
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