View from above towards Mooney Falls in Havasu Canyon, Grand Canyon, ca.1899

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Photograph of the view from above towards Mooney Falls in Havasu Canyon, Grand Canyon, ca.1899. The falls spills out in a narrow ribbon flowing towards the river visible on the canyon floor far below. Nearly vertical, rocky walls hem the falls in. The canyon rim is visible in the distant background.

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Title View from above towards Mooney Falls in Havasu Canyon, Grand Canyon, ca.1899

Creator James, George Wharton (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1899

Subject canyons (lcsh), canyons (adlf), Havasupai Indians (subject), Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Mooney Falls (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Waterfalls (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), canyons: Grand Canyon (geographic subject), canyons: Havasu Canyon (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1899

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16396

Identifier 3818 (accession number), CHS-3818 (call number), CHS-3818 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16335 (legacy record id), chs-m16396 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14264 (legacy record id), 1-91-232 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16335

Unique identifier UC141004

Legacy Identifier CHS-3818.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.9 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
32.9 cm × 43.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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