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Rainbow Bridge National Monument, San Juan County, Utah

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Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Desert Book Company

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. printed in black, below image: 427 Rainbow Bridge, National Monument, San Juan County, Utah

    l.r. printed in black, below image: 2A116

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: Rainbow Bridge is the greatest among the known \ natural bridges of the world and is unique in that \ it is not only a symmetrical arch below but presents \ a curved surface above, this roughly imitating the \ arch of the rainbow for which it is named. It is \ referred to in Indian myhtology as "Nageelid \ Nonnezohi," "Rainbow Arch." Its dimensions are \ 309 feet in the clear from the bottom of the \ gorge and 278 feet from pier to pier. Some idea \ of this size may be had when one realizes that it \ would span two of Salt Lake's wide streets, and \ with the "Mormon" Temple placed under it, there \ would be about one hundred feet to spare.

    u.c. to l.c. printed transverse: GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. AMERICAN ART" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

    c.l. printed along left edge: DESERT BOOK COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.87

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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