Amon Carter print details

Scene near Bright Angel Cove

Object Details

  • Date

    1922

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Photolithograph

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

    Printed by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.c. printed, above image: GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARTK, ARIZONA

    l.l. to l.c. printed, below image: H-1511 SCENE NEAR BRIGHT ANGEL COVE

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: FRED \ HARVEY "PHOSTINT" \ TRADE MARK REG U. S. PAT OFF. \ MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

    u.l. to c.l. printed: The Canyon is formed of seven systems of rocks \ from river to rim, called by Major Powell as fol- \ lows: Black gneiss, variegated quartzite, cliff \ sandstone, alcove sandstone, redwall limestone, \ banded sandstone and Aubrey limestone. \ He then adds: "A wall of homogeneous granite, \ like that in the Yosemite, is but a naked wall \ whether 1000 or 5000 feet high; a mountain covered \ by pure snow 10,000 feet high has but little more \ effect on the imagination than a mountain of snow \ 1000 feet high -- it is but more of the same thing, \ but a facade of seven systems of rock had its \ sublimity multiplied sevenfold."

    l.c. printed: XXII

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.38

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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