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NAU.PH.99.3.1.34.18
Item number
27473
Creator
Nichols, Tad, 1911-
Title
Escalante
[StarCraft
boat
at
shore
,
eroding
dune
behind]
.
Alternate title
Glen
-
Escalante
-
July
1964
.
Date
1964
Type
Image
Description
Biography
Note
:
Tad
Nichols
was
born
in
Springfield
,
Ohio
, on
July
8
,
1911
, and
lived
in
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
until
1930
,
when
,
due
to his
asthma
, he
went
to
Mesa
Ranch
School
in
Arizona
. In
addition
to
academics
, his
school
experiences
included
camping
,
hiking
, and
horseback
riding
,
which
helped
Nichols
develop
a
great
love
of the
outdoors
. In
1937
, he
graduated
from the
University
of
Arizona
with a
double
degree
in
geology
and
anthropology
. He
met
Mary
Jane
Hayden
in an
astronomy
class
and
married
her in
1937
. A
university
photography
class
inspired
Tad's
initial
interest
in
taking
pictures
. He
later
studied
with
such
noted
photographers
as
Ansel
Adams
,
Edward
Weston
, and
Brett
Weston
. He
traveled
with
many
scientific
expeditions
,
during
which
he
acted
as
official
photographer
. He
gained
experience
as a
cameraman
during
World
War
II
while
creating
training
films
for the
Air
Force
.
Afterwards
, he
made
films
of his
own
about
the
Southwest
and also
produced
instructional
films
for the
U.S
.
Indian
Service
.
During
the
1950s
,
Nichols
worked
for
Walt
Disney
Productions
and the
Sierra
Club
.
Tad
and
Mary
Jane
traveled
extensively
throughout
the
world
; of
all
these
places
,
Glen
Canyon
was a
favorite
,
where
he
shot
over
four
thousand
images
,
resulting
in a
book
published
by the
Museum
of
New
Mexico
Press
in
2000
,
entitled
,
Glen
Canyon
:
Images
of a
Lost
World
,
Photographs
and
Recollections
.
Collection name
Nichols, Tad
Finding aid
http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/nichols_tad.xml
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
ABOR
Subjects
Boats and boating--Powell, Lake (Utah and Ariz.)
Places
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Powell, Lake (Utah and Ariz.)
Escalante River (Utah)
Physical format
Color
Slide
Physical dimension
35mm
Master file size
196340158
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Imacon Flextight 848
Software
Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme
RGB
Master image bit depth
48-bit
Master resolution
5000
Master pixels horizontal
4759
Master pixels vertical
6876
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