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Clouds hand over the north rim, Grand Canyon, the view from the south rim. Formation "The Battleship" is at the center of the photograph.
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NAU.PH.568.8729
Item number
118449
Creator
Kolb, Emery Clifford, 1881-1976
Title
Clouds
hand
over
the
north
rim
,
Grand
Canyon
, the
view
from the
south
rim
.
Formation
"The
Battleship
"
is
at the
center
of the
photograph
.
Date
1910-1924
Type
Image
Description
BIOGRAPHICAL
HISTORY
:
Born
in
Pennsylvania
,
Emery
Clifford
Kolb
(February
15
,
1881--December
11
,
1976)
shared
most
of his
early
adventures
with his
brother
,
Ellsworth
Leonardson
Kolb
(January
4
,
1876--January
9
,
1960)
,
who
left
Pittsburgh
and
got
a
job
at the
Bright
Angel
Hotel
at the
Grand
Canyon
,
Arizona
.
Back
home
,
Emery
had been
experimenting
with
photography
and
when
Ellsworth
spoke
of an
opportunity
to
take
pictures
of the
mule
parties
on the
Bright
Angel
Trail
,
Emery
went
to the
Canyon
. In
1902
, they
opened
a
studio
and
began
making
pictures
. The
Canyons
of the
Green
and
Colorado
Rivers
had been
successfully
navigated
by
only
a
few
parties
,
so
, in
1911
, the
brothers
decided
to
attempt
the
trip
and
successfully
took
the
first
motion
pictures
of the
thrilling
journey
.
Emery
conducted
an
extensive
lecture
tour
and in
1914
,
Ellsworth
published
the
account
in '
Through
the
Grand
Canyon
from
Wyoming
to
Mexico.
' The
film
and
lecture
ran
continuously
at their
Canyon
studio
from
1915
until
Emery's
death
in
1976
.
After
serving
in the
Signal
Corps
, in
1919
Emery
accompanied
the
National
Geographic
Society
expedition
which
explored
the
Valley
of
Ten
Thousand
Smokes
on the
Katmai
Peninsula
of
Alaska
, as
one
of the
photographers
. In
1921
, the
U.S
.
Geological
Survey
employed
Emery
and
Ellsworth
as
boatmen
through
Cataract
Canyon
to
Lee's
Ferry
, with
Emery
as
head
boatman
for the
1923
USGS
Birdseye
Expedition
through
Grand
Canyon
. In
1928
the
brothers
participated
in a
dramatic
search
for
Glen
and
Bessie
Hyde
,
who
had
disappeared
while
running
the
Colorado
River
,
succeeding
in
finding
their
boat
but not them. In
1938
,
Emery
accompanied
Norman
Nevills
'
river
trip
in
which
two
female
botanists
became
the
first
women
to
complete
the
Grand
Canyon
run
.
Emery
married
Blanche
Bender
in
1905
, with
daughter
Edith
born
in
1907
.
Ellsworth
departed
to
Los
Angeles
in
1924
, but
Emery
stayed
,
photographing
until
he
died
just
two
months
short
of his
96th
birthday
.
Collection name
Kolb, Emery
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
Contributor
Kolb, E.L. (Ellsworth Leonardson), b. 1876
Subjects
Clouds--Arizona--Grand Canyon
Places
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
The Battleship (Ariz.)
Physical format
Glass
plate
negative
Physical dimension
8x10 inches
Master file size
60065252
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Epson Expression 10000XL scanner
Software
Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme
Grayscale
Master image bit depth
16-bit
Master resolution
600
Master pixels horizontal
6065
Master pixels vertical
4950
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