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Colorado Nat'l Monument, Colorado. Independence Rock, a monolith 500 feet in height, has been carved out by erosion, overlooking fertile Grand Valley through which winds the Colorado River. [Photographer's caption]

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Call number	NAU.PH.2003.11.119.H4898
Item number	36378
Creator	Muench, Josef
Title	Colorado Nat'l Monument, Colorado. Independence Rock, a monolith 500 feet in height, has been carved out by erosion, overlooking fertile Grand Valley through which winds the Colorado River. [Photographer's caption]
Alternate title	Scenes from the Colorado National Monument.
Date	1950-1970
Type	Image
Description	BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Josef Muench was born in Bavaria on February 8, 1904. At the age of 11 he received his first camera and began a lifelong interest in capturing nature on film. He arrived in the United States with his brother in 1926 and eventually settled in Santa Barbara, California. In the 1930s, Muench began his long association with Arizona Highways Magazine. Josef Muench died in 1998.
Collection name	Muench, Josef
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
References	United States. National Park Service.,Colorado National Monument, Colorado.; Lohman, S.W.,The geologic story of Colorado National Monument ; Geological Survey bulletin ; 1508.
Subjects	Formations (Geology)--Colorado Sandstone--Colorado
Places	Colorado National Monument (Colo.) Grand Valley (Colo.)
Physical format	Color transparency
Physical dimension	4x5 inches
Master file size	106476162
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	1000
Master pixels horizontal	4712
Master pixels vertical	3766

Colorado Nat'l Monument, Colorado. Independence Rock, a monolith 500 feet in height, has been carved out by erosion, overlooking fertile Grand Valley through which winds the Colorado River. [Photographer's caption]

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