[River and cliff-face in Glen Canyon]
Rating
Call number
NAU.PH.99.3.1.27.87
Item number
17745
Creator
Nichols, Tad, 1911-
Title
[River and cliff-face in Glen Canyon]
Alternate title
Glen Canyon trip [constructed title] , November 1962 .
Date
1962
Type
Image
Description
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY : In November of 1962 , Tad Nichols drove from Tucson , Arizona to Blanding , Utah where he met Frank Wright for yet another trip on the Colorado River through Glen Canyon . After meeting with Woody Edgell and Gay Staveley and his father at Hite Ferry , Tad and Frank set off in Tad's boat , the 'Andy. ' Days were quiet and calm ; nights were long and cold , with frost covering everything in the mornings . On their second day of the trip , Thanksgiving Day , Tad records in his journal that he 'Cant clean off Andy this morn-- the sponges are frozen solid. ' He also records their Thanksgiving dinner : 'Sherry , caviar . Swiss onion soup . Rose wine . Chicken roasted in Dutch oven . Lima beans . Cranberries. ' Of note on this trip were the numerous waterfalls in the canyon (due to all the rains) , and also the plentiful beaver along the river . The men had 'seen several , one family of six in a nest. ' From November 21 to November 28 , Frank and Tad built many driftwood fires for warmth and took lots of pictures of 'sunset light on river cliffs with waterfall streaks. ' One different feature of this trip was the scenery they encountered at the end . There were 'Bedouin tents etc. at the landing ' and 'elaborate sets for Jerusalem , Nazareth , etc. along the road to Wahweap. ' These odd sights were due to the filming of the movie 'The Greatest Story Ever Told. '
Collection name
Nichols, Tad
Finding aid
http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/nichols_tad.xml
Language
English
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
Use:
References
Tad Nichols Manuscript Collection - NAU.MS.332; Glen Canyon : images of a lost world : photographs and recollections by Tad Nichols ; Life story of John Franklin Wright by John Franklin Wright
Subjects
Formations (Geology)--Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz. Rivers--West (U.S. Canyons Rock formations--Utah
Places
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Physical format
Black and white acetate film negative
Physical dimension
6x6
Master file size
44062282
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Imacon Flextight 848
Software
Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme
Grayscale
Master image bit depth
16-bit
Master resolution
3200
Master pixels horizontal
4716
Master pixels vertical
4671
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