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NAU.PH.99.3.1.21.35
Item number
23173
Creator
Nichols, Tad, 1911-
Title
[Group
seated
at
picnic
table
,
one
man
at the
camp-stove.]
Alternate title
Glen
Canyon
trip
[constructed
title]
September
4-8
,
1960
.
Date
1960
Type
Image
Description
BIOGRAPHICAL
HISTORY
: In
Tad's
journal
for this
trip
, he
recorded
that the
moon
was
full
on their
first
night
: '
Camp
at
Aztec
Creek
.
Walk
up
into the
bald
rocks
after
dark
.
Full
moon
.
Beautiful
.
Total
Moon
Eclipse
about
3:30
AM.
' On the
second
day
he
made
note
of the '
numerous
ducks
,
heron
,
egret
, and a
few
geese
seen
along
the
sand
bars.
'
Due
to
wind
and
rain
on the
second
night
, they
returned
to their
Aztec
camp
and '
people
slept
in
caves
and
under
tent
.
Thelma
bothered
by
ring
tail
cats
and a
bobcat.
'
Tad
also
gave
some
information
about
this
trip
in a
1997
interview
that was
conducted
during
the
Glen
Canyon
book
project
. He
identified
sites
and
told
a
few
anecdotes
. He
particularly
mentioned
the
wonderful
time
they
all
had in the
mud
at
Dungeon
Canyon
: '
Slosh
through
it
up
to
your
knees
,
yes!
' He also
talked
about
'
Earls
big
flat
boat,
' the
Tseh
Na-ni-ah-go
atin
, and
gave
an
interpretation
of the
name
as 'The
Way
Up
to
Rainbow--
Go
to the
Rainbow
.
See
, they
take
people
to
Rainbow
Bridge.
' Also
significant
in this
interview
are the
names
he
listed
of the
people
on the
trip
:
Earl
Johnson
,
Jack
Hay
,
Bob
and
Jane
Ward
,
Thelma
Riegel
,
Puss
Robotski
or
Vovodsky
[phonetic
spellings]
, and
Sally
[Spencer]
Greenleaf
.
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
References
Tad Nichols Manuscript Collection - NAU.MS.332; Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World, Photographs and Recollections - by Tad Nichols
Subjects
Camping--Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Places
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Physical format
Black
and
white
polyester
film
negative
Physical dimension
6x6cm
Master file size
113304580
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
2000
Master pixels horizontal
4333
Master pixels vertical
4358
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