Grand Canyon river trip, circa 1951

Item — cassette: 2.3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Flying over Lees Ferry, Navajo Bridge, rapids in Marble Canyon

Aerial tramway cable spools

Aerials of Grand Canyon

Airplane landing at Marble Canyon airstrip

Power boats arriving at Lees Ferry on trailers

Unloading, launching boats

Putting one boat back on trailer for unknown reason

Boats in river

Water-skiing on river

Looking down on boats from Navajo Bridge

Boats in rapids: Badger, Soap Creek

F.M. Brown inscriptions below Soap Creek

North rim scene

Repairing propellor on ASweet Chariot" (boat)

Boats on river

Swimming in Little Colorado River

Camp

River and rapids

Repairing ASweet Chariot" again

Boats tied up on bank

Boats on river

Rapids

Landing, repairing unnamed blue boat

Rapids

Havasu

Boats on river

Lava Falls

People swimming rapids

Boats in rapids

Basalt formations below Lava Falls

Diamond Peak

Boats on river

Landing "June Bug" (boat)

Water skiing, lower Grand Canyon

Camp

Lake Mead

Views of crews and boats

Lake Mead

Dates

circa 1951

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials in English.

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