Nevills Expeditions San Juan River trip, circa 1940s

Item — cassette: 5.10-5.12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Norman Nevills, Preston Walker, Kent Frost, Joseph Desloge, Joseph Desloge Jr., Marie Saalfrank, Anne Desloge, Zoe Desloge

Launch

Playing in river

Filming boats

Boats on river

Petroglyphs

Rapids

Hiking, climbing

Burning driftwood jammed in side canyon

Wrestling

Hiking back to boats

Filling water jugs

Boating

Lunch

Hiking

Scouting rapids

Running rapid

Building cairn with message in can

Camp on driftwood beach

Bright Angel creek

Out of sequence:

Lower Granite Gorge, Travertine Falls, fluting, rapids

Deer Creek Falls hike

Rapids from boat

Camping

Around Lava falls

Travertine Falls

Boating, swimming

Climbing

Separation Rapid plaque

Lake Mead

Randall Henderson

Columbine Falls

Power cruiser, floatplane on Lake Mead

Swimming in river

Scenery

Swimming

Signing register books at Rainbow Bridge (?)

Boating

Hiking on slickrock

Back on boat

Girl in wild swimsuit

Lizards

Hiking

Shaving

Mud baths

Sitting on boats

Scenery

Grooming

Norman Nevills shaving

Boating

Meeting people on shore with dog

Boat on trailer

Dates

circa 1940s

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials in English.

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