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Glen Canyon, 1956 June 15-23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

  1. 1: "June 16, 1956. Hanksville, Utah"
  2. 2: "June 16, 1956. Hite, Utah. Going in."
  3. 3: "Pump hard"
  4. 4: "Colorado River trip - June 15-23, 1956"
  5. 5: "Land of the Free"
  6. 6: "Home of the Brave"
  7. 7: "Music Lovers"
  8. 8: [People on boat]
  9. 9: "Time to leave" [Jackie McCarty] "Billy Nelson"
  10. 10: "Ladies from Chicago. Camera Fiends. Lucia and Elaine"
  11. 11: "Life of Reilly" 'What a crew'"
  12. 12: "Merly Shaw at Crudy Creek. Merly's favorite song [was] 'Old Faithful'"
  13. 13: "Colorado River. Good stiff breeze"
  14. 14: "Aztec Canyon. Duck on a rock"
  15. 15: "Dinner time and K.P. 'Come on you bounders, let's eat!' Crudy Creek"
  16. 16: [Group of people on shore]
  17. 17: "Colorado river and no name boat"
  18. 18: "First Aid Department. 'Oh, the pain!'"
  19. 19: "The Colorado and Queen Victoria at the left"
  20. 20: "Row the boats!"
  21. 21: "Dirty Bird crew - Lolla, Jackie, Ruth, Lyn, Bob, Clyde, and Billie"
  22. 22: "Navajo Bridge"
  23. 23: "Homeward Bound" [Jackie McCarty] "Billy"
  24. 24: "Lovers. Barrett Erickson and Lee Bitner"
  25. 25: "Three Leaders. Bob Perry, Merly Shaw, Lyn Beckman"
  26. 26: "June 22, 1956. The food was so good!" [Art Greene's Cliff Dweller's Lodge]
  27. 27: [Group shot]
  28. 28: "June 22, 1956. At Art Greene's. Trio" [Left-Right: Jackie McCarty, Merly Shaw, Ruth McDonough"
  29. 29: "June 22, 1956. Jackie and Lyn. 'He lost a bet!' $.05 a kiss"
  30. 30: "June 23, 1956. Home" [Jackie McCarty, Ruth McDonough]
  31. 31-36: [Color snapshots taken by other member of the party and given to Ruth McDonough.]

Dates

  • 1956 June 15-23

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 62 Items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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