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Photograph of Powell Commemorative Ceremony, Lake Powell, June 19, 1969

Date

1969-06-19

Description

Chairman Raymond Nakai of the Navajo Tribe looking North at the Rainbow Bridge near Lake Powell during the Powell Commemorative Ceremony.

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Photograph of Powell Commemorative Ceremony, Lake Powell, June 19, 1969

Date

1969-06-19

Description

A number of officials and staff members of the National Park Services, Bureau of Reclamation, Navajo Tribe, and other agencies listen to speakers at the Powell Commemorative Ceremony on the shore of Lake Powell. At far right is naturalist Bill Taylor of Arches-Canyonlands complex.

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Photograph of Powell Commemorative Ceremony, Lake Powell, June 19, 1969

Date

1969-06-19

Description

Bill Diamond, professional river runner, portrays Major John Wesley Powell in an exhibit at the Powell Commemorative Ceremony at Lake Powell. Exhibit includes a boat that is representative of the type used by Powell in his expeditions. The sign positioned by the boat reads: "Early day boating through the canyons of the Colorado utilized heavy wooden boats like Powell's and like this one which was used between 1938 & 1942."

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Photograph of railroad survey camp, Clark County, Nevada, 1904

Date

1904

Description

Unidentified men sitting underneath a tent at a railroad survey camp in Clark County, Nevada.

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Photograph of a railroad survey crew, Clark County, Nevada, 1904

Date

1904

Description

Unidentified members of railroad survey crew in Clark County, Nevada.

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Photograph of wagons and teams, Clark County, Nevada, 1904

Date

1904

Description

A distant view of wagons and teams used for railroad survey in Clark County, Nevada.

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Photographs of four men and a burro, Clark County, Nevada, 1904

Date

1904

Description

The black and white view of two, wide angled photographs of members of a railroad survey crew riding on a burro.

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Photograph of railroad survey crew, Clark County, Nevada, 1904

Date

1904

Description

Unidentified members of a railroad survey crew seated on horses in Clark County, Nevada.

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Photograph of a railroad survey crew, Clark County, Nevada, 1904

Date

1904

Description

Unidentified members of railroad survey crew in Clark County, Nevada.

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Photograph of a freighting team, Las Vegas, 1905-1906

Date

1905 to 1906

Description

A freighting team traveling out of Las Vegas to Beatty, Rhyolite and Bullfrog in Nevada.

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