[Arizona]: [Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel]:

$850 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

THE GRAND CAÑON OF ARIZONA THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE. THE UNDERWOOD PATENT MAP SYSTEM COMBINED WITH EIGHTEEN ORIGINAL STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHS. A wonderful collection of Grand Canyon scenes, including a charming snapshot of a weather-beaten Thomas Moran, the noted western American artist, sketching from an outcropping high above the canyon. The cards are captioned as follows:1) "A Wonder to the primitive inhabitants - Santa Fe Train crossing Canon Diablo Arizona."2) "From Red to San Francisco Mountain - a woody wilderness in Arizona."3) "Blown asunder by volcanic energies - Red Mountain, an extinct volcano, northwestern Arizona."4) "Labyrinthine ways through the lava ash formation, Red Mountain Crater, Arizona."5) "'The sinuous Colorado, yellow as the Tiber."6) "Among the Buttes, Red Canon Trail."7) "Fathoming the depth of a vanished sea - Grand Canon of Arizona from Hance's Cove."8) "Descending into Grand View Trail by a short, steep mining path."9) "Dendritic stalagmites in a limestone cave."10) "Angels' Gateway and Newberry Terrace from Cottonwood Spring."11) "Beside the Colorado - Looking up to Zoroaster Tower from Pipe Creek."12) "Down the Granite Gorge of the Colorado (1200 ft. deep) from Pyrites Point."13) "Prospecting for Gold, Indian Gardens."14) "Rounding Cape Horn on the Bright Angel Trail."15) "Thos. Moran, America's great scenic artist, sketching at Bright Angel Cove, Arizona."16) "'Over all broods a solemn silence,' - sunset at O'Neill's Point."17) "Overlooking Na

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