Santa Fe Train Crossing over Canyon Diablo, Arizona
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Title
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Santa Fe Train Crossing over Canyon Diablo, Arizona
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Description
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Stereograph of train crossing over Canyon Diablo on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. In the foreground, one possibly Navajo man and a child observe the train's passing. The trading post in the town catered to the Navajo and Hopi peoples.
The stereograph was created in 1903. The source for original date is: "Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington," Volume 35, Treasury Department, 1903, p. 296. The image was also published in at least two sets: Dellenoaugh, F. S. and Frederick Samuel, "The Grand Canyon of Arizona Through the Stereoscope." New York : Underwood, 1908, c1904; McMurray, Frank M. , ed. "The World Visualized for the Classroom: 1000 Travel Studies Through the Stereoscope and in Lantern Slides." New York and London: Underwood & Underwood, 1915. In 1864, Canyon Diablo, and its many surrounding caves was the site where many Navajos fled to avoid being discovered by U.S. troops. The bridge was originally built in 1881, completed in 1882 for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Edward Ayer, later to become a chief benefactor of the Field Museum and the Newberry Library in Chicago, helped provide the lumber to complete the railroad. He had established a lumber company in Flagstaff around this time. This and more info on the town can be found here: Ann T. Strickland Rowland, "Canyon Diablo, Its Devlish History" (1994). (http://www.rerowland.com/canyon_diablo.html)
Original title: A wonder to the primitive inhabitants - Santa Fe train crossing Canon Diablo, Arizona
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The Grand Canyon of Arizona Through the Stereoscope
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The World Visualized For the Classroom: 1000 Travel Studies Through the Stereoscope and In Lantern Slides
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Image
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shortDescription
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Stereograph of train crossing over Canyon Diablo.
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Spatial Coverage
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Canyon Diablo, Arizona
The town was named by a soldier named Lieutenant Amiel Whipple in 1853 when it presented such an obstacle to his thirty-fifth parallel survey party.
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad bridge, originally built 1882-83, replaced 1900 to carry heavier locomotives and cars. In 1903, the only thing in the town was a trading post. A double track railroad bridge was completed in1947 and still remains.
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Creator
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Underwood & Underwood;Keystone View Company
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Date
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1903
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Format
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JPEG
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Identifier
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32; H29820
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Source
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Underwood & Underwood; Keystone View Company; Val Berryman Stereographs Collection, Michigan State University Museum
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Rights
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Public Domain
