The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Q: Is "The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"" in the public domain?

Yes, The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

William H. Bell

1872

The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" by William H. Bell

Medium

Albumen print, stereo

Dimensions

Each image: 9.3 × 7.4 cm (3 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.); Card: 9.9 × 17.7 cm (3 15/16 × 7 in.)

Classification

stereograph (albumen)

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

210803

Art Historical Context

Captured in 1872 by William H Bell, *The Mouth of Kanab Creek* is a striking albumen stereograph from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the th Meridian." This No. 10 image depicts the dramatic confluence of Kanab Creek and the Colorado River in what is now northern Arizona, where gorges plunge about 3,500 feet the surrounding plateau. The highest visible point towers 2,500 feet the water, with sheer walls too steep to scale—evoking the raw, impenetrable wilderness of the American Southwest. Bell, a photographer for Lieutenant George M. Wheeler's expeditions, used stere...

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