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San Marino, CA 91108
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"1911-1923 - Dave & Mrs. Rust": Emery Kolb with the Marstons. - Early black-&-white film of trip of the "Grand" and another boat. - Black-and-white LaRue film. [entries: Emery Kolb; Margaret Marston; Otis Marston; USGS 1923 survey?; Eugene Clyde LaRue; boats, oar; "Grand"; Dave Rust? and wife?]
R002
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"USGS, 1923, by LaRue-Alt Hatch": Film titled, "The Survey of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona," photographed by E. C. LaRue, Aug. 1 to Oct. 19, 1923. [entries: Eugene Clyde LaRue; USGS 1923 Survey; Birdseye; Lewis Ransome Freeman; Badger Creek Rapid; Soap Creek Rapid; Frank Word; Emery Kolb; Sockdologer Rapid; Burchard; Bright Angel; Pipe Creek Rapid; Horn Creek Rapid; Hermit Creek Rapid; Tuna Rapid; Walthenberg Rapid; Havasupai Creek; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); boats, oar; river-running; "Grand"; "Marble"; Felix...; Lees Ferry; Hualpai Indians; Diamond Creek; Separation Rapid; Lava Escarpment Rapid; Black Canyon; Needles]
R004
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"G.C. Master II - Marston (Master Pic. - Marston 'G.C. II' - Reel No. 1 - Heads) (Marston G.C. Part One - Master pix head)": 1942?, 1944, 1945, 1946, & 1947. Indian ruins and pottery - black-and-white old stills - inscriptions - Separation plaque - Emery Kolb - Clyde Eddy - drawings - Elzada Clover - Lois Jotter - Bert Loper - various unidentified persons - skeleton - machinery on Colorado River - fire - old trunk and clothes - camp scenes - waterfalls - flowers - map - river scenes - running rapids - desert views - rock formations - Monument Valley - mudslide - Supai (Havasu) - Little Colorado - rafting rapids - swimming through rapids - wave patterns - rapids - travertine falls - Lake Mead - amphibian airplane [entries: Clyde Eddy; Elzada Clover; Lois Jotter; Bert Loper; Monument Valley; Supai Canyon; Little Colorado River mouth; swimming rapids; Travertine Falls; Lake Mead; airplanes, amphibious; Indian cliff dwellings and pottery; Marston twins; inscriptions, Dellenbaugh; inscriptions, Nathaniel Galloway; Emery Kolb; river drawings?; inscriptions, Hyde; skeleton; Norm Nevills; Joan Nevills?; Bruce Wilson?; Otis Marston; Deer Creek Falls?; Garth Marston; Ed Hudson; Anne Desloge?; cactus flower; "Wen"; rapidrunning; Granite Gorge?; "Sandra"; Joseph Desloge; "Joan"; Glen Canyon?; Mexican Hat; Tapeats?; Little Colorado River mouth; frog; Vulcan's Anvil?; swimming rapids; Margaret Marston]
R021
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"G.C. Cuts, 1948": 1947 & 1948. Marston loading camera - aerial views of Lake Mead?- skeleton - rapids - Colorado River views - Vermillion Cliffs? - buffalo - airplane - canyon views - fires - camp scenes - bridge - Galloway letter - Kolb and Eddy inscriptions - fossil - Nevills - Vasey's Paradise? [entries: Dock Marston; aerial views; Lake Mead; skeleton; Colorado River; Vermillion Cliffs; bison; airplane; Nathaniel Galloway; inscription, Kolb Bros.; Kolb brothers; Clyde Langston Eddy; inscription, Clyde Eddy; fossils; Norm Nevills; Vaseys Paradise?; Marble Canyon; Garth Marston; rapidrunning; "Sandra"; "Mexican Hat II"; sadirons; oarboats; Grand Canyon; Redwall Cavern; Anne Desloge; Al Milotte?; Nancy Streator; Navajo Bridge; Hoover Dam; lining; Nevills Expedition; Joseph Desloge]
R039
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Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
mssMarston papers
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Possible one or two scenes from 1944 and 1945. Inside the film can are detailed, accurate scene notes. Covers Marston's trip with Nevills through the Grand Canyon in July 1942. [entries: sadirons; boats, oar; "Mexican Hat II"; "Wen"; Nevills"; "Joan"; July 1942 Grand Canyon trip; Ed Hudson; Norm Nevills; Desert View; Indians, dancing at rim of Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon; Marble Canyon; tourism; Santa Fe Railway train; Needles?, bridge; Grand Canyon, South Rim; Marston, Otis; Garth Marston; Bruce Wilson; Vasey's Paradise; Deer Creek Falls?; Havasu; River Rats, initiation; Lake Mead; Bright Angel Lodge; Hermit Creek] [CHECK END]
mssMarston papers R045 009