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1151 Oxford Road
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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"Master not used - No. 2 (G.C, Rejects, 1942+)": 1942. Camp scenes - Garth Marston and Bruce Wilson - running rapids - river scenes - on train. [entries: river-running; Garth Marston; Grand Canyon; Bruce Wilson; Colorado River; Nevills Expedition; sadirons; boat, oar; railroad]
R044
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"(Esmerda [sic] - Cuts & Mixed Oar[?] Film)"; 1945, 1946?, 1947?, & 1950. Running rapids in Grand Canyon - river and canyon scenes - SOS sign - Supai (Havasu) - night fire - "Esmeralada II" - helicopters - aerial views - desert views - various people, including Margaret Marston and Ros Johnson - clouds - rapids - snowy mountains - wrecked boat - map of Clolorado/Green River basin - school house - Green River scenery? - lining - man floating through rapids - camp scenes - Lake Mead? - Grand Canyon rim - flash flood waterfall - waterfall - sunset. [entries: "Esmeralda II"; 1945 expedition; 1950 expedition; 1946 expedition?; 1947 expedition?; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Supai; helicopters; aerial views; Margaret Marston; Rosalind Johnson; wrecked boat; Green River?; lining; swimming rapids; Lake Mead; Grand Canyon; South Rim; waterfall; motorboats; Bright Angel Bridge; Bill Belknap; Ed Hudson; Willie Taylor; Otis Marston; Joseph Desloge; aerial views; oarboats; sadirons; "Joan"; dories; Norman Nevills; Marston twins; Confluence of Green and Grand rivers; Green River; Grand River; Split Mountain; Arizona Helicopter Service; Vaseys Paradise; Marble Canyon]
R032
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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]
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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