Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
"1950": 1950. Trip of the "Esmeralda II" and 19' Chris Craft down Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon in 1950 - wrecked helicopter - Mexican Hat Expeditions boats running rapids - salvaging "Esmeralda II" and running rapids - lining sadirons.
R094
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"Colorado R. - 1942 - Moving": 1942. Marble and Grand canyons - canyon and river scenes with titles - camp scenes - lining and portaging boats - running rapids. [entries: Colorado River; 1942 expedition; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; rapidrunning; lining; Otis Marston; waterfall (Deer Creek?); Garth Marston; Norman Nevills; Bruce Wilson; sadirons; oarboats; Nevills Expedition; "Mexican Hat II"; "Wen"; "Joan"]
R043
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"Riggins (Trim from Master)": 1944-1949. Water patterns - spire - waterfall - canyon views - mudslide - side canyons - rafting - rapids - running rapids - camp scenes - aerial views - whirlpool - the boats "Esmeralda" and "Hudson" - Hoover Dam / insects - buffalo - San Francisco - Grand Canyon [entries: Glen Canyon?; bison; cattle; Grand Canyon; Norm Nevills; Marston twins; Otis Marston; Margaret Marston; rapidrunning; Nevills Expedition; "Sandra"; sadirons; oarboats, aerial views; Lake Mead?; "Esmeralda II"; "Hudson"; motorboats; Hoover Dam; "Mexican Hat II"; San Francisco; cable cars; Inner Granite Gorge]
R024
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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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"Colorado River 6.5 (Good Walls - Whirls - Waves: Vulcan - Sadiron: run, line - Baloney: pumps, start - Supai Ck. - Deer Ck Falls - Run Vulcan - Bow Shot - On Lake - Nancoweap)": 1942 and 1956. Canyon and river scenes - rapids - running rapids - lining - Georgie White inflating raft - large rafts leaving - side canyon and stream - Deer Creek Falls - outboard motorboats running rapids (1956). [entries: Grand Canyon; sadirons; oarboats; "Mexican Hat II"; Garth Marston; Georgie White and husband; inflatable rafts; Deer Creek Falls; Havasupai Canyon; Otis Marston; motorboats; Lake Mead]
R020
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"1948 G.C. Cuts": 1945?, 1947, & 1948. Running rapids - rapids - San Francisco - woman typing - Lake Mead - Nevills - Vulcan's Forge - canyon and river scenes - high tension wires - waterfall - rafting rapids - Hoover Dam - amphibian airplane - Pathe-Bray inscription - lining - rattlesnake - Powell sign - buffalo. [entries: 1948 expedition; 1947 expedition; rapidrunning; San Francisco; Lake Mead; Norman Nevills; Vulcan's Forge; high tension electric transmission lines; waterfall; Hoover Dam; amphibian airplane; inscription, Pathe-Bray; Pathe-Bray expedition; lining; rattlesnake; bison; swimming rapids; oarboats; sadirons; "Sandra"; Nevills Expedition; "Joan"; Garth Marston; "Wen"; Otis Marston; Joseph Desloge; "Mexican Hat II"; Anne Desloge?; cat: inscription, Amos Burg; Amos Burg; cable car; John Wesley Powell sign]
R035