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Photographic copy prints of Brown-Stanton Colorado River Survey

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Description: A group of 158 copy prints of photographs made during the Brown-Stanton Colorado River Survey of 1889 by photographer Franklin A. Nims. The photographs depict the river, canyons and terrain, and the survey team at work.
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Production date: 1889;
Call number: photCL 149
Provenance: Gift of Otis R. Marston, 1964.
Dimensions: 12 x 16 cm
Associated people: Marston, Otis R.,; Nims, F. A.,
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