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Object Number
995-26-00/1.1
Display Title
Diamond Creek Cañon
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "Diamond Creek Canon / at its outlet into the Grand Colorado Canon, its name being due to an attempt / to sell a mine there by depositing a few diamonds in carefully chosen crevies in the / rocks, and having their "discovery" advertised."
Department
Photographic
Date
1880-1900
Artist
Joshua W. Davis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Print, black and white adhered to Album
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 15.5575 cm (8 × 6 1/8 in.)
Label on object
See notes and histories for inscriptions
Provenance
Donor
Friends of the Lincoln Library
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