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The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona..., 1872. Creator: William H. Bell.

The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona..., 1872. Creator: William H. Bell.

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The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona. From its top a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level is 1.500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling., 1872. Albumen print, stereocard, no. 15 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian". Commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.

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People Information

Creator
  1. William H. Bell, attributed to: American, British: Photographer, daguerreotypist, artist, soldier
People Related
  1. George Wheeler: American: Soldier, officer, explorer and cartographer
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Landscape
  2. Stereocard
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Arizona

  1. 34 00 00 N , 112 00 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Geographical Features

Artistic Representations Landscapes

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x2840
File Size : 41,269kb

Aliases

  1. 1959.616.13
  1. 210804
  1. 1000003878
  1. 1959.616.13
  1. 2-849-124
  1. 2849124

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