What lengths would you go to in order to photograph the Grand Canyon? (LOC)

This is one of the featured photos in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about it in our recent Picture This blog post, “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos”.

 

--------

 

Kolb Bros., photographer.

 

Arizona. Grand Canyon, photographer suspended on climber's rope.

 

[1908]

 

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 19 x 11 cm.

 

Summary: Photograph shows photographer, probably Emery or Ellsworth Kolb, dangling from rope in crevasse and photographing canyon wall as another man straddles cliff opening while holding the rope.

 

Notes:

- Title from item.

- No. 2233.

- Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Photographers section.

 

Subjects:

- Photographers--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.

- Photography--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.

- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

 

Format:

Photographic prints--1900-1910.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40892

 

Call Number: SSF - Photography -- Photographers

Done