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- Walter "Clem" Powell
Read Clem's journals Subject: Formal portrait of Walter Clement Powell, nephew of John Wesley Powell and member of Powell's second expedition. Date: ca. 1870 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 17264). - The "Emma Dean"
Subject: The boat Emma Dean during the second Powell expedition. Inside are John Wesley Powell's armchair and life preserver. Date: August, 1872 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 17254). - Steamboat Engraving
Subject: The steamboat, The Explorer, used by Lt. Joseph Ives during his Colorado River expedition. Date: Engraving by Mollhausen for the Ives Expedition report published in 1861. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 4907). - Second Powell Expedition
Second Powell expedition: Man attending to boats near the upper end of the Grand Canyon. Date: August, 1872 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 17252). - Preparing to Embark
Subject: Second Powell expedition: Party in boats and ready to depart from Green River, Wyoming. Left to right, in the Canonita: E.O. Beaman, Andrew Hattan, and Walter Clement Powell; in the Emma Dean: Stephen Vandiver Jones, John K. Hillers, John Wesley Powell, and Fredrick S. Dellenbaugh; in the Nellie Powell: Almon Harris Thompson, John F. Steward, Frances Marion Bishop, and Frank Richardson. Date: May 22, 1871 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 17234). - Powell's Watch, Front
Description: John Wesley Powell's watch: Burts Patent Serial No. 4056/Elgin, Illinois. "B.W. Raymond" Case No. 38590. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 20836). - Powell's Watch, Back
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: John Wesley Powell's watch: Burts Patent Serial No. 4056/Elgin, Illinois. "B.W. Raymond" Case No. 38590. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 20836). - Powell on Horseback
Subject: Portrait of John Wesley Powell (age 57) on horseback near Flagstaff, Arizona. Powell was a guest of D.M. Riordan. Date: ca. 1891 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 17230). - Powell and Tau-Gu
Subject: Tau-Gu, chief of the Paiutes, overlooking the Virgin River with J.W. Powell, age 39. Date: ca. 1873 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 17229). - IMG 3357
Description: Fragment of the "Nellie Powell" found in 1938. The Nellie Powell was one of three boats used during the second Powell expedition (1871-1872). Abandoned at Lees Ferry, the boat later burned in a brush fire, leaving only this fragment intact. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 17085). - Fletcher's Pack
Description: Colin Fletcher's backpack, possibly used during his 1963 hike through the Grand Canyon (if so, it has been re-covered). Personalized after-market additions to the pack include a denim pocket sewn to one of the shoulder straps, a dangling metal clip tied to the upper crossbar of the frame, and some foam padding taped to another crossbar on the frame. Dimensions: Size large. Pack Details: Trailwise external, aluminum frame nylon backpack. Forest green in color, with two tan nylon side pockets, black hip belt, and gray shoulder straps. The pack consists of one large central compartment, large front pocket, and four side pockets, all with zippers. There is another zipper pocket on the top lid, which is closed using white plastic buckles. The ventilation panel is made of gray mesh lashed to the frame with nylon cord. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 112793). - Fletcher's Backpack, Strap
Description: Colin Fletcher's backpack, possibly used during his 1963 hike through the Grand Canyon (if so, it has been re-covered). Personalized after-market additions to the pack include a denim pocket sewn to one of the shoulder straps, a dangling metal clip tied to the upper crossbar of the frame, and some foam padding taped to another crossbar on the frame. Dimensions: Size large. Pack Details: Trailwise external, aluminum frame nylon backpack. Forest green in color, with two tan nylon side pockets, black hip belt, and gray shoulder straps. The pack consists of one large central compartment, large front pocket, and four side pockets, all with zippers. There is another zipper pocket on the top lid, which is closed using white plastic buckles. The ventilation panel is made of gray mesh lashed to the frame with nylon cord. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 112793). - Fletcher's Backpack, Metal Clip
Description: Colin Fletcher's backpack, possibly used during his 1963 hike through the Grand Canyon (if so, it has been re-covered). Personalized after-market additions to the pack include a denim pocket sewn to one of the shoulder straps, a dangling metal clip tied to the upper crossbar of the frame, and some foam padding taped to another crossbar on the frame. Dimensions: Size large. Pack Details: Trailwise external, aluminum frame nylon backpack. Forest green in color, with two tan nylon side pockets, black hip belt, and gray shoulder straps. The pack consists of one large central compartment, large front pocket, and four side pockets, all with zippers. There is another zipper pocket on the top lid, which is closed using white plastic buckles. The ventilation panel is made of gray mesh lashed to the frame with nylon cord. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 112793). - Fletcher's Backpack, Front
Description: Colin Fletcher's backpack, possibly used during his 1963 hike through the Grand Canyon (if so, it has been re-covered). Personalized after-market additions to the pack include a denim pocket sewn to one of the shoulder straps, a dangling metal clip tied to the upper crossbar of the frame, and some foam padding taped to another crossbar on the frame. Dimensions: Size large. Pack Details: Trailwise external, aluminum frame nylon backpack. Forest green in color, with two tan nylon side pockets, black hip belt, and gray shoulder straps. The pack consists of one large central compartment, large front pocket, and four side pockets, all with zippers. There is another zipper pocket on the top lid, which is closed using white plastic buckles. The ventilation panel is made of gray mesh lashed to the frame with nylon cord. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 112793). - Fletcher's Backpack, Foam
Description: Colin Fletcher's backpack, possibly used during his 1963 hike through the Grand Canyon (if so, it has been re-covered). Personalized after-market additions to the pack include a denim pocket sewn to one of the shoulder straps, a dangling metal clip tied to the upper crossbar of the frame, and some foam padding taped to another crossbar on the frame. Dimensions: Size large. Pack Details: Trailwise external, aluminum frame nylon backpack. Forest green in color, with two tan nylon side pockets, black hip belt, and gray shoulder straps. The pack consists of one large central compartment, large front pocket, and four side pockets, all with zippers. There is another zipper pocket on the top lid, which is closed using white plastic buckles. The ventilation panel is made of gray mesh lashed to the frame with nylon cord. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 112793).