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- 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). - 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). - 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). - Cork Life Vest, Front
View 3D Model Description: Cork life vest used on the Stone expedition. Made of 48 rectangular cork blocks tied to a brown canvas vest by cloth ties. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Cork Life Vest, Back
View 3D Model Description: Cork life vest used on the Stone expedition. Made of 48 rectangular cork blocks tied to a brown canvas vest by cloth ties. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Cork Life Vest, Detail
Description: Cork life vest used on the Stone expedition. Made of 48 rectangular cork blocks tied to a brown canvas vest by cloth ties. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Gear
Description: Moltzen's and Newby's 1956 river gear, including paddle, cookware, food tin, matches, and a snake bite kit. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Snake Bite Kit, Front
Description: Snake bite kit from Moltzen's and Newby's 1956 river trip. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Snake Bite Kit, Back
Description: Snake bite kit from Moltzen's and Newby's 1956 river trip. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Flask Kit
Description: Flask kit from Moltzen's and Newby's 1956 river trip. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Flask Kit and Matchbooks
Description: Flask kit and matchbooks from Moltzen's and Newby's 1956 river gear. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Paddle
Description: Partial paddle from Moltzen's and Newby's 1956 river gear. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park. - Stone Boat
Description: Galloway-style Cataract boat used on the Stone expedition. Built of white oak and Michigan pine, with two compartments each in the fore and aft. Bottom covered in with a thin iron sheet. Dimensions: 16.5' L, 4' W at the gunwales, 18" deep, with a 10" rake fore and aft from the center. Dry, the boat weighed 243 lbs. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 13673). - Stone Boat, Cockpit
Description: Galloway-style Cataract boat used on the Stone expedition. Built of white oak and Michigan pine, with two compartments each in the fore and aft. Bottom covered in with a thin iron sheet. Dimensions: 16.5' L, 4' W at the gunwales, 18" deep, with a 10" rake fore and aft from the center. Dry, the boat weighed 243 lbs. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 13673). - Stone Boat, Cockpit, Alternate View
Description: Galloway-style Cataract boat used on the Stone expedition. Built of white oak and Michigan pine, with two compartments each in the fore and aft. Bottom covered in with a thin iron sheet. Dimensions: 16.5' L, 4' W at the gunwales, 18" deep, with a 10" rake fore and aft from the center. Dry, the boat weighed 243 lbs. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 13673).