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Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, architect and interior designer for the Fred Harvey Company, designed a number of Grand Canyon National Park's historic buildings, including the Desert View Watchtower, Lookout Studio, Hopi House, and Hermit's Rest, between 1905 and 1931.
- Mary Colter, ca. 1931
Subject: Mary Colter and Santa Fe Railroad officials standing in a tramway gondola by Lookout Studio and preparing for a ride into the canyon. Date: ca. 1931 Collection: Mary Colter Collection, Grand Canyon National Park (No. 129). - Construction of the Desert View Watchtower, 1932
Construction of the Desert View Watchtower - tower and kiva with scaffolding. Date: August 15, 1932 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 838; GRCA 15887). - Hopi Dancers, 1933
Subject: Hopi dancers at the dedication of the Desert View Watchtower, with lead Hopi dancer Chester Dennis at the far right. Date: May 13, 1933 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 5423). - Hopi Dancers, 1933
Subject: Hopi men dancing at the Watchtower dedication and guests watching from the roof of the kiva building. Date: May 13, 1933 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 5425). - Interior of the Desert View Watchtower
Subject: Interior of the Desert View Watchtower, with furniture and two people seated at a window, showing the circular log ceiling. Date: ca. 1933 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 8338). - Steel Frame, Desert View Watchtower
Subject: Steel framework of the Desert View Watchtower during construction. Date: ca. 1931 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 8430). - Hermit's Rest Fireplace
Subject: Overview of the fireplace in Hermit's Rest, a building designed by Mary Colter, as seen from the from entrance, looking southeast. Date: ca. 1916 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 8495). - Fred Kabotie Painting Murals, ca. 1932
Subject: Hopi artist Fred Kabotie painting the Snake Legend painting in the Desert View Watchtower. Date: ca. 1932 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 8801a). - Mary Colter at Hovenweep, ca. 1931
Subject: Mary Jane Colter looking out through the door of Twin Tower Ruin, Ruin Canyon, Hovenweep, Utah. Date: ca. 1931 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 13330). - Mary Colter, ca. 1932
Subject: Mary Colter (right) showing a blueprint to Mrs. Ickes (wife of the Secretary of the Interior). Date: ca. 1932 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 16940). - Mary Colter Sketch
Subject: Sketch by Mary Colter of mural figures later painted in the Desert View Watchtower Hopi Room. Date: ca. 1932 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 16958; GRCA 15899).