- Akins' Evening-Grand Canyon of Arizona" Painting
Subject: Louis Akins' "Evening-Grand Canyon of Arizona" painting. The painting shows a view of the Grand Canyon from the South Rim, with a portion of the Colorado River visible, and is thought to be his largest landscape. This painting has hung in Verkamp's for more than 100 years, and was acquired by the National Park Service from the Verkamp family. Date: 1906 Medium: Oil on stretched canvas, in a Romantic style. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 22770). - Negative 44
Subject: Dos Cabezas Mountains in the distance. Date: 1935 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Grant Negative 32
Subject: Wood and stone artifacts, Montezuma Castle National Monument. Date: ca. mid-1940s Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Bronze Camel Bells
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (1848 – 1950) Description: Set of eight graduated bronze camel bells from the mid-1800s. Each bell is embossed with a variety of animals and engraved. In 1857, the Army experimented with camels for desert transportation, passing along the El Morro route. Learn more on the NPS webpage The U.S. Army Camel Corps (link opens in new window). Provenience: The bells were acquired by a member of the American Consulate in Isfahan, Iraq, in 1964, from a small local curio shop for the price of $10. A similar set was purchased at the same price for the collection at Fort Davis. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Uniform Buttons
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: National Park Service ranger uniform buttons (top: original; bottom: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 19632 and 13422). - Spanish Rapier
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Spanish wooden-handled cup hilt rapier inscribed with “Gio Knegt” on one side and “In Solingen” on the other. “Gio Knegt” is the mark of the maker, Johannes Knecht. “In Solingen” proclaims the sword was made in the German city of Solingen. More than one Knecht manufactured swords in Solingen, leaving the date range for the production of this sword A.D. 1670 – 1805. The style of the sword, however, suggests an earlier manufacture date, perhaps in the late 1600s – early 1700s. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Ranger Badge
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: National Park Service ranger badge (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 19612). - Spanish Rapier, Inscription "Gio Knegt"
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Spanish wooden-handled cup hilt rapier inscribed with “Gio Knegt” on one side and “In Solingen” on the other. “Gio Knegt” is the mark of the maker, Johannes Knecht. “In Solingen” proclaims the sword was made in the German city of Solingen. More than one Knecht manufactured swords in Solingen, leaving the date range for the production of this sword A.D. 1670 – 1805. The style of the sword, however, suggests an earlier manufacture date, perhaps in the late 1600s – early 1700s. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Aerial View of Montezuma Well, 1950
Subject: Aerial photo of Montezuma Well and Beaver Creek. Date: January, 1950 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well; copy of negative made by Glenn Haynes of a print that was found in the Montezuma Well museum upon NPS acquisition. - View from the Rim
Subject: Looking west from the rim, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: 1932 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Montezuma Castle, 1938
Subject: Looking up at Montezuma Castle. Date: 1938 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - West Betatakin in 1909
Description: View across Betatakin to the northwest-west. Date: 1909 Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Historic Cast of the Vargas Inscription
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (1848 – 1950) Description: Plaster cast of the 1692 Vargas inscription made from latex squeezing some time before 1944, when the cast was loaned to the Museum of New Mexico. The cast returned to the Monument in 1992. Provenience: El Morro. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Cast of the Archuleta Inscription
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (1848 – 1950) Description: Plaster cast of the 1630s Archuleta inscription made from latex squeezing some time before 1944, when the cast was loaned to the Museum of New Mexico. The cast returned to the Monument in 1992. The cast may have broken in transit and is now missing the top right corner. Provenience: El Morro. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 1939 Stabilization
Subject: Stabilization of a feature below the parapet in Montezuma Castle. The work was completed by J.H. Tovrea. Date: June, 1939 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well.