Hermit's Rest along the south rim of the Grand Canyon, 1942

Item Overview

Title

Hermit's Rest along the south rim of the Grand Canyon, 1942

Creator

Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane, $d 1869-1958

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

May 1942

Date

1942-05

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Hermits rest, designed by architect Mary Colter, was built in 1914.
Photograph of Hermits Rest, at the end of Hermit Road on the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Grand Canyon trip, May 1942. We drove along the canyon to the end of the north road. Beautiful turn outs to view the canyon. Here is one. The toilet at Hermit's Rest. Mertie West.At extreme right may be seen a big bell under an arch. A boy standing there took a rock and hammered the bell, making a terrific racket. Hermit's Rest, extreme west end of the roadIts a big cave. Returning, we stopped at the Hopi House to look at the Indian blankets, and curios. Mertie walking across to the entrance. 4 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Hermits Rest (Ariz.)

Location

Arizona

Longitude

36.061039

Latitude

-112.212383

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)