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Images of Glen Canyon

photos of Glen Canyon 

Glen Canyon Logo Depicting a hieroglyphic image of a man with long horns on its head and spread out arms and hands

 




About Glen Canyon

Glen Canyon dam was authorized in 1957 and the Bureau of Reclamation quickly asked archeologists, historians, and other scholars to survey the many resources that would be covered by Lake Powell. Dr. C. Gregory Crampton was a professor of history at the University of Utah when he was asked to conduct the historical salvage survey of Glen Canyon. Under Dr. Crampton's direction, students mapped, photographed, and cataloged the hundreds of historical sites that are now forever flooded by Lake Powell. The slides in this exhibit were selected from Dr. Crampton's personal favorites, but are only a small fraction of the thousands of photographs and slides in his collection in the Special Collections Department, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. For more information about the Crampton photograph collection, see the following: C. Gregory Crampton Collection, P0197. For more about Glen Canyon, see this guide. 

Photo of two people walking towards two towering red rocks with a blue sky background

Inscription Rock, East Hole-in-the-Rock. September, 1960.

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Cliffs just above Hall's Crossing at sunset. September, 1960.

Silhouette of a large rock formation against a sky with scattered clouds and a distant cliff illuminated by warm sunlight

Sunset from camp, Mile 76.4, downstream. September, 1960.

A person sitting next to a small stone structure built under a rock overhang in a desert-like environment. The person is writing or drawing on a pad of paper

Grainery near Salierds(?) Trail. August 9, 1961.

An inscription on a rock surface, reading 'W.S. Rust Dec. 12 188'. Another inscription, 'P.L. 1889', is on the left side of the image. A hand is visible at the top, pointing to the inscriptions

W.S. Rust's inscription at Hall's Crossing. September, 1960.

A petroglyph etched into a reddish-orange rock surface, depicting a human-like figure holding a weapon in one hand and a shield in the other

Defiance House at Forgotten Canyon. July, 1967

A narrow canyon with towering reddish-brown rock walls and shallow pools of water reflecting light

Dungeon Canyon, tributary of Glen Canyon,
Mile 57. June 26, 1958.

A petroglyph depicting a humanoid figure with horns, arms outstretched, and fingers splayed, enclosed within a circular border, carved into a reddish-brown rock surface

Davis Gulch pictographs. July, 1967

A narrow canyon with steep, rocky walls, illuminated by sunlight at the top, and shadows below

Hidden Passage. 1959.

A narrow canyon with steep, rocky walls, illuminated by sunlight at the back, and shadows in front

Dungeon Canyon. September, 1961.

A scenic view of a large, rocky cliff face with a body of water in the foreground and a partly cloudy sky above

Tapestry Wall Looking Upstream. September, 1960.

A river flowing through a canyon with towering, reddish sandstone cliffs and clear blue sky

Upstream to Hidden Passage,
Mile 75.9. August 10, 1962.

A desert landscape with a prominent rock formation, surrounded by a body of water, seen through the opening of a cave or arch

Cave above Camel(?) Bar. September, 1961.

A large body of water reflecting the surrounding reddish-brown rock formations and mountain range under a clear blue sky, with a fluffy white cloud above

Navajo Mountain from Colorado River, Mile 72. September, 1960.

Colorado River

Break on the Colorado River.

Lee's Ferry

Lee's Ferry. 1967

Escalante

Escalante River. 1963.

Olympia Bar

Olympia Bar Water Wheel. May, 1961.

Glen Canyon

Glen Canyon, Upstream at Hole-in-the-Rock. May 27, 1962.

Confluence

Confluence of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers. February 27, 1963.

 

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