Murl Emery at his Colorado River stop at the entrance to Black Canyon

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:0847: "Murl Emery at his Colorado River stop at the entrance to Black Canyon, 1930: Murl Emery, who stays at Black Canyon & who is building a boat for the 'North Expedition' to navigate the Colorado. The boat in the foreground, his home in rear. Las Vegas, Feb. 1930"
0002:0847

"Murl Emery at his Colorado River stop at the entrance to Black Canyon, 1930: Murl Emery, who stays at Black Canyon & who is building a boat for the 'North Expedition' to navigate the Colorado. The boat in the foreground, his home in rear. Las Vegas, Feb. 1930"

Name/Title

"Murl Emery at his Colorado River stop at the entrance to Black Canyon

Entry/Object ID

0002:0847

Description

"Murl Emery at his Colorado River stop at the entrance to Black Canyon, 1930: Murl Emery, who stays at Black Canyon & who is building a boat for the 'North Expedition' to navigate the Colorado. The boat in the foreground, his home in rear. Las Vegas, Feb. 1930"

Collection

Emery Collection, Colorado River Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Not Provided

Role

Photographer

Date made

Feb 1930

Notes

Original or Negative: Original

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Murl Emery, Black Canyon

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: Other

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 2

Date

November 18, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Aug 5, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00020847

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: (2 1/2 x 3 1/2) June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 5, 2026