The Amphitheatre, Williams Cañon, View of the Williams Canyon, page, photomechanical print, Williams Canyon (El Paso, CO), cliché maker: New York Photo-Gravure Company, New York (city), c. 1888 - in or before 1893, photographer, North America, Colorado, El Paso (Colorado), paper, autotypie, height 146 mm x width 203 mm, landscapes, ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon, A high-contrast black-and-white landscape photograph showing a narrow winding dirt road leading into a deep canyon flanked by steep rocky cliffs and densely textured vegetation. The left side of the image features a tall cliff face with layered rock strata and a few sparse trees along its top edge, while the right side shows a darker, sheer rock wall descending to a slope covered in shrubs and underbrush. In the middle distance the canyon opens to reveal rolling ridges and tree-covered hills fading into a lighter-toned sky that occupies the upper portion of the image.
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The Amphitheatre, Williams Cañon, View of the Williams Canyon, page, photomechanical print, Williams Canyon (El Paso, CO), cliché maker: New York Photo-Gravure Company, New York (city), c. 1888 - in or before 1893, photographer, North America, Colorado, El Paso (Colorado), paper, autotypie, height 146 mm x width 203 mm, landscapes, ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon, A high-contrast black-and-white landscape photograph showing a narrow winding dirt road leading into a deep canyon flanked by steep rocky cliffs and densely textured vegetation. The left side of the image features a tall cliff face with layered rock strata and a few sparse trees along its top edge, while the right side shows a darker, sheer rock wall descending to a slope covered in shrubs and underbrush. In the middle distance the canyon opens to reveal rolling ridges and tree-covered hills fading into a lighter-toned sky that occupies the upper portion of the image.

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Amphitheatre Williams Cañon View Williams Canyon page photomechanical print El Paso Co cliché maker New York Photo-Gravure Company New York city c 1888 - 1893 photographer North America Colorado paper autotypie height 146 mm x width 203 mm landscapes ravine chasm abyss canyon high-contrast black- -white landscape photograph showing narrow winding dirt road leading deep canyon flanked steep rocky cliffs densely textured vegetation left side image features tall cliff face layered rock strata sparse trees top edge right side darker sheer rock wall descending slope covered shrubs underbrush middle distance canyon opens reveal rolling ridges tree-covered hills fading lighter-toned sky occupies upper portion image

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