Petrified Forests of Arizona / Congo Basket Weaving / Grand Canyon of the Colorado / New York City (From an Elevated Railroad) Part 4
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “One of these huge trunks, its integrity still spared by time, spans a canyon fifty feet wide -- a bridge of jasper and agate overhanging a tree-fringed pool.” “It is estimated by scientists that these trees grew many millions of years ago, in the dim ages when the Earth was in the process of making and earthquakes, uplifts and subsidences of the surface of the earth were common.” Landscape of petrified trees. Mesas and buttes, cross section of petrified tree trunk. [1916] b. “The grass from which the baskets are made is peculiar to the Cooper River district and is not found elsewhere.” “Congo basket making you will notice is a family affair, everybody works, even father.” “Cutting Palmetto leaves into strips with which the baskets are sewed.” “The finished product.” Variety of finished two-piece Congo baskets. [1916] c. “America’s greatest natural wonderland is the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. ‘A vast incomparable void’ so great that were the entire range of the White Mountains flung into it the monstrous pit would remain comparatively empty.” “Tourists boarding their carriages for a ride up Hermit Rim Road, probably the most unique scenic roadway in the world. Following for miles the rim of the Grand Canyon.” “Here the tourists change from carriage to mule.” “Hermits rest at the head of Hermit Trail, a cave home in the cliff where the tourist stops for rest and refreshment.” “Cathedral Stairs, four hundred feet of drops and zigzags.” Man throws object from rim into canyon. Rapids of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon - tourists on banks of river. “A native of the canyon, wild they said he was, but possessed of that everlasting impulse so predominant among society, a desire to have his picture taken.” Burro. [1916] d. “A good view of New York can be obtained from the elevated railroad. So we’ll jump aboard, guests of the elevated railroad, for a short ride.” “High curve in the Harlem ‘L’, uptown New York.” “Looking up the Hudson River and Riverside Drive from 130th Street.” “Looking up Riverside Drive from 94th Street.” Automobile traffic, pedestrians, and double-decker bus. “Metropolitan Museum of Art.” “American Museum of Natural History.” “Looking up Broadway from 69th Street.” [1916]
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