Grand Canyon; Hotels, buildings, 1940; 1954; n.d.

File — Box: 1, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

1: Desert View watchtower. April 1940; June 1940. {**}
2: "Navajo Tower, Grand Canyon." February 1954. [Willard Luce] {**}
3: "El Tovar Hotel, on the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., overlooks the majestic winter splendor of the Grand Canyon. This rustic hotel is one of the lodging available to Canyon visitors who take advantage of reduced rate winter and early spring package tours offered for train, bus, and plane passengers. Winter visitors to the South Rim of the Canyon can also stay at Bright Angel Lodge and cabins. Both hotels are operated by Fred Harvey." [Fred Harvey Public Relations]
4: "Hermit's Rest is a charming place of stone and logs clinging to the edge of the Canyon above the spectacular plinging [SIC: plunging] cliffs of Hermit Amphitheater." [Weldon F. Heald] {**}

Dates

1940; 1954; n.d.

Conditions Governing Access

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