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sheer cliff rises from a valley in Capitol Reef National Park, one of the majestic "Mighty Five" national parks popular with visitors, near the town of Torrey in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M.,
1946-
photographer
still image
graphic
still image
Digital photographs-Color-2020-2030.
xxu
2022
monographic
2022-01-12
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1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
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Early white prospectors gave the park its name. Many had nautical backgrounds and likened the imposing cliffs of the park to reefs that hinder ship traffic. The "capitol" reference was inspired by various whitish-rock domes, one in particular, that loom among otherwise red formations in the park.
Credit Line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2021; (DLC/PP-2021:107).
Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
America
Mighty Five National Parks
Rock formations
Rural scenes
Cliffs
United States
Utah
Capitol Reef National Park
Torrey
LC-DIG-highsm- 70199
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.70199
Carol M. Highsmith Archive
(DLC) 00650024
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-
2023696829
LC-DIG-highsm-70199 DLC
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DLC
230607
20250607122447.5
23203678
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