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Tourists Impressions of the Grand Canyon

City of Glendale Library and Arts Department

April 17, 2008

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Over the past 100 years, the tourist experience at the Grand Canyon has changed dramatically. From the initial few hardy souls who came by stagecoach to stay at Cameron's tent camp, to the wealthy elites who later came by rail to stay at the El Tovar Hotel, to automobile vacationers, river runners, backpackers, aerial tourists, and, finally, digital/virtual explorers of the new millennium, people have seen the Grand Canyon from many vantage points through an evolving collage of travel technologies.
Join Paul Hirt, a history professor at Arizona State University, when he presents Ain't It Purty: Tourist Impressions of the Grand Canyon. He will explore how visual images of the canyon helped make it a monumental national playground and iconic American landscape. Over the years, the Grand Canyon was publicized to tourists and the general public through popular images - from penny postcards to magazines like 'Arizona Highways' and then film. These visual depictions of America's grandest spectacle affected the placement of visitor facilities, the development of park policies and the evolving cultural meaning of the Grand Canyon itself as seen through the eyes of tourists.

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  Tickets: Free Admission

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  Dates:
  April 17, 2008

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  Thursday 7:00pm

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  Foothills Branch Library

  19055 North 57th Avenue Glendale, AZ 85308

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  West Valley

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