Marble Canon, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1,200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone...below red sandstone.

Creator

American Photographer · 1830–1910

William H. Bell's photographic career was long and varied. In 1848 he entered into a partnership with his brother-in-law in Philadelphia; the pair operated a daguerreian studio for two years, until Bell branched out on his own, at times collaborating with other operators. A veteran of the Mexican War, Bell joined the Union Army and, after fighting in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg during t