John G. Verkamp photograph collection relating to the Grand Canyon
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 98-25
name: label: Publisher
content: Verkamp, John G. (John George)
place: label: Place
content: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
creator: label: Publisher
content: Verkamp, John G. (John George)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: John George Verkamp (circa 1877-1944) moved from Ohio to the developing South Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1898, where he began selling Native American crafts out of a tent at the head of the Bright Angel Trail.  At the end of the summer he sold his inventory to a hotel operator and returned to Flagstaff.   In 1905, he and his wife Catherine returned to the South Rim and began the construction of their new store, Verkamp's Curios.  They opened for business on January 31, 1906, and built a successful business which employed Native American craftsmen.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Prints (Album :, tinted photogravure)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1915
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.98-25
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of the Grand Canyon, including views from the rim and various trails.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Cline Library Special Collections and Archives Department at Northern Arizona University holds the Verkamp Collection, 1905-2002 (NAU.MS.401; NAU.PH.2008.1; NAU.MI.2008.1).