This boat with a special receiving was left by scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey in a trip through the Grand Canyon of Colo. in 1923. This set with the oars as an aerial picked up news of the death of Pres. Harding three-quarters of an hour after his death. This was quite some feat considerin
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- Date
- 1924
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- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 10,128 × 7,344 pixels
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"This boat with a special receiving was left by scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey in a trip through the Grand Canyon of Colo. in 1923. This set with the oars as an aerial picked up news of the death of Pres. Harding three-quarters of an hour after his death. This was quite some feat considerin" (1924). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_boat_with_a_special_receiving_was_left_by_scientists_of_the_U.S._Geological_Survey_in_a_trip_through_the_Grand_Canyon_of_Colo._in_1923._This_set_with_the_oars_as_an_aerial_picked_up_LCCN2016887162.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 297916.
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