Guest register of visitors to Grand Canyon National Park

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Decoration from Grand Canyon Guestbook, 1927

Decoration from Grand Canyon Guestbook, 1927.

Collection area: Arizona and Southwest

Collection dates: 1927-1938

About this collection

Guest register of visitors to Grand Canyon National Park and the home of Superintendent and Mrs. M.R. Tillotson. The 184 pages are illustrated throughout with original water color decorations of traditional Southwestern motifs, notably Hopi Kachina imagery. The original fringed leather book covers are preserved. A few newspaper clippings and letters are also present.

Historical background

Tillotson was the National Park Service superintendent at the Grand Canyon.

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