This album (12cm x 14cm) contains 32 photographs taken during a trip to the Grand Canyon around the 19th century, as well as one photograph of George T. Chaffee riding a horse named "General." A few items show railroad tracks belonging to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad near the Missouri River and the railroad car "Dorchester." The remaining photographs are scenes from a small group's hiking trip along the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, including pictures of the hikers in former cave-dwellers' homes, beside the Colorado River, and at the canyon's rim. Views of the canyon and other scenery are also included. The title "Photographs" is stamped in gold on the album's leather cover.
During a trip to Arizona, this group of hikers, including Newman Chaffee, Edward Page, and W. R. Page, hiked from the rim of the Grand Canyon to the canyon floor via the Bright Angel Trail. They departed from an unknown point in the east and traveled to Arizona on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Newman Chaffee (b. 1868) was the son of Frederick and Charlotte Thrall Chaffee of Rutland, Vermont; his siblings included George Thrall Chaffee (b. 1857).
