“The Watchtower at Desert View, Grand Canyon,” Gunnar Widforss, watercolor on board, c. 1920, Museum of Northern Arizona Collection. The Fred Harvey Company commissioned Widforss to paint this scene of Desert View Watchtower, which they used for a postcard and at least one advertisement for the Santa Fe Railway.
“Selling the Southwest” exhibit at the Museum of Northern Arizona, in Flagstaff, Arizona. Curation by Alan Petersen, fine arts curator at the Museum of Northern Arizona. (Nancy Wiechec/Museum of Northern Arizona) (Feb. 9, 2024)