Kolb brothers in Grand Canyon
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Emery Clifford Kolb (b. February 15, 1881 - d. December 11, 1976) and his older brother, Ellsworth Leonardson Kolb (b. January 4, 1876 - d. January 9, 1960), were born in Smithfield, Pennsylvania and became famous explorers and photographers in Arizona. Ellsworth came to the Grand Canyon in 1901 and persuaded his brother to join him in 1902.
On his journey west, Emery bought a photographic store in Williams while waiting for his train ride to the Grand Canyon. In 1903 the brothers moved their business to the Grand Canyon, first camping in a tent on the rim of the canyon. In 1904 they built Kolb Studio, a small wooden house on the Bright Angel Trail. They sold books of their extensive photos of the Grand Canyon and in 1911 began making films, including of their navigation of the Green and Colorado Rivers. Emery made the first low-level airplane flight into the canyon. Both are buried in the Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery.
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