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GEORGE FREDERICK MANNEL (1874-1961). APACHE TRAIL OF ARIZONA / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Circa 1921. 22¾x15½ inches, 57¾x39¼ cm.

GEORGE FREDERICK MANNEL (1874-1961) APACHE TRAIL OF ARIZONA / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Circa 1921. 22 3/4x15 1/2 inches, 57 3/4x39 1/4 cm. Condition A-: minor creases in margins and image; repaired pin holes and small replaced losses in corners. Matted and framed. Mannel was born in Germany, and as a young boy, immigrated with his family to San Francisco. He later studied at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute. A smaller version of this image was printed on a Southern Pacific brochure circa 1917, though the poster is noted as being from 1921 by the California State Library archives. The image was used again in brochure form in 1922, though some details had been changed, such as the rider's feather headpiece and the red cloth draped over the horse. The Apache Trail in Arizona was named after the Native American tribe who originally settled and traveled the route. The trail connects Phoenix to Roosevelt Lake through the Superstition Mountains in Tonto National Forest. During the dedication ceremony for the Roosevelt dam in 1911, President Theodore Roosevelt reflected on the trail saying, "the Apache Trail combines the grandeur of the Alps, the glory of the Rockies, the magnificence of the Grand Canyon and then adds an indefinable something that none of the others have. To me, it is the most awe-inspiring and most sublimely beautiful panorama nature has ever created." Rare.