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INFLATABLE 10-MAN NEOPRENE RAFT PAINTED SILVER. READS "WOMAN OF THE RIVER" AND "GEORGIE" IN RED LETTERING ALONG EACH SIDE OF THE BOAT.

THE BODY OF THE BOAT IS MADE UP OF AN IRREGULAR OVAL SHAPED TUBE WITH THREE TUBES RUNNING PERPENDICULAR ACROSS THE OVAL. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BOATS USED BY GEORGIE WHITE USED TO RUN THE COLORADO RIVER IN THE 1950'S WITH HER COMMERCIAL RIVER RAFTING COMPANY.

-THE BOAT WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE VISITOR CENTER PATIO FROM WHEN IT WAS RECEIVED IN 1960, EXCEPT WHEN IT WAS LOANED TO THE AUTRY MUSEUM, IN CA, APRIL- OCTOBER 1997, UNTIL DECEMBER 2003. -THE BOAT WAS MOVED 12/2003, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM WACC CONSERVATOR BRYNN BENDER, TO THE SCIENCE CENTER WAREHOUSE FOR CONSERVATION, AS PART OF THE 'SAVE OUR BOATS' HISTORIC BOAT CONSERVATION PROJECT.

NPS PHOTO BY M. QUINN
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Source Canyon National Park: Historic Boat grca13670 Georgie_raft02
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