Indian cliff dwellings -- Mummy Cliff House -- in Canyon de Chelly or Canyon del Muerto, ca.1895

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Title	Indian cliff dwellings -- Mummy Cliff House -- in Canyon de Chelly or Canyon del Muerto, ca.1895
Description	Photograph of Indian cliff dwellings -- Mummy Cliff House -- in Canyon de Chelly or Canyon del Muerto near two undercut arched openings in the cliff wall, ca.1895. A few scraggly trees grow in the foreground. Rocks are scattered across the ground behind the trees while the clay-like cliffs stand across the background. The cliff dwellings can be seen at the base of the cliffs at their center.
Subject (adlf)	cliffs tribal areas
Subject (file heading)	Cliff Dwellers
Subject (lcsh)	Indians of North America Cliff-dwellers Dwellings Cliffs
Geographic subject	canyons: Canyon de Chelly; canyons: Canyon del Muerto
Geographic subject (county)	Apache
Geographic subject (state)	New Mexico
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1895
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1895
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	2546
Call number	CHS-2546
Microfiche number	1-165-
Legacy record ID	chs-m15489; USC-1-1-1-13506
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-2546
Archival file	chs_Volume92/CHS-2546.tiff

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