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.

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m15489

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1895

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Indians of North America , Cliff-dwellers , Dwellings , Cliffs , Cliff-Dwellers , [file heading] Cliff Dwellers , cliffs

Coverage:

[circa] 1895

Place:

[natural features] Canyon de Chelly
[natural features] Canyon del Muerto
[states/provinces] Arizona
[states/provinces] New Mexico
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

glass plate negatives
photographic prints
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m15489

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-13506
[accession no] 2546
[call no] CHS-2546
[microfiche no] 1-165-