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Cliff dwellings near the Montezuma's Well, Arizona, ca.1900
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Cliff dwellings near the Montezuma's Well, Arizona, ca.1900
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Photograph of the cliff dwellings near a lake named "Montezuma's Well", Arizona, ca.1900. Caves and holes are carved into the rocky cliff, while shrubs and dry bushes cover the hillside leading up to the caves. A man is visible walking up the rocky hill at right.; Compares to CHS-2586.; "Montezuma's Castle is well known among tourists who exit Interstate 17 on their way north to the Grand Canyon. But few Montezuma Castle tourists are familiar with the park's counterpart-- Montezuma's Well. The "well" was first brought to the general public's attention by Richard J. Hinton in his Handbook to Arizona, published in 1878. It is believed that the first white visitor to the area was the Spaniard Antonio de Espejo on his 1583 expedition. In his journal he describes an abandoned pueblo with a ditch running from a nearby pond. It is thought this was Montezuma's Castle and Well. Early settlers to the area concluded that the stately cliff dwelling belonged to the Aztec emperor Montezuma. Actually, the "castle" was home to the Sinagua -- not the Aztecs -- and was deserted nearly a century before Montezuma was born. Montezuma never lived in the castle named after him nor did he drink from the well's waters." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
Cliff dwellings near the Montezuma's Well, Arizona, ca.1900
Subject
Cliff Dwellers
(file heading),
Cliff-dwellers
(lcsh),
cliffs
(lcsh),
cliffs
(adlf),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
Montezuma Well (Yavapai County, Ariz.)
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arizona
(states),
USA
(countries),
Yavapai
(counties)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17444
Identifier
5684 (
accession number
), CHS-5684 (
call number
), CHS-5684 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17439 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17444 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13506 (
legacy record id
), 1-165- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17439
Unique identifier
UC142468
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5684.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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