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The White House Ruins at Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, ca.1895
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The White House Ruins at Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, ca.1895
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Photograph of the White House Ruins at Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, ca.1895. Primitive building structures, dubbed the "White House Ruins", lay in the crevice of the cliff at about one third of the way up from the base.; "History: the 84,000-acre park belongs to the Navajos, but has been occupied for as long as 5,000 years by humans. Before the Navajos, who once shared the canyon with the Hopis, were the ancestral Puebloans, sometimes called Anasazi. They built homes from the native rock and grew corn. Before the Anasazi were the basket makers, who were nomadic hunters and gatherers. White House Ruins, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona on the Navajo Nation. These ruins were built by the Anasazi, a Navajo word meaning the Ancient Ones." -- unknown author.; "White House Ruins: The Monument is administered as part of the National Park Service but since it lies on Navajo land, admission is free. However, unsupervised access is restricted to the rim overlooks and to a single trail into the canyon, leading to the White House Ruins - for all other trips down or along the canyon, a Navajo escort is required. These ruins date from about 1200 and are some of the oldest in the canyon. The trailhead is seven miles along the south rim drive; the one-mile trail is rocky and steep in places but well maintained and not too difficult - it takes between 25 and 50 minutes to get down, depending on your fitness. There are a couple of short tunnels, plenty of cacti and lizards, and the track passes a farm and an orchard before crossing the stream to the Ruins. Near the stream, just before the second tunnel, there is an interesting short cut down a narrow gully, using old foot-holes carved in the sandstone walls. Once at the White House, rest rooms and Indian jewelry sellers detract a little from the experience but the delicate well-preserved buildings beneath the 500-foot sheer cliff are well worth the trip. Despite the pleasures of walking, most visitors prefer to take the Navajo jeep tours, which visit various locations along the canyon and last for all or half of a day." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
The White House Ruins at Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, ca.1895
Subject
Cliff Dwellers
(file heading),
Cliff-dwellers
(subject),
Cliff-dwellers
(lcsh),
cliffs
(lcsh),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
tribal areas
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arizona
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1895
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
1895
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-m17443
Identifier
5683 (
accession number
), CHS-5683 (
call number
), CHS-5683 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17438 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17443 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13506 (
legacy record id
), 1-165- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17438
Unique identifier
UC142532
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5683.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.5 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 43.4 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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