California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Indian cliff dwelling ruins in the Canyon del Muerto (Canyon of the dead), ca.1900

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Indian cliff dwelling ruins in the Canyon del Muerto (Canyon of the dead), ca.1900

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Photograph of Indian cliff dwelling ruins in the Canyon del Muerto (Canyon of the dead), ca.1900. The remnants of approximately four narrow stone walls abutting a thicker stone wall or low vertical embankment. The surrounding landscape is rocky with little vegetation.

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Title Indian cliff dwelling ruins in the Canyon del Muerto (Canyon of the dead), ca.1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject archaeological sites (adlf), Cliff Dwellers (file heading), Cliff-dwellers (lcsh), cliffs (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Indians of North America (lcsh), tribal areas (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), canyons: Canyon del Muerto (geographic subject), New Mexico (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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)

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15478

Identifier 2534 (accession number), CHS-2534 (call number), CHS-2534 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14759 (legacy record id), chs-m15478 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13506 (legacy record id), 1-165- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14759

Unique identifier UC144134

Legacy Identifier CHS-2534.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.2 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
41.3 cm × 32.0 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

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