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Cliff Palace- Sun Temple in distance
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Call Number
P-638
Creator
Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Date
1915
Summary
View, facing southwest, of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry ruins of Cliff Palace, before excavation, stand underneath a cliffside overhang. The ruins of five great kivas or dance plazas and a four-story building are visible. The ruins of Sun Temple stand in the distance, across Cliff Canyon.
Physical Description
1 photonegative : glass ; 8 x 11 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 6 x 8 cm (2 1/2 x 3 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog
Analog
Subject
Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado
Pueblo Indians--Antiquities--Colorado
Cliff Palace (Colo.)
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Sun Temple (Colo.)
Archaeological sites--Colorado
Cliff dwellings--Colorado
National parks and reserves--Colorado
Geographic Area
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700170638
Type of Material
Glass negatives
Photographic prints
Black & white photographs
Original Material Found in Collection
C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Notes
Condition: emulsion oxidation on glass negative. Etched on glass negative: "V-14." "D&RG". Title etched on glass negative. Vintage photographic print. R7001706382
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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley),
Cliff Palace- Sun Temple in distance
(1915). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1037121