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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde

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Call NumberWHJ-1899CreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1892SummaryPanoramic view of the valley from underneath a solid rock overhang at Cliff Palace, a Native American (Anasazi) ruin at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Shows numerous masonry walls, cliff dwellings, a circular kiva, brush, trees, a mesa in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print : albumen ; 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.) mounted on album page.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Antiquities--Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Pueblo Indians--Antiquities--Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Cliff Palace (Colo.)Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Archaeological sites--Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Cliff dwellings--Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Geographic AreaMesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Type of MaterialSample booksAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII ; no. 110Original Material Found in CollectionW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIIINotesAttribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W.H. Jackson sample album. Condition: Print is oxidized, soiled, edges abraded. Hand-lettered title and: "4255" reproduced in print. Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1898. R7003018997.

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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde