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Call NumberZ-15029CreatorChapin, Frederick H. (Frederick Hastings)Date1889-1890SummaryAerial view of Cliff Palace, North American Indian (Ancestral Puebloan) cliff dwellings in Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Shows crumbling, square and round, stone and masonry dwellings and kivas beneath a large cliff overhang. Shows the curved rimrock wall of Cliff Canyon, junipers and piñon trees, and the top of Chapin Mesa.Physical Description1 photographic print : albumen ; 23 x 16 cm (9 x 6 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 29 x 24 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--AntiquitiesPueblo Indians--AntiquitiesChapin Mesa (Colo.)Cliff Canyon (Colo.)Cliff Palace (Colo.)Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Archaeological sitesCliff dwellingsCliffsGeographic AreaMesa Verde National Park (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialMany photographs are included in: "The land of the cliff-dwellers," copyright 1892 by Frederick H. Chapin. https://archive.org/details/landofcliffdwell00chap/page/n8Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromImage from C Photo Album 107, Colorado Mancos Canyon album: p.29Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 107. Colorado Mancos CanyonNotesNo high-resolution file is available. Title inked on album page. R7110150298DonorTanenbaum; purchase; 1950Languageeng

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