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Title
Balcony Cliff house, Mancos Canyon in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 1895
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1895
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of Balcony Cliff house, Mancos Canyon in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 1895. The two-story well-preserved ruin is built back under a rocky overhang. The ends of posts forming the rafters holding up the second story are clearly visible extending beyond the face of the building. Another smaller building is visible behind.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15522
USC-1-1-1-13506 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2594
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15522
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2594.jpg
Subject
Cliff Dwellers
Indians of North America
Cliff-dwellers
Dwellings
Cliffs
Tribal areas
Time Period
1895
Place
Colorado
Montezuma
USA
parks: Mesa Verde National Park
canyons: Mancos Canyon
Source
1-165- [Microfiche number]
2594 [Accession number]
CHS-2594 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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