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Title
Sacred Spider Rock at the entrance to Monument Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 Sacred Spider Rock at the entrance to Monument Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, ca.1900. The tall spire is matched in height by a much broader rock formation behind it. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the foot of the formations in the flat sparsely vegetated area.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17083
USC-1-1-1-13506
USC-1-1-1-14308
USC-1-1-1-14014 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4344
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17083
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4344.jpg
Subject
Cliff-Dwellers
Indians of North America
Cliffs
Outside California--Arizona--General
Cliff Dwellers
Natural features--Rock formations
Arizona--Monument Canyon
Natural rock formations
Canyons
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
USA
canyons: Monument Canyon
canyons: Canyon de Chelly
Source
1-80-54; 1-165-54 [Microfiche number]
4344 [Accession number]
CHS-4344 [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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