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Title
Spruce Tree Cliff house at Mesa Verde National park in Manco Canyon, 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 the Spruce Tree Cliff house at Mesa Verde National park in Manco Canyon, Colorado, 1895. At right, the ruins of the brick dwellings are visible constructed under an overhang of rock. Some desert foliage can be seen in the left foreground, while the upper edge of the rock face is visible behind them.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15531
USC-1-1-1-13506 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2603
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15531
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2603.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]
2603 [Accession number]
CHS-2603 [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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