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Characteristic ruin, of the Pueblo San Juan, New Mexico, on the north bank of the San Juan River, about 15 miles west of the mouth of Cañon Largo. The present race of Indians know nothing of when or by whom these buildings were constructed. The ruin is about 350 feet square, and built of natural stone, joined together by a mud cement, no. 43

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Title: Characteristic ruin, of the Pueblo San Juan, New Mexico, on the north bank of the San Juan River, about 15 miles west of the mouth of Cañon Largo. The present race of Indians know nothing of when or by whom these buildings were constructed. The ruin is about 350 feet square, and built of natural stone, joined together by a mud cement, no. 43
Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Contributor: Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Date Created and/or Issued: 1874
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Stereo-5636.
Seated expedition members, camera in foreground.
Yellow mount, orange back.
Possibly Salmon Ruins near Farmington, New Mexico.
Type: image
Format: Stereographic
Stereograph card
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 stereograph : stereograph card ; 4 x 7 in.
Identifier: (C)001589545CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)--Photographs
Discoveries in geography--Photographs
Ancestral Pueblo culture--Dwellings--New Mexico--San Juan County--Photographs
Archaeological sites--New Mexico--San Juan County
Cameras
Expeditions & surveys--United States
San Juan County (N.M.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Albumen prints
Stereographs
Expedition photographs
Place: New Mexico
San Juan County
United States
San Juan County (N.M.)

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