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Distant View of Cliff Palace

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Object Details

  • Date

    1917

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Photochromolithograph

  • Contributors

    Published by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.c. printed: MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK - HOME OF THE CLIFF DWELLERS, COLORADO

    l.l. printed: 71962 DISTANT VIEW OF CLIFF PALACE

    Verso:

    u.l. in graphite: Mesa Verde -

    u.l. printed: "PHOSTINT" \ TRADE MARK REG U. S. PAT OFF. \ MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

    u.l. printed: A Distant View of Cliff Palace. -- This ruin, the \ largest and the first discovered on the Mesa Verde, \ was found by two cowboys, Richard and Alfred \ Wetherill, in 1888. Adjacent to the Mesa, along \ the Mancos River, many small dwellings were \ discovered in 1874 by W.H. Jackson, in charge \ of a Government party. The situation of Cliff \ Palace if typical, the prehistoric inhabitants having \ selected these caverns, formed by erosion in the \ sides of the canons, for greater safety from their \ enemies.

    l.l. in graphite: Dear Miss Williams \ I will ne in kinder \ garten as soon as \ we get home from \ here. Marcia J. Knight

    u.r. [stamp]: SEP \ 6 \ 2 PM \ [illeg.]

    l.r. in graphite: Miss S. Williams \ Sherman School \ 9th Grant - \ Denver, \ Colo.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.477

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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