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No. 21 Ruins in Cañon de Chelle, N.M. in a Cavity in the Wall, 60 Feet Above Present Bed of Cañon. Height of Walls About 700 Feet

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840-1882)

Object Details

  • Date

    1873, printed ca. 1874-1876

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Object Format

    Stereograph

  • Dimensions

    Image: 3 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.
    Sheet: 3 7/8 x 7 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount, recto:

    along left edge, printed: EXPEDITION OF 1873.

    along right edge, printed: 1st Lieut. GEO. M. WHEELER, \ Corps of Engineers Commanding.

    Mount, verso:

    u.c., printed: No. 21 T.H. O'Sullivan, Photo. \ Ruins in Cañon de Chelle, N.M. in cavity in the wall, 60 feet above present bed of Cañon. \ Height of walls about 700 feet. The present race of Indians know nothing of the age of these build- \ ings or who occupied them. (For details, see forthcoming report of Lieutenant Wheeler, on Ancient \ Ruins.)

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1989.2.21

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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