Eighteen albumen photographs
Each photograph height 6 in / 15.2 cm
Each photograph width 10.25 in / 26 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Utah
This collection of eighteen photographs documents the cave dwellings of Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. Titled Cave Dwellings of the Rito de los Frijoles, the group includes views of Ancestral Puebloan sites including Tyuonyi, Long House, Talus House, and Rainbow House. The photographs were made by Mr. and Mrs. Stafford around 1917, shortly after Bandelier was established as a national monument in 1916.
The images record the cliff dwellings and canyon architecture before later National Park Service and Civilian Conservation Corps development changed the visitor landscape of the monument. Frijoles Canyon preserves evidence of long human occupation, with permanent Pueblo structures emerging around 1150 and later communities relocating to Rio Grande pueblos including Cochiti and San Ildefonso. As a group, the photographs offer a focused early visual record of Bandelier, Ancestral Puebloan architecture, and early National Park documentation in the Southwest.
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Eighteen albumen photographs
Each photograph height 6 in / 15.2 cm
Each photograph width 10.25 in / 26 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Utah
This collection of eighteen photographs documents the cave dwellings of Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. Titled Cave Dwellings of the Rito de los Frijoles, the group includes views of Ancestral Puebloan sites including Tyuonyi, Long House, Talus House, and Rainbow House. The photographs were made by Mr. and Mrs. Stafford around 1917, shortly after Bandelier was established as a national monument in 1916.
The images record the cliff dwellings and canyon architecture before later National Park Service and Civilian Conservation Corps development changed the visitor landscape of the monument. Frijoles Canyon preserves evidence of long human occupation, with permanent Pueblo structures emerging around 1150 and later communities relocating to Rio Grande pueblos including Cochiti and San Ildefonso. As a group, the photographs offer a focused early visual record of Bandelier, Ancestral Puebloan architecture, and early National Park documentation in the Southwest.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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