United States, New Mexico, Bandelier National Monument
Circa 1917
Eighteen albumen photographs
Each photograph: Height 6 × Width 10 1/4" (15.2 × 26 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Utah
This collection of eighteen albumen 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, made by Mr. and Mrs. Stafford around 1917, shortly after Bandelier was established as a national monument in 1916. The photographs represent an early visual record of the monument before later National Park Service and Civilian Conservation Corps development changed the visitor landscape.
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. The images record the cliff dwellings and canyon architecture in their early twentieth-century condition, offering a focused document of Ancestral Puebloan architecture and early National Park documentation in the Southwest. The collection is in private Utah provenance.
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United States, New Mexico, Bandelier National Monument
Circa 1917
Eighteen albumen photographs
Each photograph: Height 6 × Width 10 1/4" (15.2 × 26 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Utah
This collection of eighteen albumen 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, made by Mr. and Mrs. Stafford around 1917, shortly after Bandelier was established as a national monument in 1916. The photographs represent an early visual record of the monument before later National Park Service and Civilian Conservation Corps development changed the visitor landscape.
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. The images record the cliff dwellings and canyon architecture in their early twentieth-century condition, offering a focused document of Ancestral Puebloan architecture and early National Park documentation in the Southwest. The collection is in private Utah provenance.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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