Object Details
- Author
- Hazzard, C. D
- Subject
- Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930
- Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Cliff Palace before excavation and repair by the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. It is now an attraction for thousands of tourists. Mesa Verde National Park was created June 29, 1906. Two years after the establishment of the park, excavation and repair of the major sites was begun so that visitors could see and enjoy the park. Most of the early work was done by Jesse Walter Fewkes, archaeologist, Smithsonian Institution.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 189, Folder 10
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]
- Date unknown but probably c. 1906
- Standard number
- 2003-19495
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Architecture
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 6.5 X 8; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Cliff Palace
- Exhibitions
- Record ID
- siris_sic_10806
