Scuplted rock walls of the Mesa Encantada, Acoma, ca.1900 (CHS-4516)

Scuplted rock walls of the Mesa Encantada, Acoma, ca.1900
Photograph of scuplted rock walls of Mesa Encantada, Acoma, ca.1900. The formation towers over two small wagons are the foot of the rock wall at left. At center, a large wall full of niches and crevices is visible. Two large rock towers can be seen on either side of the wall. Scrub grass is the dominant vegetation of the surrounding landscape in the foreground.
Call number: CHS-4516
Photographer: James, George Wharton
Filename: CHS-4516
Coverage date: circa 1900
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 4516
Microfiche number: 1-160-17
Archival file: chs_Volume96/CHS-4516.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : photoprints, transparency, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 16 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): natural rock formations
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Identifying number: unidentified no: James-862
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1900
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): transparencies; photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): New Mexico
Legacy record ID: chs-m16852; USC-1-1-1-13461
Geographic subject: mesas: Mesa Encantada
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Indians -- Acoma
Subject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Acoma Indians
Subject: Acoma Indians; Acoma Indians; Acoma