• John K. Hillers (photographer)

Distant view of cliff dwellings, rock paintings and the ruins of the White House in the background, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

1881

Albumen silver print

comp.: 25.2 x 32.6 cm secondary support: 40.7 x 49.0 cm sheet: 28.0 x 35.6 cm

PH1980:1235

• general view
• distant view
• exterior view

inscribed and signed - by the photographer ? in white ink, on the print, l.l.: with title; and l.r.: "HILLERS, PHOTO." inscribed - in typescript, on the secondary support, u.r.: "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION."; and u.r.: "BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY." labelled and imprinted - in typescript, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, verso, u.r.: "Compliments of / J.W. POWELL."

Canyon de Chelly; Arizona; United States;

• architecture

• ruins
• masonry
• pueblo (housing complex)
• cliff dwellings
• rock paintings
• kivas