Arizona field photographs, 1885.

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Arizona field photographs, 1885.

Photographs documenting the ruins of cave dwellers of Arizona, including the Sinagua and the Hohokam, and their lifestyles. Ruins such as Montezuma Castle and Well, Casa Grande, and others are recorded. Also includes artifacts such as pottery, arrowheads, and skulls. Views of the earlier white settlers on the move and in new villages, the U.S. Army, the land, and beaver workings and habitats. Photographs were taken by Mearns. Photographs are identified.

139 photonegatives : b&w glass.7 photoprints : b&w.24 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.

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