Ancient Ruins in the Canyon of the Mancos

Ancient Ruins in the Canyon of the Mancos

Photograph

William Henry Jackson

Maker
American, 1843–1942

Ancient Ruins in the Canyon of the Mancos

1874
Albumen silver print
Image: 8 3/8 × 4 5/16 in. (21.3 × 11 cm)
Mount: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Purchase, 1955
1981.2242.0049
Inscriptions Printed in brown on mount recto, TC: Department of the Interior. \ U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. \ [emblem] \ PROF. F.V. HAYDEN IN CHARGE.
Printed in image, BL: 157. ANCIENT RUINS IN THE CAÑON OF THE MANCOS.
Stamped in blue on verso, BL: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
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