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Navajo silversmith and rug weaver
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado." Card No. 5 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
Spruce Tree Lodge (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado." Card No. 4 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
Hunters
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "Earliest human inhabitants of America were nomadic hunters who migrated from Asia 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. In those post-glacial days the big-horn bison, now extinct, was a most important game animal."
Card No. 18 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
Modified basket maker
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "From 400 to 700 A.D. the Basket Makers developed new ways of life. They constructed semi-subterranean dwellings which we call pit houses. The atlatl was replaced by bow and arrow and the first pottery was made."
Card No. 20 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
A ceremony in the kiva
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "Priests chanting around a kiva altar. Between the fire pit and the priest using the pipe for "blessing by smoke" is the sipapu, symbolic entrance to the underworld." Card No. 23 of a series of 24.
Knife Edge (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. View north from summit of the Lower Knife Edge showing Park entrance highway." Card No. 2 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
Navajo Canyon (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "Spruce Tree Lodge overlooks Spruce and Navajo Canyons; beyond lie the Navajo and Ute Reservations and the land of the pueblos." Card No. 3 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "Built during the thirteenth century, Balcony House occupies a huge cave high in the walls of Soda Canyon. Ingeniously fortified, it was a prehistoric stronghold." Card No. 10 of a series of 24.
Card No. 10 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
A kiva in Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of a Paul Coze painting. "Circular subterranean chambers (kivas) were used for religious ceremonies by men of the prehistoric period. Kivas are still used by present day Pueblo tribes." Card No. 16 of a series of 24.
Card No. 16 of a series of 24 Mesa Verde paintings by Paul Coze.
Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Photograph of Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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Mesa Verde National Park near Durango, Colo.
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Park Ranger leaning against a ladder in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Hello Folks: Enjoying Mesa Verde Ruins, Interesting meals Fine Scenery cute and exciting-Love Rice".
Climbing to Balcony House ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Mesa Verde National Park, so long inaccessible and little known, now invites discovery by motorists. Fine new highways, most of them completely paved, have shorted the driving time to only one day from Denver, Salt Lake City, Grand Canyon, or Santa..."
Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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To: Miss Violet Dunon Pagosa Springs, Colo. "Mancos Colo. June 20, 1928. Hello Kid!-How are you making it I wish you were here with me. I am having a fine time. We are going to Mesa Verde Fri if it doesn't rain. And write away with love Mae. M."
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Spruce Tree Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Print from a lithograph by Eugene Kingman of Spruce Tree Ruin. Postmarked 7/19/1951. To: Henry Hill Sabine 5684 Oak Place Bethesda, 14, MD. On back of postcard: From a lithograph by Eugene Kingman.
Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Print from a lithograph by Eugene Kingman of Balcony House. On back of postcard: From a lithograph by Eugene Kingman.
Cliff Palace: the Painted Tower as seen from the Speaker Chief's House
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Print from a lithograph by Eugene Kingman of Cliff Palace. On back of postcard: From a lithograph by Eugene Kingman.
Spruce Tree Canyon (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Print from a lithograph by Eugene Kingman of Spruce Tree Lodge. On back of postcard: From a lithograph by Eugene Kingman.
Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Print from a lithograph by Eugene Kingman of Cliff Palace. On back of postcard: From a lithography by Eugene Kingman handwritten on front top.
A kiva in Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Print from a lithograph by Eugene Kingman of A kiva in Cliff Palace. Card addressed to Mr. & Mrs. James Makinson, and dated 8/16/1947. On back of postcard: From a lithography by Eugene Kingman.
Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Postmarked Durango, CO 6/29/1929. To: Mr. Henry L. Weygand. Zurich, Mont. "If I had time & my wife were of the same mind we would surely see the Cliff Dwellers region which is about 40 miles from here. Bro, Oscar & Lee".
600; C.T. American Art Colored.
Spruce Tree House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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This is the second in size of the many structures in the Park, being 200 feet long and having contained 114 rooms. There is a fine spring near by, at the head of the canon-which probably was an inducement for the ancient inhabitants in choosing this..."
606; C.T. American Art Colored.
Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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This is the largest of the many prehistoric ruins found in Uncle Sam's only archaeological park. The structure is 300 feet long and contained approximately 200 rooms, including 23 kivas, or underground ceremonial chambers. It occupies a great cave..."
Square Tower House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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This most interesting ruin was recently excavated and repaired by Dr. Fewkes. It contains a very remarkable tower four stories in height, as well as a kiva which presents an excellent example of the roofing methods used by the ancient inhabitants."
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Square Tower House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Postmarked Lynbrook, NY. 5/17/1963. To Mr. George B. Crapo Crapo Street Marion Massachusetts." Printed on back, "Square Tower House is situated in Navajo Canon opposite a great bluff called Echo Cliff. The whole ruin is about 138 feet in length..."
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Mesa Verde National Park Highway out of Durango, Colo.
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Durango, bustling with commercial activity, stands in contrast to its surrounding territory, which is still the Old West, the last frontier. Here the Indian lives with his sheep and his tepees weaving blankets and living old customs. Here also are..."
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Knife Edge Road (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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This entrance road to the Park winds around the base of Lone Cone to the north face of the mesa which it traverses for a mile and a half at an elevation of 1500 to 1800 feet above the Montezuma Valley; from this point a wonderful view is had, showing..."
608; C.T. American Art Colored.
Spruce Tree Camp (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.), home of the cliff dwellers
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Postmarked Durango, CO 6/10/1919 To Miss Frances Miller, Kline, CO. "Hello girls! Are you glad Aunt May came? I expect that you and Delevin help Mothers a great deal while I am away. I am feeling much better today. My special nurse left last..."
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Sun Temple (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Previous to 1915 this was a great mound, on which grew trees, bushes, etc. In that year the mound was excavated by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, of the Smithsonian Institution, disclosing this remarkable ruin, which is in the form of the letter "D", with the..."
604; C.T. American Art Colored.
Balcony, The: Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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There is a beautiful outlook across the great canon from this point, and one can easily imagine the family groups gathered here in the cool of the evening watching the play of sunlight on the opposite side of the canon. A queer formation called "The ..."
603; C.T. American Art Colored.
Watch Tower, Navajo Canon
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Watch Tower, Navajo Canon.--This strange ruin occupies a commanding position on top of a solid cone-shaped rock near the intersection of Navajo, Spruce Tree and Wickiup Canons. From this point a lookout could be kept over the deep canons and the..."
71969; postage United States and Canada one cent; foreign two cents.
Shiprock (N.M.) plainly seen from Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
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Ship Rock," New Mexico is located 45 miles south from Mesa Verde National Park. It is a gigantic shaft of igneous rock, rising 1860 feet about the plain and dominating the horizon for miles and miles. It is called "Ship Rock" because it appears..."
609; Genuine Curteich-Chicago C.T. American Art Post Card.
Sleeping Ute, seen from Park Point (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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The Ute Mountains in Utah are visible in the distance, outlining the form of a sleeping Indian. These mountains are named after the famous Ute Tribe, dwellers of Utah, Colorado and neighboring regions.
118260; C.T. American Art Colored; Photo Courtesy D. & R.G.W.R.R.
Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.), home of the cliff dwellers
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Postmarked San Diego, Cal. Kearney Branch 11/1/1917. To: Mrs. A. V. Zick 555 Broadway Tacoma, Wash. "Hello Mother: My new address is, "Co. " A" 158th Inf. Camp Kearny Cal. So start writing. Orion".
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Spruce Tree House cliff dwellings (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Mesa Verde National Park, in the extreme southwestern corner of Colorado, contains the largest group and best preserved of all prehistoric ruins in the United States. Imagination runs riot in its attempt to lift the curtain of the centuries on a..."
Marvelous Cliff Palace, at Mesa Verde National Park (City of the Silent Dead ?
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Mesa Verde (Spanish for Green Table Land) National Park contains the most extensive and best preserved ruins of the prehistoric cliff dwellers. The Cliff Palace, largest and most noted of the ruins, is 300 feet long-contains about 200 rooms- and is..."
1558; on front of postcard: City of the Silent Dead in Southwestern Colorado .
Balcony House, looking northward (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Balcony House Balcony House is one of the most notable of the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde; being situated at the extreme east of the district. It was one of the communal apartment houses of a race who mysteriously vanished long before the coming..."
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Pipe Shrine and Fairview House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Hand colored print of Pipe Shrine and Fairview House
Looking into canon from Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, near Mancos, CO
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Hand colored print of Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Spruce Tree Camp (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Hand colored print of Spruce Tree Camp, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Square Tower House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Hand colored print of Square Tower House, Mesa Verde National Park near Mancos, Colorado
Spruce Tree House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde, Colorado
Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of Balcony House, Mesa Verde, Colorado
Looking toward Mancos, on Road from Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
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Photograph of the road toward Mancos, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Knife-Edge Road from Mancos to Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
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Hand Colored postcard of the Knife Edge Road to Mesa Verde
Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Photograph of the Balcony House, Mesa Verde. Handwritten on back: July 18, '16.
Cliff Palace No. 6 (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Photograph of the Cliff House No. 6, Mesa Verde, Colorado.
Red House (Mesa Verde, Colo.)
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Colored print of the Red House, Mesa Verdi (sic), Colorado. Postage: Domestic and Canada one cent; foreign two cents.
Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
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Colored print of the Cliff Palace. Postmarked 8/5/1938 Mrs. John E. Bailey c/o Ransdell, Bear Island, NH. "Mesa Verde. Aug. 5th. This is our second day here and we are seeing wonderful things... "