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[The White house, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona] – Vintage Print

[The White house, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona], c1922. — historic photograph
[The White house, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona], c1922.. Historic photograph from the White House collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [The White house, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[The White house, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona]

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The White House ruin sits high in a sheer sandstone alcove on the north wall of Canyon de Chelly in northeastern Arizona, and this c1922 print shows the dwelling's whitewashed upper walls set against the red cliff. The canyon has been home to Navajo families for centuries, and the ruin itself is the work of earlier Ancestral Puebloan builders, who left stone rooms tucked beneath the overhang. The record links the picture to a Navajo Tours series, a sign of how the canyon was marketed to visitors in the early twentieth century. Its pale plaster, which gives the site its name, is worth noticing as a clear marker in the cliff face.

Created / publishedc1922.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ258838 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Navajo Tours. Tour 2, no. 2.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Dwellings--Arizona--Chelly, Canyon de--1920-1930. Cliff dwellings--Arizona--Chelly, Canyon de--1920-1930. Cliffs--Arizona--1920-1930. Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,260 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179050

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