MS 2420 Photographs by unidentified photographer of cliff ruins, Rio Mancos, Colorado, and other Mesa Verde ruins, collected by H. Jay Smith when preparing the "Cliff Dwellers" exhibit at the Worldʹs Columbian Exposition, 1894
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2420
name: label: Creator
content: Smith, H. Jay
label: Names
content: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
place: label: Place
content: Cliff Palace (Mesa Verde, Colorado) -- Archeology
label: Place
content: Hovenweep (Colorado) -- Archeology
topic: label: Topic
content: Mesa Verde (Colorado) -- Archeology
label: Topic
content: Spruce Tree House (Mesa Verde, Colorado) -- Archeology
creator: label: Creator
content: Smith, H. Jay
culture: label: Culture
content: American Indians -- Colorado
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1894
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Letter of transmittal from H. Jay Smith, 1900 4th St., S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 6, 1894, accompanies prints.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2420
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: No identifications on photographs.

Tentative identifications are: #500 Mesa Verde cliff dwelling. #501 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #508 Mesa Verde cliff dwelling: Spruce Tree. #509 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #511 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings: Cliff Palace. #514 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #515 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #516 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #520 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #525 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings: Cliff Palace. #527 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #532 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #533 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #536 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. #537 Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings: Cliff Palace. #503 Hovenweep ruins. #504 Hovenweep ruins. #507 Hovenweep ruins. #510 Hovenweep ruins. #518 Hovenweep ruins. #700 Tower-like ruin. #512 Ruin on rock pinnacle, with man seated on top. #550 Ruin on rock pinnacle. #524 View of Colorado valley. #531 Pillar-like rock formation. #900 Group of unidentified Indian men.