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Mesa Verde, excavating

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Call Number	N-186
Title	Mesa Verde, excavating
Creator(s)	Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
Summary	Two men stand above Pithouses A, B and C of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. The two work to excavate the site that lies under a massive rock wall. Digging tools, including a pick ax in the background and a shovel in the left foreground, lie on the dirt ground. Small piles of rocks are scattered around the sunken pithouses. Pithouse C is the nearest one and has a second, smaller pit in it.
Date	[1926?]
Notes	Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library.; Words "Mesa Verde Step House Pithouses A, B & C view from Masonry Pueblo in North" penciled on back of print.; R7001101867
Physical Description	1 photonegative : glass ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject	Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930. Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930. Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930. Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930. Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Glass negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00110186.tif