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PhotographAspen Grove With Purple FlowersPhotograph | Aspen Grove With Purple Flowers | John Fielder | Aspen Grove | Flowers | Lupine2023.1.19
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PhotographAspen Grove With Purple Flowers 2Photograph | Aspen Grove With Purple Flowers 2 | John Fielder | Aspen Grove | Flowers | Lupine2023.1.20
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PhotographCliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 2Photograph | Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 2 | John Fielder | Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) | Ancestral Puebloan | adobe2023.1.364
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PhotographMesa Verde National Park 1Photograph | Mesa Verde National Park 1 | John Fielder | Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) | Ancestral Puebloan | adobe | Canyons | mesa2023.1.365
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PhotographCliff Palace, Mesa Verde National ParkPhotograph | Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park | John Fielder | Cliff Palace (Colo.) | Cave dwellings | Stone | Buildings | Rocks | Trees | bushes | person | Cave | ruins2023.1.6962
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PhotographCliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 2Photograph | Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 2 | John Fielder | Cliff Palace (Colo.) | Cave dwellings | Stone | Buildings | Rocks | Trees | bushes | person | Cave | ruins2023.1.6963
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PhotographCliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 3Photograph | Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 3 | John Fielder | Cliff Palace (Colo.) | Cave dwellings | Stone | Buildings | Rocks | Trees | bushes | Cave | ruins | mountain range2023.1.6964
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PhotographCliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 4Photograph | Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park 4 | John Fielder | Cliff Palace (Colo.) | Cave dwellings | Stone | Buildings | Rocks | Cave | ruins2023.1.6965
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PhotographCliff PalacePhotograph | Cliff Palace | John Fielder | Cliff Palace | Cliff dwellings | ruins | Houses | Pits | canyon | cliff | Rocks | Trees2023.1.7110
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PhotographUte MountainPhotograph | Ute Mountain | John Fielder | Plains | valley | bushes | Rock formations | mountain range | Ute Mountain2023.1.7111
This photograph was taken near the Mancos River in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus is a close-up on the lower portion of multiple aspen trees. The ground cover is extremely green, and groups of Lupine flowers are littered across it.
This photograph was taken near the Mancos River in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus is a close-up on the lower portion of multiple aspen trees. The ground cover is extremely green, and groups of Lupine flowers are littered across it. A wider shot than the first aspen grove photo.
The view of Cliff Palace and the ridge overlooking the Ancestral Puebloan ruins in Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County. The ruins are shown in full glory and they are mostly intact. The ruins are spectacular and they are not blocked by the trees.
The picture of the mesa and canyons of Mesa Verde National Park. This photograph was taken in Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County. This helps show the cliffs the inhabitants of Mesa Verde would have noticed.
This is a photograph of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus of the photo is of the large cliff dwellings and stone houses that sit in the side of the mountain. There are some trees in the lower right corner and a person stands to the left of the buildings for scale. The top of the cave is sheer rock. This photograph can be found on page 145 of John Fielder's book, Colorado 1870-2000 Vol. II.

The black & white photograph, taken by William Henry Jackson, 86.200.2420 is found on page 144 of John Fielder's book, Colorado II 1870-2000.
This is a photograph of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus of the photo is of the large cliff dwellings and stone houses that sit in the side of the mountain. There are some trees in the lower right corner and a person stands to the left of the buildings for scale. The top of the cave is sheer rock. This photograph can be found on page 145 of John Fielder's book, Colorado 1870-2000 Vol. II.

The black & white photograph, taken by William Henry Jackson, 86.200.2420 is found on page 144 of John Fielder's book, Colorado II 1870-2000.
This is a black and white photograph of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus of the photo is of the large cliff dwellings and stone houses that sit in the side of the mountain. The photo was taken from inside the cave looking at the sides of the buildings. Trees can be seen growing along the outside of the cave walls and there is a mountain range in the distance. The top of the cave is sheer rock. This photograph can be found on page 146 of John Fielder's book, Colorado 1870-2000 Vol. II.

The black & white photograph, taken by William Henry Jackson, 86.200.2422 is found on page 146 of John Fielder's book, Colorado II 1870-2000.
This is a photograph of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The focus of the photo is of a section of the large cliff dwellings and stone houses that sit in the side of the mountain. There are some loose rocks in between the stacked houses. The top of the cave is sheer rock. This photograph can be found on page 147 of John Fielder's book, Colorado 1870-2000 Vol. II.

The black & white photograph, taken by William Henry Jackson, is found on page 147 of John Fielder's book, Colorado II 1870-2000.
This is a black and white photograph of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The various cliff dwellings and ruins that make up Cliff Palace make up the focus of the photo. They all sit in an opening of the canyon wall that hangs over the dwellings. There are two large pits made out of stone in the foreground. There is a patch of trees below the dwellings at the mouth of the canyon. This photograph can be found on page 211 of John Fielder's Book, Colorado 1870-2000 Second Edition.

The second black & white photograph, taken by William Henry Jackson, is found on page 210 of John Fielder's book, Colorado 1870-2000 Second Edition.
This is a photograph of Ute Mountain in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. In the foreground is a red plain with some bushes scattered across it. Some red rock spires rise up from the land to the left. In the background is Ute Mountain that looks over the valley below. This photograph can be found on page 212 of John Fielder's Book, Colorado 1870-2000 Second Edition.

The black & white photograph, taken by William Henry Jackson, is found on page 212 of John Fielder's book, Colorado 1870-2000 Second Edition.
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