Center of Southwest Studies

Collection  P 042:
Southwest  Colorado historic photonegatives

from the Walker Art Studio (Montrose, Colo.) 
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Title:

Spruce Tree House
Date/circa:  1900/1930
Photographer: Walker Art Studio (Montrose, Colo.)
Subjects: Cliff-dwellings--Colorado--Mesa Verde--Photographs; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Notes: Close-up view looking into Spruce Tree House. A log ladder can be seen emerging from a kiva. Partial standing sandstone block walls, windows, doorways and support beams can be seen as well.Spruce Tree House is the third largest dwelling in the park and contains about 130 rooms and 8 kivas. It housed about 80 people. Two numbers written on sleeve 1466 and (more recently) 454. Also written on sleeve is "Mesa Verde - Spruce tree house & Kiva"
Negative#: 2497

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