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THE famous White House Cliff dwelling, occupying a niche in a sheer 600-foot red sandstone wall of Canyon de Chelly National Monument, 125 miles north of Holbrook, Ariz. Over 300 individual ruins of prehistoric Indian cliff dwellings exist in this one monument.
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Whitehouse Cliff Dwelling.
THE famous White House Cliff dwelling, occupying a niche in a sheer 600-foot red sandstone wall of Canyon de Chelly National Monument, 125 miles north of Holbrook, Ariz. Over 300 individual ruins of prehistoric Indian cliff dwellings exist in this one monument.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1939
Medium/Technique
Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.10753
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. SEE THE WEST WITH 76 GASOLINE
No.62 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Photographic Scenes of the West.
© 1939 Union Oil Compnay of Calif. Made in U.S.A.
No.62 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Photographic Scenes of the West.
© 1939 Union Oil Compnay of Calif. Made in U.S.A.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)