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Autumn in Canyon de Chelly Nat'l Monument, Arizona. A spectacular land of canyons and sandstone cliffs where prehistoric ruins are tucked away in many caves & the present day Navajo has cornfields and fruit orchards. Note Indian hogans and corral in center. [Photographer's caption]

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Call number	NAU.PH.2003.11.12.2.M4859A
Item number	24435
Creator	Muench, Josef
Title	Autumn in Canyon de Chelly Nat'l Monument, Arizona. A spectacular land of canyons and sandstone cliffs where prehistoric ruins are tucked away in many caves & the present day Navajo has cornfields and fruit orchards. Note Indian hogans and corral in center. [Photographer's caption]
Alternate title	Landscape photographs of Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona.
Date	1950-1970
Type	Image
Description	BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Josef Muench was born in Bavaria February 8, 1904. At the age of 11 he received his first camera and began a lifelong interest in capturing nature on film. He arrived in the United States with his brother in 1926 and eventually settled in Santa Barbara, California. In the 1930s, Muench began his long association with Arizona Highways Magazine. Josef Muench died in 1998.
Collection name	Muench, Josef
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
References	Cumming, Dorothy, Before the roads were paved : living with the Navajos at Canyon de Chelly, 1950-1952; Brenner, Sheri, In beauty I walk [videorecording] : the Navajo way to harmony
Subjects	Formations (Geology)--Arizona Ruins Indians of North America--Antiquities Cliff-dwellings--Arizona
Places	Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)
Physical format	Color transparency
Physical dimension	4x5
Master file size	109284800
Master mimetype	image/tiff
Master file format	tif
Hardware	Imacon Flextight 848
Software	Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme	RGB
Master image bit depth	48-bit
Master resolution	1000
Master pixels horizontal	3804
Master pixels vertical	4788

Autumn in Canyon de Chelly Nat'l Monument, Arizona. A spectacular land of canyons and sandstone cliffs where prehistoric ruins are tucked away in many caves & the present day Navajo has cornfields and fruit orchards. Note Indian hogans and corral in center. [Photographer's caption]

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