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Unidentified man with saddled burro standing in front of Scotty’s Castle Main House before remodeling. Circa 1925.

This is an historic black and white photograph from the Scotty's Castle Historic Photograph Collection, Death Valley National Park of a man holding onto a saddled burro in front of a large structure and wagon. Man is dressed in high topped hat, coat, shirt, and jeans tucked into high-top, laced boots. Burrow had bridle with blinders, western saddle with breast collar and rear britchen. Buckboard style wagon with wooden crates and pack behind burro. Simple, large, two-story stucco building with many windows. Number in black ink in lower left corner.

Unidentified man with saddled burro standing in front of Scotty’s Castle Main House before remodeling. Circa 1925. Possibly prospector. Buggy parked in front of building. Looking down north side of Main House at stairway. Man looks like photographer and author Dane Coolidge but his recorded visit was earlier in 1918. Number in black ink lower right corner refers to historic photograph numbering system: 1124. Listed in earlier catalog record Other Numbers Field: 14. Black and white, 5 x 8 inch, horizontal format. Corner mounted on photograph album page.

U.S. National Park Service

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Upper Grapevine Ranch - Scottys Castle, (DEVA-Location)
, 1st construction phase 1922-1925, (Death Valley Scotty's Castle Time Period)
, Scottys Castle Main House, (DEVA-Structure)

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Death Valley National Park, Code: DEVA

Death Valley Ranch 37”01’47.North 117”20’13.West
Death Valley National Park
Latitude: 36.5675506591797, Longitude: -117.138999938965

NPS Museum Catalog Number : DEVA 42738

Scottys Castle Historic Photograph Collection

Title: Scotty’s Castle Maps and Floor Plans
URL: https://npgallery.nps.gov/DEVA/GetAsset/25e339e10ed44d0d9979a79de0b8135d

20220321

01/01/1925 - 12/30/1925

Print, Photographic

Public Can View

Organization: Death Valley National Park
Position: Museum Curator, Scotty's Castle
Address: P. O. Box 579, Death Valley, CA 92328, (760) 786-3258
Email: DEVA_Curator_SC@nps.gov

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Scenic , Historic

Death Valley National Park