Charles Clayton Howe photographs
Images from gallery: Charles Clayton Howe photographs

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BARSTOW ARCHERY (CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
1 negative: ASA001-1602
Box 5
View of a tree in the desert identified on original enclosure as “Tree and desert scenes – Group Burro 2 Special.”

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FORT TEJON (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
1 negative: ASA001-1604
Box 5
View of the barracks building at Fort Tejon.

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MARICOPA (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
Box 5
Photographs taken on a scouting trip with Wilma Williams: artifacts; Williams with a shovel.

MARICOPA (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
Photographs taken on a scouting trip with Wilma Williams: artifacts; Williams with a shovel.

COSO HOT SPRINGS (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961-1962 AND UNDATED
Box 4. Box 6: 1 degraded negative ASA001-1359
Three sub-series in chronological order
Coso Hot Springs, undated
Joshua tree; people at dig site.

DAVIS DAM (ARIZONA-NEVADA), 1961-1965 AND UNDATED (BULK 1961-1963)
Five sub-series in chronological order
Davis Dam, undated 1 negative: ASA001-1420 Petroglyphs (copy from 35 mm color).

KEELER (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961 AND UNDATED
Two sub-series in chronological order
Keeler, undated
Flash flood between Keeler and Olancha; 2.25x3.25 negatives.

BARRANCA DEL COBRE (CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO), OCTOBER 1960 AND UNDATED
Box 4. Box 6: enclosure only for one degraded negative ASA001-1321 that was discarded as it had deteriorated and crumbled into tiny fragments
Two sub-series in chronological order
Howe filed this group of negatives after his Barranca del Cobre and Baja California negatives. The original negative numbers and enclosures suggest that the negatives may be copies of photographs taken by Charles LaMonk. Most of the negative nos. (14 [sic], 1000, 1002, and 1004 – 1009) are prefaced with “LaMonk” and various other numbers, for example, “6 LaMonk 1007.” The numbers do not fall within the the sequence and numbering pattern of Howe’s negative numbers.
Barranca del Cobre, undated
Portraits of Tarahumara Indians: a man holding a hat, a man in a cape, several other groupings of men, and two people with oven at Citecha in the background. Negative ASA001-1321 was discarded as it had crumbled into tiny fragments.

BARRANCA DEL COBRE (CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO), OCTOBER 1960 AND UNDATED
Box 4. Box 6: enclosure only for one degraded negative ASA001-1321 that was discarded as it had deteriorated and crumbled into tiny fragments
Howe filed this group of negatives after his Barranca del Cobre and Baja California negatives. The original negative numbers and enclosures suggest that the negatives may be copies of photographs taken by Charles LaMonk. Most of the negative nos. (14 [sic], 1000, 1002, and 1004 – 1009) are prefaced with “LaMonk” and various other numbers, for example, “6 LaMonk 1007.” The numbers do not fall within the the sequence and numbering pattern of Howe’s negative numbers.
Barranca del Cobre, undated
Portraits of Tarahumara Indians: a man holding a hat, a man in a cape, several other groupings of men, and two people with oven at Citecha in the background. Negative ASA001-1321 was discarded as it had crumbled into tiny fragments.

BISHOP (CALIFORNIA), 1960-1961 AND UNDATED
Three sub-series in chronological order
This collection has no photographs of the Bishop Loop trip that was organized by Field Chairman Howe on September 2-4, 1967 (Ishii, 1967).
Bishop, undated
Petroglyphs on cliffs (copied from 35mm color photographs).

BISHOP (CALIFORNIA), 1960-1961 AND UNDATED
This collection has no photographs of the Bishop Loop trip that was organized by Field Chairman Howe on September 2-4, 1967 (Ishii, 1967).
Bishop, undated
Petroglyphs on cliffs (copied from 35mm color photographs).

IRVINE RANCH (ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED 8 negatives: ASA001-704 – 711 Box 3 Ben McCown with a gopher snake.

BLACK CANYON AND INSCRIPTION CANYON (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1949-1968 AND UNDATED (BULK DATES 1949-1958) 338 negatives: ASA001-364 – 701 Box 2. Box 6: 26 degraded negatives ASA001-408, 412, 427, 431, 434, 435, 436, 442, 443, 453, 468, 469, 471, 472, 473, 475, 512, 514, 515, 516, 532, 553, 556, 561, 626, 670 Twenty-seven sub-series in chronological order
Howe led many ASA trips to Black Canyon and Inscription Canyon, a small arroyo at the north end of Black Canyon (Pederson, 1956/1984; Howe, 1980). He found the bird petroglyph that ASA adopted as its logo; the bird is about 20 feet above the road and has a wing-span of over two feet (Pederson, 1953/1983). The petroglyph is unique in the area although a similar bird petroglyph occurs 120 miles away (Haenszel, 1972/n.d.). In 1953, the ASA posted a sign, “This is Black Canyon,” telling visitors about the canyon and asking them to “live in peace with this extraordinary place” (ASA, 1953/1984). Charles LaMonk donated several of his reproductions of petroglyphs in Inscription Canyon to ASA (ASA LaMonk Nos. 9, 10, 14, 35, 38, 40, 69, 77 prepared in 1954 and ASA LaMonk no. 46 prepared in 1964). Photographs include some taken in Inscription Canyon. This collection has no photographs of the ASA trip in June 1966 to attempt to repair damage by vandals (Howe, 1966).
Bird petroglyph that was adopted as ASA logo; was probably also enlarged and published as Plate 38 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980).
Black Canyon, undated 6 negatives: ASA001-696 – 701

BLACK CANYON AND INSCRIPTION CANYON (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1949-1968 AND UNDATED (BULK DATES 1949-1958) 338 negatives: ASA001-364 – 701 Box 2. Box 6: 26 degraded negatives ASA001-408, 412, 427, 431, 434, 435, 436, 442, 443, 453, 468, 469, 471, 472, 473, 475, 512, 514, 515, 516, 532, 553, 556, 561, 626, 670 Twenty-seven sub-series in chronological order
Howe led many ASA trips to Black Canyon and Inscription Canyon, a small arroyo at the north end of Black Canyon (Pederson, 1956/1984; Howe, 1980). He found the bird petroglyph that ASA adopted as its logo; the bird is about 20 feet above the road and has a wing-span of over two feet (Pederson, 1953/1983). The petroglyph is unique in the area although a similar bird petroglyph occurs 120 miles away (Haenszel, 1972/n.d.). In 1953, the ASA posted a sign, “This is Black Canyon,” telling visitors about the canyon and asking them to “live in peace with this extraordinary place” (ASA, 1953/1984). Charles LaMonk donated several of his reproductions of petroglyphs in Inscription Canyon to ASA (ASA LaMonk Nos. 9, 10, 14, 35, 38, 40, 69, 77 prepared in 1954 and ASA LaMonk no. 46 prepared in 1964). Photographs include some taken in Inscription Canyon. This collection has no photographs of the ASA trip in June 1966 to attempt to repair damage by vandals (Howe, 1966).
"Space Ship" petroglyph (Howe, original enclosure)
Black Canyon, undated 6 negatives: ASA001-696 – 701

BLACK CANYON AND INSCRIPTION CANYON (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1949-1968 AND UNDATED (BULK DATES 1949-1958) 338 negatives: ASA001-364 – 701 Box 2. Box 6: 26 degraded negatives ASA001-408, 412, 427, 431, 434, 435, 436, 442, 443, 453, 468, 469, 471, 472, 473, 475, 512, 514, 515, 516, 532, 553, 556, 561, 626, 670 Twenty-seven sub-series in chronological order
Howe led many ASA trips to Black Canyon and Inscription Canyon, a small arroyo at the north end of Black Canyon (Pederson, 1956/1984; Howe, 1980). He found the bird petroglyph that ASA adopted as its logo; the bird is about 20 feet above the road and has a wing-span of over two feet (Pederson, 1953/1983). The petroglyph is unique in the area although a similar bird petroglyph occurs 120 miles away (Haenszel, 1972/n.d.). In 1953, the ASA posted a sign, “This is Black Canyon,” telling visitors about the canyon and asking them to “live in peace with this extraordinary place” (ASA, 1953/1984). Charles LaMonk donated several of his reproductions of petroglyphs in Inscription Canyon to ASA (ASA LaMonk Nos. 9, 10, 14, 35, 38, 40, 69, 77 prepared in 1954 and ASA LaMonk no. 46 prepared in 1964). Photographs include some taken in Inscription Canyon. This collection has no photographs of the ASA trip in June 1966 to attempt to repair damage by vandals (Howe, 1966).
Bird Petroglyph was adopted as ASA logo;
Black Canyon, undated 6 negatives: ASA001-696 – 701

Basket from Black Canyon Cave 1

Charles LaMonk at work in Black Canyon; photograph was published as Plate 30 in a Prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980)

IRVINE RANCH (ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED 8 negatives: ASA001-704 – 711 Box 3 Ben McCown with a gopher snake

historical inscription “July 1 1984, A. Tillman, S.F.” Photograph was published as Plate 8B in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980).

BURRO FLATS (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1953-1954 AND UNDATED
Three sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological order but with undated series before 1953 series)
The site (VEN-4) above Chatsworth Reservoir was on a private ranch owned by Mr. Silvernale. There were two cave homes at the site and pictographs in varied shapes and vivid color. The West Coast’s first atomic power plant was planned for some of the Burro Flats area in 1954 (Jackson, 1954).
ASA001-258 – 259 Charles LaMonk, Charles Jr., and Dorothy Cowper (wife of late Dr. Herbert H. Cowper), sitting outside a cave entrance and sketching pictographs. Pictographs are visible inside the cave.
published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 9, 1990). The original negative shows pictographs within the cave and LaMonk and Cowper painting and sketching outside the cave.

BURRO FLATS (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1953-1954 AND UNDATED
Three sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological order but with undated series before 1953 series)
The site (VEN-4) above Chatsworth Reservoir was on a private ranch owned by Mr. Silvernale. There were two cave homes at the site and pictographs in varied shapes and vivid color. The West Coast’s first atomic power plant was planned for some of the Burro Flats area in 1954 (Jackson, 1954).
ASA001-258 – 259 Charles LaMonk, Charles Jr., and Dorothy Cowper (wife of late Dr. Herbert H. Cowper), sitting outside a cave entrance and sketching pictographs. Pictographs are visible inside the cave.

BURRO FLATS (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1953-1954 AND UNDATED
Three sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological order but with undated series before 1953 series)
The site (VEN-4) above Chatsworth Reservoir was on a private ranch owned by Mr. Silvernale. There were two cave homes at the site and pictographs in varied shapes and vivid color. The West Coast’s first atomic power plant was planned for some of the Burro Flats area in 1954 (Jackson, 1954).
ASA001-260 – 261 Freddie Curtis taking a rest.

ASA001-260 – 261 Freddie Curtis taking a rest.

Burro Flats, undated
Photographs of LaMonk’s reproductions. Neither of the original reproductions is in the ASA LaMonk collection.
ASA001-209 – 211 photograph of LaMonk’s reproduction of the most dominant pictograph figure in the ceremonial cave. Hedges (1985) states that the figure illustrates the flight metaphor. A similar figure appears in ASA LaMonk No. 11 prepared in 1953. VanTilburg (1983, p. 44-45) recorded a similar figure from a “rock shelter in the Simi Hills.”

HORSE CANYON CAVE (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
10 negatives: ASA001-99 – 108 (Howe negative no. 268 envelope is empty)
Box 1. Box 6: 3 degraded negatives ASA001-105, 107, 108
Excavation was sponsored by Southwest Museum and University of California, Los Angeles (Steele, 1982).
Views of the cave entrance at the canyon site (KER-93); Clyde Price posing with tripod (ASA001-103); rainbow-shaped and circular, radiating pictographs (ASA001-104, 106). Some of these pictographs appear in the reproductions prepared by Charles LaMonk in 1954 (ASA LaMonk Nos. 66 and 80). In addition to these reproductions, the ASA owns four other LaMonk reproductions of Horse Canyon rock art (ASA LaMonk Nos. 28, 50, 51, 71).

AMBOY CRATER (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
1 negative: ASA001-97
View of the crater and the surrounding landscape

HUMMING BIRD RANCH, SIMI VALLEY AREA (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
Woodpecker holes in telephone pole near Humming Bird Ranch. Howe (n.d.) indexed this image as “unusual or different.”

“EL TORO” JEEP, UNDATED
3 negatives: ASA001-64 – 66
Box 1. Box 6: 2 degraded negatives ASA001-64, 65
Jeep with the name “El Toro” painted on the door. Price (?) with jeep.

VENTURA BOULEVARD (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED
2 negatives: ASA001-73 – 74
A single sandstone concretion propped against a brick wall.

BLACK CANYON AND INSCRIPTION CANYON (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1949-1968 AND UNDATED (BULK DATES 1949-1958)
Twenty-seven sub-series in chronological order
Howe led many ASA trips to Black Canyon and Inscription Canyon, a small arroyo at the north end of Black Canyon (Pederson, 1956/1984; Howe, 1980). He found the bird petroglyph that ASA adopted as its logo; the bird is about 20 feet above the road and has a wing-span of over two feet (Pederson, 1953/1983). The petroglyph is unique in the area although a similar bird petroglyph occurs 120 miles away (Haenszel, 1972/n.d.). In 1953, the ASA posted a sign, “This is Black Canyon,” telling visitors about the canyon and asking them to “live in peace with this extraordinary place” (ASA, 1953/1984).
Charles LaMonk donated several of his reproductions of petroglyphs in Inscription Canyon to ASA (ASA LaMonk Nos. 9, 10, 14, 35, 38, 40, 69, 77 prepared in 1954 and ASA LaMonk no. 46 prepared in 1964).
Photographs include some taken in Inscription Canyon. This collection has no photographs of the ASA trip in June 1966 to attempt to repair damage by vandals (Howe, 1966).
Black Canyon, June 1952, some June 10, 1952
ASA001-462 – 464 black and white mountain taken with Voightlander camera; 2.25x2.25-inch negatives.

BAJA CALIFORNIA, 1965 AND 1972 (BULK 1972)
Two sub-series in chronological order as filed by Howe
See also: ASA001-1127 – 1198 for additional negatives of photographs taken in Baja
Baja California, February 1972
Landscapes; jeep camps; a building with a palm-frond roof.

RANCHO CALIFORNIA (RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1971
The excavation of a Luiseño campsite near Temecula was conducted by ASA under direction of San Bernardino County Museum (Rancho California, 1971).
Rancho California, November 1971
Dig site; artifacts include a metate.

Rancho California, October 1971
Artifacts and a hearth.

YUCCA VALLEY (CALIFORNIA), 1971
Box 5. Box 6: 2 degraded negatives ASA001-1592, 1593
Photographs of vegetation of the area. Some of the original enclosures have notations “Pat Nolina” (in the distance) and “Pat, Louise and Harrison” (not pictured).

YUCCA VALLEY (CALIFORNIA), 1971
Photographs of vegetation of the area. Some of the original enclosures have notations “Pat Nolina” (in the distance) and “Pat, Louise and Harrison” (not pictured).

Black Canyon, 1968 6 negatives: ASA001-690 – 695 Geometric petroglyphs. ASAS001-690 “taken at night with only a flashlight for illumination. Exposure F8 at 15 sec. to 2 min.” (Howe, original enclosure).

FOSSIL FALLS (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1968
Views of falls “showing ragged skyline.” Howe organized a trip to Big Petroglyph Canyon (China Lake) and Fossil Falls on May 19-20, 1968 (Miller, 1968). There are no photographs of the China Lake part of the trip in this collection.

BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO), 1956-1967 (BULK 1956-1957)
Box 4. Box 6: 1 degraded negative ASA001-1183
Nine sub-series in chronological order.
Howe made many trips to Baja before the paved highway opened up the peninsula in 1973. He relates an amusing tale of a jeep trip with Clyde Price (Howe, 1976a). See also: ASA001-1282 – 1301 for additional negatives of photographs taken in Baja.
Baja California, 1967
Victoria Faust (in distance).

BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO), 1956-1967 (BULK 1956-1957)
Nine sub-series in chronological order.
Howe made many trips to Baja before the paved highway opened up the peninsula in 1973. He relates an amusing tale of a jeep trip with Clyde Price (Howe, 1976a). See also: ASA001-1282 – 1301 for additional negatives of photographs taken in Baja.
Baja California, 1967
Victoria Faust (in distance).

GRAPEVINE CANYON, NEAR DAVIS DAM (ARIZONA-NEVADA), 1962-1967
Box 5. Box 6 1 degraded negative ASA001-1507
Grapevine Canyon, 1967
Walls of petroglyphs. Many photographs of Hopi artist, Chio Black (Chizomana Ishii), who was ASA President in 1972 and 1973. Howe filed three undated negatives ASA001-1496 – 1498 within this sequence.
Chizomana Ishii, Dorothy Cowper, and petroglyph wall. 1967

GRAPEVINE CANYON, NEAR DAVIS DAM (ARIZONA-NEVADA), 1962-1967
Box 5. Box 6 1 degraded negative ASA001-1507
Grapevine Canyon, 1967
Walls of petroglyphs. Many photographs of Hopi artist, Chio Black (Chizomana Ishii), who was ASA President in 1972 and 1973. Howe filed three undated negatives ASA001-1496 – 1498 within this sequence.
Chizomana Ishii and walls of petroglyphs. See also: ASA001-1561 – 1562 for Ishii in 1969.

Chizomana Ishii and walls of petroglyphs. See also: ASA001-1561 – 1562 for Ishii in 1969.

ASA member Doris Bowers and unidentified person

CHINA LAKE NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION (CALIFORNIA), 1956-1965 (BULK 1956-1957)
Outstanding petroglyphs and photographs. A dry lake area (Howe, n.d.). Prior names of Naval Air Weapons Station that are referenced in some ASA publications are Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) and Naval Weapons Center (NWC).
China Lake, 1965 11 negatives: ASA001-953 – 963 Little Petroglyph Canyon, China Lake. Sixty-two ASA members and guests went on this trip on May 9, 1965 (Layton, 1965; Redtfeldt, 1965/1984a). Photographs of many outstanding petroglyphs of sheep, anthropomorphic figures, and geometric designs.

CHINA LAKE NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION (CALIFORNIA), 1956-1965 (BULK 1956-1957)
Outstanding petroglyphs and photographs. A dry lake area (Howe, n.d.). Prior names of Naval Air Weapons Station that are referenced in some ASA publications are Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) and Naval Weapons Center (NWC).
China Lake, 1965
Little Petroglyph Canyon, China Lake. Sixty-two ASA members and guests went on this trip on May 9, 1965 (Layton, 1965; Redtfeldt, 1965/1984a).
Photographs of many outstanding petroglyphs of sheep, anthropomorphic figures, and geometric designs.

China Lake, 1965
Little Petroglyph Canyon, China Lake. Sixty-two ASA members and guests went on this trip on May 9, 1965 (Layton, 1965; Redtfeldt, 1965/1984a).
Photographs of many outstanding petroglyphs of sheep, anthropomorphic figures, and geometric designs.

DAVIS DAM (ARIZONA-NEVADA), 1961-1965 AND UNDATED (BULK 1961-1963)
Five sub-series in chronological order
Davis Dam, April 27, 1965 and April 1965
Petroglyphs and walls of petroglyphs including a group of six sheep, a circle, and a larger sheep below (ASA001-1410; ASA001-1484 is a better photograph).

Davis Dam, April 27, 1965 and April 1965
Petroglyphs and walls of petroglyphs including a group of six sheep, a circle, and a larger sheep below (ASA001-1410; ASA001-1484 is a better photograph).

Baja California, 1965
Orfanatorio at Colonia Guerro, B.C. Photographs show several groups of children and adults posing in front of the Christ Faith Mission Orphanage.

Orfanatorio at Colonia Guerro, B.C. Photographs show several groups of children and adults posing in front of the Christ Faith Mission Orphanage.

BARRANCA DEL COBRE (CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO), 1960-1964
Box 4. Box 6: 1 degraded negative ASA001-1270 and enclosure only for ASA001-1273 that was discarded as it had deteriorated and crumbled into tiny fragments Three sub-series in chronological order
Barranca del Cobre, October 1964 4 negatives: ASA001-1278 – 1281 Portrait of a person “at Barranca” and a church at Basihuare.
Howe, then ASA Vice-President, led this expedition of 25 ASA members (Barranca del Cobre trip, 1960/n.d.). A Chihuahua newspaper published a report of the trip; Señor Oliv, the engineer who first mapped the Barrancas, met the group. ASA member Miriam Muehlenbach spent many years getting to know the Tarahumara in the Basihuare valley (Muehlenbach, 1973/n.d., 1974/n.d.).

Black Canyon, 1964 3 negatives: ASA001-687 – 689 Landscapes; vandalized petroglyph of a group of sheep with a “newborn lamb.”

RODMAN MOUNTAINS (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1955-1964 (BULK 1955-1957)
Six sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological but March 1955 photographs in two series; the second follows February 1956 series)
Rodman Mountains, 1964
Petroglyphs with multicellular, ray, and rake-like designs; wall with variety of petroglyphs. 2.25x2.25-inch negatives

EARLY MAN RESEARCH CENTER, BLOOMINGTON (CALIFORNIA), 1964
Dedication of center at San Bernardino County Museum, February 1, 1964. Photographs include keynote speaker, Marie Wormington (Curator of Anthropology, Denver Museum of Natural History, Ruth DeEtte Simpson, John Kettl, and Bill Tennis.

Barranca del Cobre, October 1963
“Barranca Expedition.”
scenic views at Camp “Busted Radiator.”

Casas Grandes ruins with walk-in well.

Indian children in schoolyard at Basihuare; scenic views of the surrounding area (ASA001-1273 is an empty enclosure – the negative had crumbled into tiny pieces and was discarded).

Indian church at Basihuare

BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO), 1956-1967 (BULK 1956-1957)
Nine sub-series in chronological order.
Howe made many trips to Baja before the paved highway opened up the peninsula in 1973. He relates an amusing tale of a jeep trip with Clyde Price (Howe, 1976a). See also: ASA001-1282 – 1301 for additional negatives of photographs taken in Baja.
Baja California June 1963
Several Cocopah [Cocopa] women from Baja and portraits of one woman.

Baja California June 1963
Several Cocopah [Cocopa] women from Baja and portraits of one woman.

Davis Dam, January 7, 1963
Wall of Petroglyphs

Davis Dam, January 7, 1963
Wall of petroglyphs

Wall of petroglyphs

Grapevine Canyon, January 7, 1963
Walls of interesting petroglyphs. Whitley identifies the petroglyphs as at the foot of Spirit Mountain (Newberry Peak), Nevada (Whitley, 1996). Someone other than Howe wrote on ASA001-1490 enclosure: “prints should be made before negative deteriorates - a very different site from Keyhole Canyon although near it.” Haenszel (1970/1984) noted that Howe took photographs on ASA’s trip to Keyhole Canyon, November 1968. However, the photographs are not in this collection.

COSO HOT SPRINGS (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961-1962 AND UNDATED
Coso Hot Springs, June 1961
Coso Junction; fire pits; people using the power shaker; Coso dig site; and artifacts (in situ bones).

LAST CHANCE CANYON (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), MAY, 1962 AND MAY 5-6, 1962
Howe led a survey of three rock shelters in March, April, and May, 1962, on land owned by Howard E. Stilwell of San Gabriel. Howe took photographs on the trips (Apostolides, 1968a) but there are no photographs of the March or April trips in this collection.
Photographs include views of “Excavation by South West Museum” including two signs at the site “62-S 5-5-62 SR-2 6 inches N-125” (ASA001-1511) and “62-S 5-6-62 SR-2 Charcoal lens N-125” (ASA001-1513); landscapes; and people working at the site. 2.25x3.25 negatives.

Scenic views and petroglyphs.
Swansea Petro Site, Inyo County, see 1462

Scenic views and petroglyphs.

Swansea Petro Site, Inyo County, see 1462

Scenic views and petroglyphs. Swansea Petro Site, Inyo County, see 1462

Scenic views and petroglyphs. Swansea

Photographs of petroglyphs including a group of six sheep, a circle, and a larger sheep below (ASA001-1484 is a better photograph of the group than ASA001-1410); 2.25x3.25-inch negatives.

Black Canyon, January 1962 1 negative: ASA001-686 Vandalized petroglyph of a group of sheep with a “newborn lamb” (copy from 35 mm color slide).

Coso Hot Springs, 1962
People working at dig site.

LONE PINE (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961-1962 (BULK 1962)
Lone Pine, January 1962
Portraits of Paiute children and adults; and an old man with a young boy, and a girl. These photographs were taken at the ASA’s January 13-14, 1962, project to record Pauite legends, songs, dances, and arrowmaking; six Pauites worked with the ASA on the project: Tom Stone (Chief of Owens Valley tribes), Pete Thomas, Herbert Bellas, Johnny Sims, Emily Bellas, and Nadeen Naylor (Clouse, 1962/n.d.).

Paiute Herbert Bellas in a headdress (ASA001-1442; identification from Clouse, 1962/n.d.) These photographs were taken at the ASA’s January 13-14, 1962, project to record Pauite legends, songs, dances, and arrowmaking; six Pauites worked with the ASA on the project: Tom Stone (Chief of Owens Valley tribes), Pete Thomas, Herbert Bellas, Johnny Sims, Emily Bellas, and Nadeen Naylor (Clouse, 1962/n.d.).

Davis Dam, September 1961
Petroglyphs include a group of six sheep; walls of petroglyphs.
Grapvine Canyon, NV

Davis Dam, September 1961
Petroglyphs include a group of six sheep; walls of petroglyphs.

TAOS AND BANDELIER (NEW MEXICO), SEPTEMBER 1961
Vacation in Taos, Bandelier, Silverton (Colorado), and the Grand Canyon; photographs include Taos pueblo, Bandelier ruins, and landscapes. 2.25x3.25-inch negatives.

Bishop, June 18, 1961
Chalfant group of petroglyphs on “Petroglyph Loop.” See also: ASA001-1087 – 1093 are photographs of Bishop area taken in August 1961.

CASA DIABLO (CALIFORNIA), JUNE 18, 1961
North side of Owens River gorge. The excavation was done for the Forest Service and the material went to the Eastern California Museum (Steele, 1982).
View of Gorge;

CASA DIABLO (CALIFORNIA), JUNE 18, 1961
North side of Owens River gorge. The excavation was done for the Forest Service and the material went to the Eastern California Museum (Steele, 1982).
House Ring

CASA DIABLO (CALIFORNIA), JUNE 18, 1961
North side of Owens River gorge. The excavation was done for the Forest Service and the material went to the Eastern California Museum (Steele, 1982).
Vehicles at campsite

ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY (CALIFORNIA), JUNE 1961
Scene on highway and photograph of a Yucca plant.

Coso Hot Springs, June 1961
Coso Junction; fire pits; people using the power shaker; Coso dig site; and artifacts (in situ bones).

Black Canyon, March 1961 6 negatives: ASA001-680 – 685 Person resting near a cave; canyon view; petroglyphs.

LITTLE LAKE (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), MARCH 1961
A dry lake site (Howe, n.d.). Photographs of dig and people working at dig. Excavation of two rock shelters by 32 ASA members on March 26-27, 1961 (Redtfeldt, 1962/1984b).

Black Canyon, February 1961 4 negatives: ASA001-676 – 679 Campsite and people working at dig site. 2.25x3.25-inch negatives.

KEELER (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961 AND UNDATED
Keeler, 1961
Tram at Keeler; 2.25x3.25 negatives.

Lone Pine, 1961
Scenic views of the Alabama Hills.

SAGE CANYON (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961
Scouting trip with Doug Huntingdon. People at campsite and at Sage Canyon Cave.

SHADOW MOUNTAIN (CALIFORNIA), 1961
23 Views of open-pit turquoise mines near Halloran Springs east of Baker, California; the surrounding area; and people pointing at features (?). Original enclosure of ASA001-1456 states, in handwriting by someone other than Howe, “East Camp CA-SBr-205.” The enclosure also bears a rubber stamp: “Archaeological Survey Association, Armacost Library, University of Redlands, Redlands, California 973.”

SWANSEA (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961
ASA trip August 5-6, 1961, to record petroglyphs in imminent danger of destruction due to blasting (Apostolides, 1961/1984b). Petroglyphs very weathered (Steele, 1982).
Artifact with arrow pointing to it.

SWANSEA (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961
ASA trip August 5-6, 1961, to record petroglyphs in imminent danger of destruction due to blasting (Apostolides, 1961/1984b). Petroglyphs very weathered (Steele, 1982).
Landscape View

TROPICO MOJAVE MINE (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961
Views of mine buildings on hillside; vehicles include wagon chassis and vintage truck.

WESTERN STAR (PRICE) RANCH (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1961-1964
Western Star Ranch was known by ASA members as Price Ranch Site after the owners, and ASA members, Earl and Verdie Price. Preliminary report notes site the number as INY-121 (Clouse, 1965).
Western Star (Price) Ranch, 1961
People at dig.

Black Canyon, November 19, 1960 3 negatives: ASA001-673 – 675 Petroglyphs photographed on Inscription Canyon trip “taken with Gruber.” 2.25x3.25-inch negatives.

Howe filed the undated negatives ASA001-1222 – 1225 within this sequence. Most negatives in this series are 2.25x3.25-inch.
Sub-series includes photographs of Howe’s “symbol of strength and dependability,” his six cylinder big six cab-over jeep named “El Espiritu del Desierto II” (Howe, 1974).
Schoolhouse at Samachicque

Howe filed the undated negatives ASA001-1222 – 1225 within this sequence. Most negatives in this series are 2.25x3.25-inch.
Sub-series includes photographs of Howe’s “symbol of strength and dependability,” his six cylinder big six cab-over jeep named “El Espiritu del Desierto II” (Howe, 1974).
Corrinne Milton in the rain at Samachicque

Howe filed the undated negatives ASA001-1222 – 1225 within this sequence. Most negatives in this series are 2.25x3.25-inch.
Sub-series includes photographs of Howe’s “symbol of strength and dependability,” his six cylinder big six cab-over jeep named “El Espiritu del Desierto II” (Howe, 1974).
Corrine Milton

Howe’s notation on the original enclosure reads “Tarahumara boy at Samachicque” but the negative in the enclosure is a photograph of a group of children. One of the boys is the same one as in ASA001-1306 – 1308.

Chitecha: "oven near our camp at Citecha" and various local people.

Large truck with name painted on the door "El Esperito del Desierto"

"Our camp at Citecha"

landscapes, views of dwellings, “road from Chicuacua to Creel”, a tiny church, and a group of locals at a ranch.

A group of twenty-four people at "Base Camp"

Landscape around Base Camp; views of caves (?)

landscape around Base Camp; views of caves (?)

landscape around Base Camp; views of caves (?).

church at Cusarare

portraits of “Cusarare: the Dancer, Lupe.”

“Divisadero” scenic views

Howe’s jeep (name painted on the door is “El Esperitu del Desierto II”) and a group of people at “Santa Rita motel in Chicuacua.”

Portraits of Tarahumara Indians taken at Citecha: a mother and child, several people, and a boy in a cape (the same boy as in the group of children in ASA001-1202).

BISHOP AND OWEN’S VALLEY (CALIFORNIA), AUGUST 1960
Views of several walls of petroglyphs in Owens Valley and Bishop area. 2.25x3.25-inch negatives. See also: ASA001-1330-1340 are additional photographs that Howe took of the Bishop area in 1960-1961 but did not include in this numbered sequence.

Bishop, August 1960
Petroglyphs.

INDEPENDENCE (CALIFORNIA), JULY 1960
ASA members participated in the Eastern California Museum Association’s Owens Valley Point Typology Workshop, Independence, July 9-10, 1960; collectors brought in over 7,500 points from about 65 collections for identification (Owens Valley, 1960/1984). These photographs may have been taken at this time. Series contains the following items:
Cottonwood charcoal kilns near Owen’s Lake where Howe camped

INDEPENDENCE (CALIFORNIA), JULY 1960
ASA members participated in the Eastern California Museum Association’s Owens Valley Point Typology Workshop, Independence, July 9-10, 1960; collectors brought in over 7,500 points from about 65 collections for identification (Owens Valley, 1960/1984). These photographs may have been taken at this time. Series contains the following items:
Reyes and Jessie Durant posing and holding a display of artifacts. “Jessie is a Paiute from Mono Lake area and married to Reyes Durant who is from Taos, New Mexico. They live at Rt. #1, Box 93, Bishop, California” (Howe, original enclosure).

Reyes and Jessie Durant posing and holding a display of artifacts. “Jessie is a Paiute from Mono Lake area and married to Reyes Durant who is from Taos, New Mexico. They live at Rt. #1, Box 93, Bishop, California” (Howe, original enclosure).

GUADALUPE CANYON (BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO), MAY 30, 1960
Howe took this trip with Don Fruit, Wilma Williams, and Andy Kastell. The canyon, on the Sierra Juarez Plateau in northern Baja, has hot pools (Howe, 1976c). The photographs include a group of people having refreshments beside a car, landscapes, jeeps traversing rocky hill terrain, a swimming hole, and a hut of palm fronds.

GUADALUPE CANYON (BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO), MAY 30, 1960
Howe took this trip with Don Fruit, Wilma Williams, and Andy Kastell. The canyon, on the Sierra Juarez Plateau in northern Baja, has hot pools (Howe, 1976c). The photographs include a group of people having refreshments beside a car, landscapes, jeeps traversing rocky hill terrain, a swimming hole, and a hut of palm fronds.
Road to Guadalupe Canyon, Baja, California

Black Canyon, May 1960 2 negatives: ASA001-671 – 672 Various geometric and atlatl-like petroglyphs.

BLACK CANYON AND INSCRIPTION CANYON (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1949-1968 AND UNDATED (BULK DATES 1949-1958)
Twenty-seven sub-series in chronological order
Howe led many ASA trips to Black Canyon and Inscription Canyon, a small arroyo at the north end of Black Canyon (Pederson, 1956/1984; Howe, 1980). He found the bird petroglyph that ASA adopted as its logo; the bird is about 20 feet above the road and has a wing-span of over two feet (Pederson, 1953/1983). The petroglyph is unique in the area although a similar bird petroglyph occurs 120 miles away (Haenszel, 1972/n.d.). In 1953, the ASA posted a sign, “This is Black Canyon,” telling visitors about the canyon and asking them to “live in peace with this extraordinary place” (ASA, 1953/1984).
Charles LaMonk donated several of his reproductions of petroglyphs in Inscription Canyon to ASA (ASA LaMonk Nos. 9, 10, 14, 35, 38, 40, 69, 77 prepared in 1954 and ASA LaMonk no. 46 prepared in 1964).
Photographs include some taken in Inscription Canyon. This collection has no photographs of the ASA trip in June 1966 to attempt to repair damage by vandals (Howe, 1966).
Black Canyon, April 1960
15 negatives: ASA001-646 – 670 Petroglyphs and scenes of trash and vandalism in the canyon.

Black Canyon, April 1960
15 negatives: ASA001-646 – 670 Petroglyphs and scenes of trash and vandalism in the canyon.

Vandalized petroglyph of a group of sheep with a "newborn lamb"

Petroglyphs and scenes of trash and vandalism in the canyon.

Trash in Black canyon

Photograph published as Plate 36 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980); it is a "unique petroglyph element." (plate caption)

A gopher snake in Inscription Canyon

Petroglyph of corn symbols superimposed on a sheep. Photograph was published as Plate 39 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980). See also: ASA001-380 is same petroglyph in 1949

GEM HILL (KERN COUNTY, CALFORNIA), APRIL 1960
Leona Barnes holding a metate

Black Canyon, March 1960
View of black and white mountain taken with infared film with #25A filter.

AGUANGA (RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), FEBRUARY 1960
Petroglyph of a lanky man walking “made by removing lichens from the rock” (Howe, original enclosure). Location is near Bergman’s Museum.
Aguanga "lichen glyph"

Black Canyon February 1960
View of black and white mountain taken with infared film with #25A filter

JOSHUA TREE MONUMENT (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1960
Groups of people looking at petroglyphs.

Baja California, October 1959
An Old Man Cactus

Baja California, October 1959
Camping near San Borjas

Baja California, October 1959
Howe posing with a 132-pound sailfish, two rooster fish, and a yellow tail that he caught off La Paz on October 23, 1959.

Black Canyon, 1959
People working at dig site; petroglyph of long-bodied big horn sheep that seems to be disappearing beneath lichens. See: photographs of same petroglyph taken in 1951 and 1958 (ASA001-417 and 605).

Black Canyon, March 16, 1958
Photographs of members of the Sierra Club, Charles LaMonk, and petroglyphs. Two photographs show LaMonk holding one of his reproductions with the original petroglyph on the canyon wall behind him (ASA001-636 – 637). The reproduction that LaMonk is holding is not in the ASA LaMonk collection.

ROCK SPRINGS (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), MARCH 1, 1958
People working at ASA archaeological dig; close-ups of the power shaker that Howe and Clyde Price designed and constructed (Howe, 1977c; see also: ASA001-1610 for details about the construction of the shaker).

Black Canyon, January 4, 1958
Vandalized petroglyph of a group of sheep with a "newborn lamb". Series of petroglyphs at lower end of Canyon showing vandalism. One sheep is gone from lower right" (Howe, ASA001-604 enclosure).

Black Canyon, January 4, 1958
Petroglyph of a long-bodied big horn sheep; Howe published a different photograph of this petroglyph (ASA001-417 taken in 1951) as Plate 37 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980). See also: ASA001-643

Black Canyon, January 4, 1958
ASA001-606 – 607 camp at Scout Cove; a miner’s dugout excavated in volcanic tuff in 1910 by American Opal Company. The company extracted common opal in the area but Tiffany and Company did not find the fire opal that they wanted (Howe, 1980). Photographs published as Plates 7A and 7B in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980).

ASA001-606 – 607 camp at Scout Cove; a miner’s dugout excavated in volcanic tuff in 1910 by American Opal Company. The company extracted common opal in the area but Tiffany and Company did not find the fire opal that they wanted (Howe, 1980). Photographs published as Plates 7A and 7B in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980).

ASA001-608 – 621 photographs include some interesting petroglyphs.

Black and white mountains scenic view

ASA001-623 – 635 interesting petroglyphs, intaglios (ASA001-626), and walls of petroglyphs, including large sheep and concentric circles. ASA001-629 was published as Plate 29 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980). The plate caption reads “weathered petroglyphs – may be oldest recorded in Inscription Canyon.” ASA001-628 is a clear photograph of the same petroglyphs.

Black Canyon, 1956
Black Canyon caves.
ASA001-587 – 603 views of Black and Inscription Canyons and of canyon walls and a few petroglyphs.

Baja California, November 1957
San Felipe harbor, shell mounds, and fisherman’s shrine; ocotillo plants and an elephant tree (ASA001-1177 – 1184).

SAN TIMOTEO CANYON (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), OCTOBER 6, 1957
Photographs of a human skeleton (ASA001-87) and historical artifacts including a five franc 1834 coin, an 1854 coin, a belt buckle, and an engraved spoon (ASA001-85 – 86). Howe (n.d.) cross-indexed the photographs under the entry “Historical Interest.”

MESQUITE SPRINGS (CALIFORNIA), OCTOBER 26-27, 1957
Box 1. Box 6: 4 degraded negatives ASA001-190, 192, 201, 208
Views of the historical Tonopah and Tidewater Railway in the desert; a jeep campsite is near the railway track (ASA001-190 – 195).

MESQUITE SPRINGS (CALIFORNIA), OCTOBER 26-27, 1957
Box 1. Box 6: 4 degraded negatives ASA001-190, 192, 201, 208
Views of the historical Tonopah and Tidewater Railway in the desert; a jeep campsite is near the railway track (ASA001-190 – 195). Howe (1960) cross-indexed the photographs under the entry “Historical Interest.” One photograph shows pictographs on rocks viewed from Mesquite Springs towards the railway (ASA001-194).

Views of the historical Tonopah and Tidewater Railway in the desert; a jeep campsite is near the railway track (ASA001-190 – 195).

Photographs of pictographs (ASA001-196 – 208) include walls of pictographs (ASA001-205, 206). Great variety of pictograph designs with circular elements.

CASMALIA BEACH (SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), SEPTEMBER 1-2, 1957
Beach visited with Jim Fisher (not pictured). 2.25x2.25-inch negatives

GROVER CITY (SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), JULY 6-7, 1957
Howe (?) posing with Bill and Evelyn Goodnight outside house. 2.25x2.25-inch negatives.

This collection has no photographs of the China Lake portion of May 19-20, 1968, trip organized by Howe (see Fossil Falls ASA001-1551 – 1560).
China Lake, May 11, 1957 55 negatives: ASA001-898 – 952

China Lake, May 11, 1957

China Lake, May 11, 1957
Person sitting on a boulder covered with petroglyphs

Petroglyph of a long-bodied animal

CHINA LAKE NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION (CALIFORNIA), 1956-1965 (BULK 1956-1957) 92 negatives: ASA001-872 – 963 Box 3. Box 6: 20 degraded negatives ASA001-872, 873, 874, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 884, 886, 891, 892, 893, 894, 896, 897, 909, 918, 929, 947 Three sub-series in chronological order Outstanding petroglyphs and photographs. A dry lake area (Howe, n.d.). Prior names of Naval Air Weapons Station that are referenced in some ASA publications are Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) and Naval Weapons Center (NWC).

Petroglyph of an animal with a very long body, short ears or horns, a very long tail, and feet like round balls.

MULE CANYON (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), APRIL 6-7, 1957
ASA began the survey of Mule Canyon with a reconnaissance trip in March 1957; about forty members participated (Simpson, 1957/1984). ASA worked the site on weekends during 1957.
Photograph of jeep-car camp with Chester and Thelma Crain (not Crane as on original enclosure) having dinner beside car. Date taken from Howe (n.d.) as original enclosure is undated. Photograph was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 8, 1990).

RODMAN MOUNTAINS (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1955-1964 (BULK 1955-1957)
Six sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological but March 1955 photographs in two series; the second follows February 1956 series)
Rodman Mountains, April 13-14, 1957
Views of campsite, and petroglyphs including an anthropomorphic-geometric one with rake-like “feet.”
Verna Howe and Andy Kastell near campfire with a coffee-pot on the grate.

Rodman Mountains, April 13-14, 1957
Views of campsite, and petroglyphs including an anthropomorphic-geometric one with rake-like “feet.”

ASA001-860 – 869 four series of negatives of photographs of petroglyphs on boulders that represent “an experiment in ‘before & after’ photography to determine if it is desirable or practical – ‘or ethical’ – to chalk petroglyphs” (Howe, n.d.).

SOUTHWEST MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES (CALIFORNIA), MARCH 2, 1957
Views of the exterior and vicinity of the museum that was ASA’s first home. The founders of ASA were archaeologists at the museum.

HARBOR FREEWAY (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1957
Howe found fossils at the Harbor Freeway construction site near his house on 113th Street near Imperial Highway; the State of California later condemned his property for construction of the Century Freeway (Howe, 1977a). It is not clear whether the photographs in this series are from Howe’s find or from another excavation.
Photographs of Pleistocene bones (identification from notation on enclosure of (ASA001-82); view of the freeway dig between 112th and 113th streets in Los Angeles; sandspike picture made for Chuck Williams that Howe (n.d.) cross-indexed under the entry “Geological Interest” (ASA001-75, undated).

NAVAJO COUNTRY AND WUPATKI (ARIZONA), 1957
Photographs include a Navaho mother with her child in a cradleboard with a close-up showing construction of the cradleboard; views outside a Navaho hogan; groups of unidentified people outside a house constructed of wooden planks

A Navaho mother with her child in a cradleboard with a close-up showing construction of the cradleboard;

views outside a Navaho hogan; groups of unidentified people outside a house constructed of wooden planks

Photographs include a Navaho mother with her child in a cradleboard with a close-up showing construction of the cradleboard;

NAVAJO COUNTRY AND WUPATKI (ARIZONA), 1957 12 negatives: ASA001-127–138
three photographs of the Wupatki ruins, northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona (ASA001-135–138). Some 2.25x2.25-inch negatives.

Baja California May 31 – June 2, 1957
Beach views and people posing in front of a building at Puerto Cito.

Desert plants including ocotillo

BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO), 1956-1967 (BULK 1956-1957) 72 negatives: ASA001-1127 – 1198 Box 4. Box 6: 1 degraded negative ASA001-1183 Nine sub-series in chronological order. Howe made many trips to Baja before the paved highway opened up the peninsula in 1973. He relates an amusing tale of a jeep trip with Clyde Price (Howe, 1976a). See also: ASA001-1282 – 1301 for additional negatives of photographs taken in Baja.
Baja California May 31 – June 2, 1957 20 negatives: ASA001-1153 – 1172
desert plants including ocotillo

the giant Cardon cactus with a person standing beside it. The cactus appears to be approximately 25 feet tall.

Baja California, October, 1956 11 negatives: ASA001-1129 – 1139
portraits of members of “the Lopez family in El Arco.” El Arco is a village (remote when Howe visited it), northwest of Santa Gertrudis (Crosby, 1974, 1981).

Saguaro and ocotillo plants

Baja California, September, 1956
“My friend Jose Villavicencia at Rancho Barrile” (Howe, original enclosure of ASA001-1127).
The rancho “El Barril” (remote when Howe visited it) is northeast of Santa Gertrudis (which is north of San Ignacio) (Crosby, 1981).

Baja California, September, 1956
The rancho “El Barril” (remote when Howe visited it) is northeast of Santa Gertrudis (which is north of San Ignacio) (Crosby, 1981).

Black Canyon, April 23-24, 1955; some “April 1956”
ASA hosted the Sierra Club. Archery exhibit at camp fire. Photograph of campsite with jeep and cars.

Black Canyon, April 23-24, 1955; some “April 1956”
ASA001-548 – 549 Betty Moore at Price Cave. Moore was a nurse and ASA member who participated in many excavations. She often went out alone during the week to dig because she had to work on the weekends when fellow ASA members were out digging.

ASA001-548 – 549 Betty Moore at Price Cave. Moore was a nurse and ASA member who participated in many excavations. She often went out alone during the week to dig because she had to work on the weekends when fellow ASA members were out digging.

ASA001-550 – 552 anvil stone at Price Cave.

Rodman Mountains, February 1956
Various petroglyphs with rake-like, anthropomorphic, diamond-grid, snake-like, and sunray designs; general views of surrounding area.

Black Canyon caves including Cave 1 with basket, fibres, and cyst

Fibres in Black Canyon cave

Two people inside Black Canyon cave

People working on dig outside Price Cave

Copy of map of Black Canyon area

Artifacts (tools) from Black Canyon

ASA001-580 – 586 artifacts (tools) from Black Canyon.

ASA001-587 – 603 views of Black and Inscription Canyons and of canyon walls and a few petroglyphs.

Black Canyon caves.
ASA001-587 – 603 views of Black and Inscription Canyons and of canyon walls and a few petroglyphs.

Black Canyon caves.

Petroglyph of a very long-bodied animal

Petroglyph of four sheep with boat-shaped bodies

Petroglyphs of two enormous (mural-sized) sheep

Person sitting near petroglyphs and adjusting camera

Baja California, undated [1956?]
“Jim Fisher and myself.” These photographs may belong with the next group of photographs that were taken in 1956.

Baja California, 1956 9 negatives: ASA001-1144 – 1152 “Jim Fisher and myself.” Photographs of Howe, Fisher, ruins (?), and general landscapes. Location in Baja is not identified.

Rodman Mountains, November 19-20, 1955 24 negatives: ASA001-791 – 814 A few petroglyphs including one in a rake-like design; general views of surrounding area, canyon walls, cleared areas, and campsite

Rodman Mountains, March 19-20, 1955
A wide variety of petroglyphs and canyon walls full of petroglyphs. See also: ASA001-846 – 854 for additional photographs taken on March 20, 1955
Rodman Mountains, November 19-20, 1955
A few petroglyphs including one in a rake-like design; general views of surrounding area, canyon walls, cleared areas, and campsite

Rodman Mountains, November 19-20, 1955
A few petroglyphs including one in a rake-like design; general views of surrounding area, canyon walls, cleared areas, and campsite

PHILLIPS RANCH, NEAR WILLOW SPRINGS (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1954-1955
Four sub-series in chronological order
Site near Tehachapi Pass with petroglyphs, more than 20 house rings, bedrock mortars, and a monolith with a cave containing pictographs (Price, 1954/1984a).
Phillips Ranch, November 12-13, 1955

Detailed photographs of people staking-out the site and working at the dig;

Detailed photographs of people staking-out the site and working at the dig; group of people drinking “hot soup on a cold, rough day served by Lily Colvin” (ASA001-1084).

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN (BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO), OCTOBER 8-9, 1955
A three-jeep camp with Signal Mountain in the background.

CUDDLEBACK LAKE (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), SEPTEMBER 17-18, 1955
A dry lake site (Howe, n.d.). Photograph shows a campsite in the desert with a jeep rigged as a tent.

MUTAU MEADOWS OR FLATS (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), AUGUST 20-21, 1955
Many pictographs in a cave near the ranch house (site VEN-2) but “quarters too close to get photos of most” (Howe, enclosure for ASA001-47). The main pictograph in negatives ASA001-46 – 47 was reproduced in 1959 by Charles LaMonk (ASA LaMonk No. 82). The other pictograph in the same negatives is similar to ASA LaMonk No. 26. Four photographs show a deer killed by a mountain lion and found by a hunter (ASA001-42 – 45).

AQUA DULCE RANCH (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?), JULY 3, 1955
Views include a swimming hole with “No Frog Hunting” and “No Fishing” signs and a picnic area with parked cars

Several small groups of people are posing on a rock (ASA001-112 – 118). Howe (n.d.) references a “Mrs. Lotito.” According to archaeologist M. Lerch, this location now may be Vasquez Rocks, a Los Angeles County park (D. Grenda, personal communication, October 23, 1999).

AQUA DULCE RANCH (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?), JULY 3, 1955 10 negatives: ASA001-109 – 118 Box 1
Several small groups of people are posing on a rock (ASA001-112 – 118). Howe (n.d.) references a “Mrs. Lotito.” According to archaeologist M. Lerch, this location now may be Vasquez Rocks, a Los Angeles County park (D. Grenda, personal communication, October 23, 1999).

AQUA DULCE RANCH (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?), JULY 3, 1955 10 negatives: ASA001-109 – 118 Box 1

Phillips Ranch, July 16-17, 1955

Views of cave and people working at dig; yucca plants in Tehachapi Pass (ASA001-1063 – 1067).

Phillips Ranch, June 1955 5 negatives: ASA001-1037 – 1041 Campsite; people working at the dig; artifacts (ASA001-1039 – 1041).

MALAGA COVE (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), MAY 1, 1955
People working at archaeological excavation of a milling site. The material went to the Southwest Museum (Steele, 1982).

DEVIL’S POST PILE (CALIFORNIA), MAY 28-30, 1955
Views of Devil’s Post Pile and nearby river. Howe (1960) cross-indexed the photographs under the entry “Geological Interest.”

ASA001-554 – 555 petroglyphs; unidentified person in Little Valley.

Carol Larson standing on top of jeep

Carl Larson standing on top of jeep

ASA001-511 – 522 intaglio on the terrace above the bird petroglyph. Howe notes on ASA001-511 enclosure: “maze pattern or intaglio in the black pavement on the terrace above the Bird Glyph. This, and the following shots were mostly taken with a wide-angle lens.”

ASA001-511 – 522 intaglio on the terrace above the bird petroglyph.

ASA001-524 – 526 Joshua tree; ASA001-526 published as Plate 6 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980).

ASA001-527 – 529 Inscription Canyon with wide-angle lens.
Mouth of Inscription Canyon, (now closed), 1955)

ASA001-527 – 529 Inscription Canyon with wide-angle lens.

ASA001-530 – 532 corn petroglyph; ASA001-532 is a very degraded negative.

ASA001-533 – 537 various petroglyphs; negatives are a little too light.

ASA001-538 – 540 two people at Dave Rice Cave; undated negatives but Howe filed within this date sequence.
(Dave Rice Cave, Black Canyon Project)

ASA001-538 – 540 two people at Dave Rice Cave; undated negatives but Howe filed within this date sequence.

Clyde Price at Price Cave; undated negative but Howe filed within this date sequence

ASA001-542 – 544 Andy Kastell and Karen (last name unknown) on jeep running-board.

Black and White mountain scenic view "near top end of Black Canyon" (Howe, original enclosure).

Rodman Mountains, March 20, 1955
Petroglyphs with geometric, snake-like, and atlatl-like designs. See also: ASA001-745 – 790 for additional photographs taken on March 20, 1955.

Rodman Mountains, March 19-20, 1955 46 negatives: ASA001-745 – 790 A wide variety of petroglyphs and canyon walls full of petroglyphs. See also: ASA001-846 – 854 for additional photographs taken on March 20, 1955

Rodman Mountains, March 19-20, 1955
A wide variety of petroglyphs and canyon walls full of petroglyphs. See also: ASA001-846 – 854 for additional photographs taken on March 20, 1955

LEACH LAKE (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), JANUARY 25, 1955
A dry lake site (Howe, n.d.). Photographs of two metates found under a bush; landscape; and flakes weathering out of the dunes (ASA001-967 – 968).

KINGSTON WASH (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), JANUARY 24, 1955
Clyde Price working at archaeological site in a cave at Kingston Wash.

PAINTED CAVE (SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1949-1955
Box 1. Box 6: 9 degraded negatives ASA001-11, 12, 20, 23 – 28
“Painted Cave is in the San Marcos Pass near Santa Barbara. The property at this date [July 10, 1955] is owned by Mr. Ralph Ogram who lives nearby. This trip was made with Harford Bridges and Lily Colvin on a hot day in July. Mr. Ogram gave us the key to the cave and we worked in the cave, using Harford’s powerful electronic flash, until past midnight. Mr. Ogram told me that he has pictures taken by his grandfather showing the pictographs nearly complete and before the vandalism of the white man. The colors of these glyphs are very brilliant.” (Howe, original enclosure for ASA001-18). Site trinomial is SBA-506. ASA001-21 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 2, 1988).
Painted Cave, July 10, 1955
Pictographs in cave.

THOUSAND PALMS (RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1955
cleared areas in the desert pavement on terraces above the wash

THOUSAND PALMS (RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1955
A well-defined ancient Indian trail

A well-defined ancient Indian trail

cleared areas in the desert pavement on terraces above the wash

PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1954-1955
Box 3. Box 6: 10 degraded negatives ASA001-982, 985, 986, 987, 988, 1001, 1003, 1004, 1007, 1008 Two sub-series in chronological order
Howe was the leader and official photographer of a survey trip to a shallow cave and four-room cave in Providence Mountains on March 11-12, 1961 (Miller, R., 1968). However, there are no photographs of that trip in this collection.
Providence Mountains, January 23-24, 1955

PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1954-1955
Howe was the leader and official photographer of a survey trip to a shallow cave and four-room cave in Providence Mountains on March 11-12, 1961 (Miller, R., 1968). However, there are no photographs of that trip in this collection.
Providence Mountains, January 23-24, 1955

Group around a campfire

Snow and Joshua trees near Cima

Snow and Joshua trees near cima.

JEEP, 1955
Four cylinder jeep with “El Tortle” painted on the door. Vehicle is parked in front of unidentified buildings in unknown location.

AMAZON HILL AND CAVE (INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1954-1961
Near Lone Pine. ASA participated in a survey sponsored by the Eastern California Museum in September 1957 that located five caves with evidence of recent Indian occupation (Rozaire, 1968). Howe (n.d.) mentions a Waldo Kell. Material from the survey went to the Eastern California Museum (Steele, 1982).
Amazon Hill and Cave, July 24-25, 1954
Landscapes showing the hill and the cave entrance; a young man near the cave entrance (ASA001-148 and 151); and a group of people posing on the hoods of two cars (ASA001-152).

Black Canyon, June 21, 1954
Joshua Tree

Black Canyon, June 21, 1954
Petroglyphs. Some in Little Valley

Black Canyon, June 21, 1954
Petroglyphs. Some in Little Vally

Petroglyphs. Some in Little Valley

Terrace near the well

terrace near the well

Petroglyph

Historical Inscription "1932 Buckeye Joe Colorado Carl Pomona Sept 6"

ANTELOPE VALLEY INDIAN MUSEUM (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), JUNE 10-11, 1954
Exterior views of museum originally built as the residence of one of ASA’s founders, H. A. Edwards. ASA’s Antelope Valley Indian Museum survey material is believed to be in this museum (Steele, 1982).

Sub-series contains the following items:
ASA001-490 petroglyph. The photograph was published as Plate 35 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980); plate caption states that the petroglyph suggests a basket and pestle. LaMonk donated to ASA his reproduction of this petroglyph at site SBr-322 (ASA LaMonk No. 77, prepared in 1954). ASA001-473 is a very degraded negative of a photograph of the same petroglyph taken in 1953.

Somewhat vandalized petroglyph of the group of sheep with a "newborn lamb"

HUMMING BIRD RANCH, SIMI VALLEY AREA (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), JUNE 1954
Howe also refers to this site as Rancho Chuparosa. A rock shelter had faint red stains suggestive of pictographs. There were three small caves but the ranch owners cleaned out most of the materials; some basketry found in the caves (Howe, 1954/1984).
Situ Basketry

Display of artifacts including projectile points.

Group of nine people posing in front of three vehicles; a hat is atop a camera on a tripod. ASA001-1113 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past, 1990); from left are Gordon and Lucille Redtfeldt second and third, Verna Howe sixth, Clyde Price eighth (Letters, 1990). Howe (1954/1984) mentions group members Lily Colvin, Harford Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Price, and Mr. and Mrs. Howe.

Ranch House

Very faint "pictographs in red- almost gone"

People working at the entrance to a cave or rock shelter

Black Canyon, May 8-9, 1954
Two photographs of ASA members’ vehicles at campsite in Black Canyon and one photograph of petroglyphs. These photographs are among the first pictures that Howe took with a Recomar camera.

Burro Flats, April 17-18, 1954
Sub-series contains the following items:
ASA001-237 – 254 many groups of pictographs in a cave. Pictographs in ASA001-237 include the dominant pictograph shown in ASA001-209 – 211.

Burro Flats, April 17-18, 1954
ASA001-237 – 254 many groups of pictographs in a cave. Pictographs in ASA001-237 include the dominant pictograph shown in ASA001-209 – 211.

ASA001-255 – 257 small rock shelter with pictographs painted in black on the ceiling.

COYOTE GULCH (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), APRIL 24-25, 1954 18 negatives: ASA001-714 – 731 Box 3. Box 6: 1 degraded negative ASA001-731 Site discovered by Betty Moore in March 1951; ASA assisted with the Southwest Museum excavation directed by Ruth DeEtte Simpson (Simpson, 1961). Photographs of various geometric petroglyphs; designs include linear, curved, rake-like, and lines within borders of various shapes. The group of petroglyphs in ASA001-714 and ASA001-716 is shown on Plate 12A of Coyote Gulch (Simpson, 1961).

COYOTE GULCH (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), APRIL 24-25, 1954
Site discovered by Betty Moore in March 1951; ASA assisted with the Southwest Museum excavation directed by Ruth DeEtte Simpson (Simpson, 1961).
Photographs of various geometric petroglyphs; designs include linear, curved, rake-like, and lines within borders of various shapes. The group of petroglyphs in ASA001-714 and ASA001-716 is shown on Plate 12A of Coyote Gulch (Simpson, 1961).

BLACK STAR CANYON (ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), MARCH 1954
Photographs of bedrock mortars (?) and of Gordon Redtfeldt working at the dig. ASA worked the site in 1954 and 1964 (Redtfeldt, 1965; Steele, 1982). The site was worked previously by the Work Projects Administration, then the University of Southern California; collections went to the Museum of American Indians, Heye Foundation (Washington), and Bowers Museum (Santa Ana); some material went to the ASA Laboratory (Steele, 1982).

Black Canyon, March 1954
11 negatives: ASA001-476 – 486 Photographs of Thelma Crain’s site at Hinkley (San Bernardino County, California). Views show Opal Mountain in the distance at Milk Spring. Lithic material was taken to Southwest Museum. ASA001-478 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 7, 1989).
ASA001-476, 479 – 485 Paiute house rings near Milk Springs.

Black Canyon, March 1954
11 negatives: ASA001-476 – 486 Photographs of Thelma Crain’s site at Hinkley (San Bernardino County, California). Views show Opal Mountain in the distance at Milk Spring. Lithic material was taken to Southwest Museum. ASA001-478 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 7, 1989).

11 negatives: ASA001-476 – 486 Photographs of Thelma Crain’s site at Hinkley (San Bernardino County, California). Views show Opal Mountain in the distance at Milk Spring. Lithic material was taken to Southwest Museum. ASA001-478 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 7, 1989).

Photographs of Thelma Crain’s site at Hinkley (San Bernardino County, California). Views show Opal Mountain in the distance at Milk Spring. Lithic material was taken to Southwest Museum. ASA001-478 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 7, 1989).
ASA001-476, 479 – 485 Paiute house rings near Milk Springs.

Photographs of Thelma Crain’s site at Hinkley (San Bernardino County, California). Views show Opal Mountain in the distance at Milk Spring. Lithic material was taken to Southwest Museum. ASA001-478 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 7, 1989).

People working at dig site

Painted Cave, 1954

TORRANCE SITE (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1954
Two metates and two bowls “taken by [Los Angeles] County Museum and all artifacts went there” (Howe, original enclosure). 4x3-inch negative.

TEXAS STREET, SAN DIEGO (CALIFORNIA), 1954
Views of Dr. George Carter’s archaeological site (Carter, 1980); no digging in progress. Howe (n.d.) cross-indexed the photographs under the entry “Geological Interest.”

CHILAO FLATS (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED (1954?)
At the request of the U.S. Forest Service, the Southwest Museum sponsored a salvage dig worked by ASA and led by Dave Rice (Rice, 1954/1984; Rozaire, 1958/1984). The excavation of a mourning site in the mountains uncovered a burial, beads, steatite bowls, and a “pelican hook” (Rice, 1954/1984).
Detailed photographs of people working at the excavation near Chilao Ranger Station; in situ and displayed artifacts. ASA001-175 shows the sign at the dig: “Dave Rice, 1700 Santee, LA #15.”

CHILAO FLATS (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED (1954?) 25 negatives: ASA001-165 – 189
At the request of the U.S. Forest Service, the Southwest Museum sponsored a salvage dig worked by ASA and led by Dave Rice (Rice, 1954/1984; Rozaire, 1958/1984). The excavation of a mourning site in the mountains uncovered a burial, beads, steatite bowls, and a “pelican hook” (Rice, 1954/1984).
Detailed photographs of people working at the excavation near Chilao Ranger Station; in situ and displayed artifacts. ASA001-175 shows the sign at the dig: “Dave Rice, 1700 Santee, LA #15.”

CHILAO FLATS (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), UNDATED (1954?) 25 negatives: ASA001-165 – 189

ASA001-262 – 263 Ruth DeEtte Simpson laughing and pointing toward pictographs with a trowel.

ASA001-264 – 265 Ruth DeEtte Simpson and Freddie Curtis.

ASA001-266 – 267 Jumping Man cave and Freddie Curtis.

ASA001-268 view of a trail across the flats.

ASA001-269 bedrock mortars.

ASA001-270 – 278 views of the ranch and the surrounding landscape. Also, general views of areas near the caves.

Box 3. Box 6: 10 degraded negatives ASA001-982, 985, 986, 987, 988, 1001, 1003, 1004, 1007, 1008 Two sub-series in chronological order
Providence Mountains, 1954

Providence Mountains, 1954

Howe’s first trip in with Archie French who discovered these caves. Views of the caves and of a jeep campsite.

Basket Fragments

Entrance to a cave showing a forked spirit witch stick still in place. Howe (1960) indexed the photograph under the entry “Odd and Ends”. Cowper (1975/1984) tells of a witch stick that Howe found in another location. Garnet Wash, on February 29, 1959.

Phillips Ranch, 1954

People working at excavation; LaMonk preparing a pictograph reproduction in cave

An isolated group of petroglyphs

WILLOW SPRINGS, NEAR GEM HILL (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), NOVEMBER 28-29, 1953
Twenty-six ASA members surveyed and worked this site on November 28-29, 1953. The site covered five square miles and had camps, mortar holes, cairns, and pictographs (Price, 1954/1984b). Photographs of landscapes, pictographs, and general views of the site.
Group of pictographs

WILLOW SPRINGS, NEAR GEM HILL (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), NOVEMBER 28-29, 1953
Twenty-six ASA members surveyed and worked this site on November 28-29, 1953. The site covered five square miles and had camps, mortar holes, cairns, and pictographs (Price, 1954/1984b). Photographs of landscapes, pictographs, and general views of the site.
Group of Pictographs

WILLOW SPRINGS, NEAR GEM HILL (KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), NOVEMBER 28-29, 1953
Twenty-six ASA members surveyed and worked this site on November 28-29, 1953. The site covered five square miles and had camps, mortar holes, cairns, and pictographs (Price, 1954/1984b). Photographs of landscapes, pictographs, and general views of the site.

DOWNEY SITE (LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), JULY 31, 1953
Mrs. Howe and others working at the ASA archaeological dig in the back yard of Dr. Taylor in Downey, California. The site was called tentatively the “Downey Site.”

Black Canyon, May 30, 1953, some “1953”
The photograph of a group of sheep (ASA001-468) was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 4, 1989).
ASA001-468 very degraded negative of the group of sheep with a “newborn lamb” (scheduled for preservation copying in January 2000). Notation on original enclosure: “sheep – very popular at museum . . . petroglyph has been destroyed and this is the only documentary record.”
ASA001-468 Image not available.
ASA001-469 – 470 close-up of bird petroglyph; ASA001-469 is degraded. See also: ASA001-446 for a more distant view of the same petroglyph taken in 1952.
ASA001-469 Image not available.

Black Canyon, May 30, 1953, some “1953”
ASA001-474 Howe included this photograph in his Black Canyon sequence although the image shows Paiute House Rings on the desert pavement beyond Opal Mountain. The ring is the same one as in ASA001-479.

DEEP CREEK (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1953
Two sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological sub-series but Howe numbered the November 1953 sub-series before the April 1953 sub-series). Deep Creek, April 18-19, 1953
Views of area, dig site, artifacts and people

DEEP CREEK (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1953
Two sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological sub-series but Howe numbered the November 1953 sub-series before the April 1953 sub-series). Deep Creek, April 18-19, 1953
Views of area, dig site, artifacts and people
ASA001-297 – 301 excavation including a hearth

Two sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological sub-series but Howe numbered the November 1953 sub-series before the April 1953 sub-series).
ASA001-303 – 305 group of people working at the dig.

AVAWATZ MOUNTAINS (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), FEBRUARY 20-23, 1953
Views of a cave entrance and the surrounding area.

Burro Flats, 1953
Views of dig site; the cave entrance; and a small cave near a tank about one mile from the main site. Sub-series also includes:

(Cairn)

(Ash Deposit)

ASA001-227 – 229 a group of people around a campfire includes W. O. Gilkey dressed up as an Indian in a headdress (ASA, 1977).

Two sub-series as numbered by Howe (chronological sub-series but Howe numbered the November 1953 sub-series before the April 1953 sub-series). Deep Creek, November 1, 1953
Displays of artifacts including projectile points and tools.

ASA001-297 – 301 excavation including a hearth

Black Canyon, June 1952, some June 10, 1952
Views of the canyon and the surrounding landscape.

Black Canyon, June 1952, some June 10, 1952
ASA001-425 – 441 views of the canyon and the surrounding landscape.

ASA001-425 – 441 views of the canyon and the surrounding landscape.

ASA001-444 – 446 bird petroglyph adopted by ASA as the association’s logo. ASA001-444 is probably the photograph published as Plate 38 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe, 1980). ASA001-446 is a good view of the bird petroglyph. See also: ASA001-470 for a close-up of the same petroglyph taken in 1953.

ASA001-455 – 461 a jeep and petroglyphs; Howe’s son Vernon atop a wall of petroglyphs (ASA001-461). The photographs were taken with Vernon’s box camera; 2.25x2.25-inch negatives.

ASA001-462 – 464 black and white mountain taken with Voightlander camera; 2.25x2.25-inch negatives.

Petroglyph of a group of sheep with a "newborn lamb;" 2.25x2.25-inch negative.

View of the canyon

No locations given on any of the original enclosures but Howe classified the negatives within the Black Canyon sequence; the photographs look like Black Canyon. General views of the canyon.

TEMECULA (RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1952 22 negatives: ASA001-318 – 339 Box 1. Box 6: 3 degraded negatives ASA001-327, 335, 339 Smithsonian requested ASA to excavate the area to be flooded by a dam; project led by B. E. McCown (McCown, 1955).
ASA001-318 – 322 copies of prints made for McCown of pictures of a man, dog, hut, floor plan, and an Indian woman weaving a basket (ASA001-318, 319, 321, 322 are undated but Howe filed and numbered them within this 1952 sequence).

TEMECULA (RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1952
Smithsonian requested ASA to excavate the area to be flooded by a dam; project led by B. E. McCown (McCown, 1955).
ASA001-323 – 329 a large group of people taking a meal break in the shade of trees.

TEMECULA (RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA), 1952
Smithsonian requested ASA to excavate the area to be flooded by a dam; project led by B. E. McCown (McCown, 1955).
ASA001-323 – 329 a large group of people taking a meal break in the shade of trees.
The photograph of a group of people taking a meal break (ASA001-324) was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past, 1991).

ASA001-330 – 339 people working at dig site; detailed photographs of dig site show labels that indicate several fireplaces and post-holes; Ben McCown (face not visible) with a gopher snake.

Black Canyon, May 1951; some May 16, 1951
Petroglyphs; general views of Black Canyon; views of Inscription Canyon

Howe's son Vernon and a jeep

Petroglyph of a long-bodied big horn sheep. The photograph was published as Plate 37 in A prehistory of Black Canyon (Howe 1980)
See also: ASA001-605, 643 for photographs of same petroglyph taken in 1958 and 1959. Petroglyph has since been “unintentionally vandalized” by red paint used for a rubbing (illustration in Whitley, 1996).

Howe's son Vernon and an impressive wall of petroglyphs

YUMA SAND DUNES (CALIFORNIA), MAY 1951 2 negatives: ASA001-702 – 703 Box 3 Tracks of small desert animals in the sand. See also: Yuma sand dunes, April 1951: ASA001-1 – 3.

Yuma Sand Dunes, California
Photographs of ASA group around a campfire. Group includes Dr. Herbert Cowper (at left in light cap) and son Gregory (Zajicek, 1988). Photographs were taken with F 7.7 Ektar lens with one no. 5 bulb. ASA001-3 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 1, 1988). See also: Yuma sand dunes, May 1951, ASA001-702 & ASA001-703.

YUMA SAND DUNES (CALIFORNIA), APRIL 1951
ASA’s first field trip on April 21-22, 1951, was to the Sand Hills area for surveying and surface collecting (Peck, 1953). Photographs of ASA group around a campfire. Group includes Dr. Herbert Cowper (at left in light cap) and son Gregory (Zajicek, 1988). Photographs were taken with F 7.7 Ektar lens with one no. 5 bulb. ASA001-3 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 1, 1988). See also: Yuma sand dunes, May 1951, ASA001-702 & ASA001-703.

Howe took this trip with Grover Reeder. ASA001-394 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 3). The group of sheep with a “newborn” lamb (ASA001-389) may be conflation of man and sheep as seen by a shaman during a trance (Whitley, 1996). It has since been vandalized leaving only one-and-a half of the original ten sheep (Whitley, 1996).
Joshua Tree

Howe took this trip with Grover Reeder. ASA001-394 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 3). The group of sheep with a “newborn” lamb (ASA001-389) may be conflation of man and sheep as seen by a shaman during a trance (Whitley, 1996). It has since been vandalized leaving only one-and-a half of the original ten sheep (Whitley, 1996).
A Snake

Howe took this trip with Grover Reeder. ASA001-394 was published in ASA Bulletin (Blast from the past no. 3). The group of sheep with a “newborn” lamb (ASA001-389) may be conflation of man and sheep as seen by a shaman during a trance (Whitley, 1996). It has since been vandalized leaving only one-and-a half of the original ten sheep (Whitley, 1996).
Close-up of part of group of sheep with a "newborn lamb"

Group of three sheep

Joshua Tree

Box 1.
Box 6: 9 degraded negatives ASA001-11, 12, 20, 23 – 28
Pictographs in cave; very degraded negatives (scheduled for preservation copying in January 2000).

Painted Cave, 1949 2 negatives: ASA001-11 – 12 Pictographs in cave; very degraded negatives (scheduled for preservation copying in January 2000).

First time here with Art Robbins who guided me to the site” (Howe, original enclosure). Robbins, Deputy Sheriff, owned ranch on Harper’s Lake District Road (ASA, 1953/n.d.).

ASA001-373 “First time here with Art Robbins who guided me to the site” (Howe, original enclosure). Robbins, Deputy Sheriff, owned ranch on Harper’s Lake District Road (ASA, 1953/n.d.).

ASA001-374 wall of petroglyphs photographed with infrared film without a filter.

Wall of Petroglyphs

ASA001-380 Art Robbins standing beside a wall of petroglyphs that includes a petroglyph of corn symbols superimposed on a sheep figure.

Art Robbins and petroglyph

Grove Reeder and petroglyphs

SALTON SEA (CALIFORNIA), MAY 30, 1948
B. E. McCown, an engineer, avocational archaeologist, and ASA member, was leader of the long-term project (ASA report to be published in 2000). Area has travertine rocks, fish traps, and petroglyphs. Howe (n.d.) references some negatives of “Beach Line: Travertine Point” and “Fish Traps” but the negatives are missing from the collection.
ASA001-357 Obsidian Buttes; Howe (1960) cross-indexed the photograph under the entry “Geological Interest.”

SALTON SEA (CALIFORNIA), MAY 30, 1948
B. E. McCown, an engineer, avocational archaeologist, and ASA member, was leader of the long-term project (ASA report to be published in 2000). Area has travertine rocks, fish traps, and petroglyphs. Howe (n.d.) references some negatives of “Beach Line: Travertine Point” and “Fish Traps” but the negatives are missing from the collection.
ASA001-358 – 359 Cliff’s family at Frink Spring and Betty Alice (no last name given) at one of the lower pools.

SALTON SEA (CALIFORNIA), MAY 30, 1948
Box 1 B. E. McCown, an engineer, avocational archaeologist, and ASA member, was leader of the long-term project (ASA report to be published in 2000). Area has travertine rocks, fish traps, and petroglyphs. Howe (n.d.) references some negatives of “Beach Line: Travertine Point” and “Fish Traps” but the negatives are missing from the collection.
ASA001-358 – 359 Cliff’s family at Frink Spring and Betty Alice (no last name given) at one of the lower pools.

Box 1 B. E. McCown, an engineer, avocational archaeologist, and ASA member, was leader of the long-term project (ASA report to be published in 2000). Area has travertine rocks, fish traps, and petroglyphs. Howe (n.d.) references some negatives of “Beach Line: Travertine Point” and “Fish Traps” but the negatives are missing from the collection.

ASA001-362 – 363 Mullet Island and Canal Road

MALIBU MOUNTAINS PICTOGRAPH CAVE (CALIFORNIA), 1947
Howe took this trip with Grover Reeder and Dirk Gutcher. Very faint pictographs in a cave in the Malibu Mountains. Photographs include Verna (Mrs. Charley) Howe (ASA001-8) and Mrs. Howe with a group of people near a cave entrance (ASA001-9).