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TITLE	A touch of winter in Monument Valley, Arizona. The colorful Navajo Indian on his shaggy pony is part of the spectacular desertscape that erupts in great red rock formations, his tribal home for hundreds of years. (photographer's caption)
CREATOR	Muench, Josef
SUBJECT	Navajo Indians; Formations (Geology)--Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo textile fabrics; Trading posts--Navajo Indian Reservation; Cliff-dwellings--Navajo Indian Reservation; Rock paintings--Navajo Indian Reservation; Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah); Navajo Indian Reservation
Browse Topic	Native Americans
DESCRIPTION	Josef Muench was born in Bavaria on 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.
TYPE	Image
Material Collection	Josef Muench
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT	To order reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: Special.Collections@nau.edu. Please cite the image number.
DATE ORIGINAL	1950 - 1970
Time Period	1950s (1950-1959) 1960s (1960-1969) 1970s (1970-1979)
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Photograph
Source Identifier	NAU.PH.2003.11.3.A-215
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER	20549a.jpg
Date Digital	2004-03-12
DIGITAL FORMAT	JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
File Size	91,203 KB
REPOSITORY	Cline Library. Northern Arizona University.; NAU. Cline Library. Colorado Plateau Digital Archives P.O. Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022.