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- Collection: Robert H. Merrill photographs
Chichen Itza inscribed lintel
Black and white lantern slide of two people standing under a lintel, with two other people standing nearby at Chichen Itza.
Personnel group enroute narrow gange car
Black and white lantern slide of six men and two women standing under a tent
Rough road Yucatan
Black and white lantern slide of three people standing next to an automobile on a very rocky road in Yucatan, Mexico.
Map of Yucatan Sites
Black and white lantern slide sketch map of archaeological sites in Yucatan, Mexico.
Narrow gauge railway Yucatan
Black and white lantern slide of people waiting on a railroad platform to baord a train in Yucatan, Mexico.
Narrow gauge railway car unit being turned around
Black and white lantern slide of five men at the front of a train engine turning it manually.
Uxmal native and model T Ford
Black and white lantern slide of an indigenous man in a tall hat standing in front of a Model T Ford automobile near Uxmal, Mexico.
Chichen Itza Caracol restoration work
Black and white lantern slide of a ruined tower at Chicen Itza with construction scaffolding and a worker on top.
Chichen Itza Temple of the Warriors from top Castillo steps
Black and white lantern slide of the Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza taken from the top of the Castillo steps. A boy wearing a hat and backpack stands near the camera on the steps.
Teotihuacan tramway and temple of Sun restored
Black and white lantern slide of a tram stop near the Temple of the Sun, Chichen Itza.
Cutting brush Blom and Lehrer
Black and white lantern slide of archaeologists Blom and Lehrer cutting through heavy underbrush near Chichen Itza.
Chichen Itza sacred cenote
Black and white lantern slide of the sacred cenote (sinkhole) at Chicen Itza.
Uxmal drafting office of surveyor
Black and white lantern slide of the doorway of a stone building at Uxmal covered over with a curtain.
Plane at Tampico
Black and white lantern slide of Robert H. Merrill standing on a runway in front of an airplane.
Juneau looking down channel
Black and white lantern slide (dark) of an aerial view of Juneau, Alaska.
Site Uyak Bay Smithsonian excavations
Black and white lantern slide of an excavation site at Uyak Bay, Alaska. A sign at the site reads "Government Excavations U.S. National Museum, Visitors Welcome, Admission 20 Shovelfulls."
Six diggers
Black and white lantern slide of six men standing around an excavated human skeleton. One man leans on a shovel, another leans on a pickaxe.
Side view along track vertical cut
Black and white lantern slide of an excavation cut at the Uyak Bay site.
Yakut house foundation
Black and white lantern slide of a slab of rocks near a beach. The label on the slide reads "The 'slab walk,' lower section."
Cyst burial under slabs
Black and white lantern slide of an excavated gravesite. The label on the slide reads, "Interm. Skeleton under slabs."
Two lamps in situ
Black and white lantern slide of an excavation cut with two partially excavated clay lamps.























