E. O. Beaman; published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., New York. Circa 1870s.

Stereoview of a Hopi village, with three figures standing on a terrace among stone and plastered dwellings. A long wooden ladder cuts diagonally across the scene, reaching from the street to an upper roof. Smaller ladders, projecting roof beams, narrow doorways, and stacked firewood fill the closely built settlement.

The orange mount bears Anthony’s imprint at 591 Broadway, New York. A printed label on the reverse identifies No. 59, “Street Scene, Showing Entrance to a Kevah,” from the series “Views in the Cañons of the Colorado River and Among the Aztec Cities of Arizona.” It credits Beaman as formerly attached to Powell’s Colorado River exploring expedition. “Kevah” is an early rendering of kiva, the ceremonial chamber found in Pueblo communities; the publisher’s “Aztec” terminology reflects a mistaken nineteenth-century association of the Hopi villages with Mexico.