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Travel postcards pertaining to Native Americans of the Southwest and other topics.
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Title:

Travel postcards pertaining to Native Americans of the Southwest and other topics

Abstract:

Commercial tourist postcards depicting Native Americans, chiefly from Arizona, New Mexico and other regions of the Southwest. Postcards also depict pueblos, cliff dwellings and other aspects of Native American culture. Among the tribes and locations depicted are Navajo, Moki (Hopi), Tesque, Phantom Cliff Cañon, Rito de los Frijoles, Pueblo Bonito, Acoma, Laguna, Hoonah, Isleta, Santa Clara and Orabai. Other locations depicted include Santa Fe (New Mexico) and Superstition Mountain (Arizona). Other subjects include tourist views of California missions, Santa Barbara, giant sequoia, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite Valley, Riverside (Calif.), Pasadena and Monterey. Also includes folder containing similar postcards, as well as a portrait of Santiago Martinez of San Ildefonso; a brochure for the Mission Play of the San Gabriel Mission; a brochure for the Bishop's Lodge of Santa Fe (N.M.); and other ephemera.

Date:

ca. 1900-ca. 1925 (issued)

Subject:

n-ust-- -- n-us-ca
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial works
Pueblos -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial works
Navajo Indians -- Pictorial works
Hopi Indians -- Pictorial works
Spanish mission buildings -- California -- Pictorial works
Giant sequoia -- Pictorial works
Tourism -- Southwest, New
Peuples autochtones -- États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Pueblos (Villages) -- États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Navajo -- Ouvrages illustrés
Hopi -- Ouvrages illustrés
Missions espagnoles (Édifices) -- Californie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Séquoia géant -- Ouvrages illustrés
Giant sequoia
Hopi Indians
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Pueblos
Spanish mission buildings
Tourism
Southwest, New -- Pictorial works
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Pictorial works
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Riverside (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Yosemite, Vallée de (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Arizona -- Grand Canyon
California
California -- Riverside
California -- Santa Barbara
California -- Yosemite Valley
New Southwest

Note:

Compiler/collector unknown.
Contents of folders 1-3: formerly housed in album.
Title and date devised by cataloger.
Purchase; 2003.

Type:

graphic
Pictorial works.
Postcards.

Physical Description:

print
1 album (ca. 115 postcards) and 1 folder (14 postcards) : color and b&w ; 29 x 22 cm

Language:

English

Origin:

California