New Mexico Stereograph and Card Photograph Views., approximately 1872-1910

Collection context

Summary

Title:
[New Mexico stereograph and card photograph views]
Dates:
approximately 1872-1910
Abstract:
A collection of stereographs, cabinet cards, and boudoir cards that depict the New Mexico region from about 1872-1910.
Containers:
box: 1
Extent:
67 photographs
Language:
English and English.
Preferred citation:

Collection of New Mexico stereograph and card photograph views, BANC PIC 2012.038, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of photographic views chiefly related to Native American and Hispanic culture in New Mexico. Many are commercially produced views, but snapshots by unknown photographers are also present. The collection was, presumably, amassed by a dealer for sale. Several views were taken in Santa Fe. Other New Mexico locations are Laguna Pueblo, Tesuque Pueblo, Albuquerque, Las Vegas Hot Springs (Montezuma), Santo Domingo, San Juan, Santa Clara Pueblo and Isleta Pueblo. Subjects of views include churches, Native American and Hispanic material culture, adobe structures and more general street scenes and town views. Among the groups represented are the Navajo, Tesuque and Laguna. Includes photographs by Henry Brown, D.B. Chase, W.E. Hook, Christian Kaadt, B.H. Gurnsey, F.A. Nims, William Henry Jackson, Cunningham & Co., Keystone View Co., Bennett & Brown, W. Ira Rudy, Francis F. Parker, and J.N. Furlong.

Acquisition information:
The New Mexico Stereograph and Card Photograph Views collection was purchased by The Bancroft Library from Almagre Books in 2011.
Processing information:

Collection was processed in 2012.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical facet:
: chiefly albumen prints on card mounts
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Michele Loran
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2016-01-26 16:23:19 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Collection of New Mexico stereograph and card photograph views, BANC PIC 2012.038, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481