Horton's/Ballard's Studio photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0480
Scope and Content
The largest portion of the photographs contains portraits, mostly of students. Boxes 44-53 contain group and individual portraits, local scenes, and similar photographs, arranged alphabetically by subject by the photo creators. A container list was made presumably prior to accession and is transcribed in this guide.
Dates
- circa 1929-1952
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open. All materials in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.
Copy Restrictions
Copyrights associated with materials in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.
Organizational Sketch
James and Martha Ann Ballard opened Ballard’s Studio, at 119 S. Main Street in 1929. The building that housed the studio still stands today. Originally from Kentucky, the Ballards came west in an attempt to overcome Jim Ballard’s tuberculosis diagnosis. The Las Cruces climate proved beneficial and Ballard had a long career here as a photographer, farmer, and breeder of champion Hereford cattle. The couple worked together to run the studio, a film processing lab, and a photography supply store for 33 years, making portraits of thousands of Mesilla Valley residents. They also photographed area businesses, events, and students at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now NMSU). The Ballards retired in 1963 and their business eventually was taken over by the father and son team of Enrique and Victor Berroteran, who operated the studio under the name Ballard’s Photo Shop until the late 1990s.
Extent
32.00 Linear Feet
Abstract
Prints and negatives from a photograph studio based in Las Cruces, NM. Includes portraits and local scenes.
- Title
- Guide to the Horton's/Ballard's Studio photographs, circa 1929-1952
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Lenny Silverman and Charles Stanford, 2010.
- Date
- © 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository