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167 photographs of the Southwest and California by Norman B. Conway and Virginia Conway

 Unprocessed
Identifier: HP.1981.03-MNM.1981.009-MNM.PA.575

Content Description

44 photographs of Yuma, Arizona, Yuma and Cocopah Indians, and survey teams throughout Arizona and lower California. ca. 1908-ยท16 by Norman B. Conway and a scrapbook containing 123 photographs of Santa Fe, Tesuque, Grand Canyon, and Winslow, Arizona, ca. 1930's by Virginia Conway.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Margolis & Moss

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • ca.1900-1940

Extent

44 Photographic Prints

1 scrapbook : scrapbook containing 123 photographs

Inventory

091374-091415 (44) original photographs of Yuma, Arizona and Cocopah, and survey teams throughout Arizona and lower California ca. 1908-1916 by Norman B. Conway 091374 Yuma woman on speeded on lever railroad to Laguna Dam near Yuma, Arizona, 1908; 091375 N.B. Conway with mule team and backboard used on desert surveys on Yuma Desert near Yuma, Arizona, 1908; 091376 Norman B. Conway at Yuma, Arizona, 1908; 091377 living quarters on U.S. Reclamation Service Reservation at Yuma, Arizona, 1908; 091378 U.S. Reclamation Service Offices on Reservation at Yuma, Arizona 1908; 091379 U.S. Reclamation Service barracks at Yuma, Arizona, 1908; 091380 U.S. Reclamation Service barracks at Yuma, Arizona, 1908; 091381 Norman B. Conway at Yuma, Arizona 1909; 091382 Norman B. Conway on the hottest day in Yuma, Arizona, 1910; 091383 survey wagon while on Colorado River topography near Castle Dome landing, 1912; 091384 freight wagons for survey party work in the Colorado River topography, 1912; 091385 freight wagons for survey party work in the Colorado River topography, Picacho Peaks in background, 1912; 091386 Re-sectioning camp in the lower Yuma Valley near the Mexico line for the U.S. Reclamation Service, 1912; 091387 opern air kitchen and dining room while on Colorado River topography, near Castle Dome landing, 1912; 091388 camp bedroom near Castle Dome landing while on Colorado River topography, 1912; 091389 General Store at Somerton, Arizona, 1913; 091390 Norman B. Conway at Yuma, Arizona, 1913; 091391 Norman B. Conway at the wheel of his first car, a Buick Model 39 near the Fortuna Mine in Yuma County, 1914; 091392 pack train carrying engineer supplies for topography work in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1914; 091393 Engineering Camp at Comb Wash, Utah while on Upper Basin (Colorado) topography, 1914; 091394 Dolores River of the Upper Colorado River Basin near Bedrock, Colorado; 091395 Mountains near Grand Junction, Colorado, Upper Colorado River Basin topography, Dolores River in foreground, 1914; 091396 Plane Table work on the San Juan River near Bluff, Utah while on Upper Colorado River work, 1914; 091397 Highway Camp in Yuma County in Winter 1914; 091398 Giant Saguaro cactus with Palo Verde tree on the Yuma desert, 1914; 091399 Ocatillo cactus on the Yuma Desert, 1914; 091400 Old Yuma woman at Yuma, Arizona, 1914; 091401 Yuma girl at Yuma, Arizona, 1914; 091402 Yuma County Highway work near Dome, Arizona, Franklin car and survey party, 1915; 091403 Yuma County Highway camp in northern Yuma County near Bouse, Arizona, 1915; 091404 My house at the Volcano Lake Levee Camp in Baja California, Mexico 1915; 091405 Norman B. Conway on levee railroa speeder on Yuma-Laguna Dam Levee railroad, 1908; 091406 Cocopah boy in Lower California, Mexico at U.S. levee work, 1914; 091407 Cocopah boy in Baja California, Mexico for U.S. levee work, 1914; 091408 Cocopah children in Lower California, Mexico at U.S. levee work, 1914; 091409 construction camp for canal structures in the Yuma Valley, Arizona, 1916; 091410 Mission, Tesuque Pueblo, 1930 by Virginia Conway; 091411 unidentified Pueblo, by Virginia Conway; 091412 A Mexican hut in the Sandia Mts. by Virginia Conway; 091413 Tesuque Pueblo, 1930 by Virginia Conway; 091414 sheep herders along highway, 1930 by Virginia Conway; 091415 Mission, Santo Domingo Pueblo by Virginia Conway; scrapbook containing (123) photographs of Santa Fe, Tesuque, Grand Canyon, and Winslow, Arizona, ca. 1930s by Virginia Conway