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GE Christmas lighting display, Cleveland, OH, ca. 1930s

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Content

From the Collection: Photographs related to mining and life in Madrid, New Mexico. The bulk of the images were made between 1930 and 1949. Photos show mines and mining operations, (including equipment and surveying), the Galisteo Bridge, postcards of Santa Fe Railroad locomotive 769 (built in 1906) and the Old Coal Camp. There are many photographs of the world-famous Madrid lighted Christmas displays and those of the General Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1930s. Other photos show automobiles, gasoline stations, residents, housing, and earlier (1920s) Fourth of July celebrations (parade and horseraces), and the 1935 Madrid Miners baseball team. Many of the photographs bear detailed annotations.

Two paintings, one of a cabin interior and another of a Christmas scene were added to the collection in October 2009.

23 photographs were added to the collection in 2019.

Dates

  • ca. 1930s

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 191 items (3 boxes) : 184 photographic prints, 5 postcards, 2 paintings

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451