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SOUTH MESA "JOGGING AREA" AND PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THERE. ALSO, TAOS FIELDS NORTH OF EL PRADO AND IN LOWER RANCHITOS, 1988-1991

 File — Box: 176, slide-box: 28

Scope and Contents

  1. 1. Mattress on South Mesa jogging area, June 1988. An old mattress somebody dumped. Picuris in BG. Sunset.(14 slides)
  2. 2. Splayed clouds on South Mesa jogging area, June 1988. Twilight, pretty unique. (10 slides)
  3. 3. Shots taken from South Mesa jogging area, Picuris, Tres Orejas, etc. May 1988. Clouds, pink rain falling, crimson sunsets. (20 slides)
  4. 4. Shots from South Mesa jogging area, May 1988. Very misty. Roy Brooks house on a sagebrush hill. Pedernal over in Abiquiu. (20 slides)
  5. 5. Photos on South Mesa jogging area, May 1988. Late afternoon sunset, tumultous white clouds, Mangus (dog) on "Road to Nowhere." Juana and Mangus jogging far away. (1 picture in Sky's the Limit, 1 picture in Keep It Simple.)(19 slides)
  6. 6. Photos of clouds, mts., Dodge truck, at our South Mesa jogging area, June 1988. Turbulent clouds over Tres Orejas, and over my Dodge truck. (17 slides)
  7. 7. Sun and cloud shadows over Tres Orejas shot from South Mesa jogging area, June 1988. Tres Orejas in BG. (4 slides)
  8. 8. Photos of Tres Orejas, Taos Mt. (Pueblo Peak), Picuris Peak from South Mesa, June 1988. Lovely clouds, dim rosy atmosphere. (20 slides)
  9. 9. Picuris Peak from our South Mesa jogging area, June 1988. White and gray clouds over Picuris, and over sunshiny jogging road. (19 slides)
  10. 10. Picuris Peak, South Mesa, Dodge truck, Juana and Mangus, June 1988. Many pics of Dodge truck, Juana on tailgate, Woofie (Mangus) lying in road. (20 slides)
  11. 11. Clouds mostly over Tres Orejas taken from South Mesa, July 1988. All sorts of moody clouds with Tres Orejas in far BG on West Mesa (across the Rio Gorge). (19 slides)
  12. 12. Random clouds and 4-wing saltbush and Picuris Peak from South Mesa in BG, and Tres Orejas in BG, July 1988. (13 slides)
  13. 13. Photos of clouds over Taos mountains from South Mesa jogging area, July 1988. Big, sweeping, dramatic white clouds. (20 slides)
  14. 14. Rainbows, Pueblo Peak, Roy Brooks house atop hill on South Mesa just south of Los Córdovas. 1 shot of Pedernal from Abiquiu. (16 slides)
  15. 15. Fields by Overland Sheepskin, Howell's or the Pueblo's land? North of El Prado. June, Aug 1988, 1991. Lovely misty green day, hay bales in field. On close inspection, most of these beautiful pictures are out of focus. So it goes. Tiddly pum. (19 slides)
  16. 16. Howell's (?) fields north of El Prado, Taos Mt. in BG, June-Aug. 1988-1991. Few pics of horses and cows in Lower Ranchitos. (20 slides)
  17. 17. Howell's (?) field north of El Prado, Pueblo Peak in BG. Sept. 1988. Hay bales, lovely sunflowers in FG. (2 slides)
  18. 18. Cattle grazing in Lower Ranchitos, Taos, Feb. 1983. They are black angus in snow near Ramos house. (1 picture in A Fragile Beauty.) (19 slides)
  19. 19. Beautiful white clouds over Pueblo Peak (Taos Mt), May 1991. (6 slides)
  20. 20. Electric transmission lines over in Carson, west of Taos, March 1988. Huge main lines feeding Taos. (10 slides)

Dates

  • 1988-1991

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.

Extent

From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)

Additional Description

General

20 SLEEVES. Wife Juanita and I often jogged on the mesa south of Los Córdovas. The mesa was empty. There I often photographed Picuris Peak to the southeast and Tres Orejas to the west across the gorge. Box includes photos of wide fields and Pueblo Peak north of El Prado, and some scenes in Lower Ranchitos area of Taos. Today, the area is full of housing developments, a golf course, UNM Taos campus.

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