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Photographs and Postcards, Undated

 Collection — Small-Collections-Box: 11, Folder: PICT 000-1052

Scope and Content

From the Collection: This small selection of visual material has been transferred from the corresponding Joseph Foster Collection. It is comprised primarly of photographs of people and a few scenic views believed to be from Foster's travels. Also included are four (4) postcards addressed to Foster. Named people include Joe and Marque (Joseph and Margaret Hale Foster), Owen and Mary, Malcolm Collier, Mariana, Dr. Goetzl, Mr. Curry, and a 1871 cabinet card with the names Virginia Swinburne and Harriet Hale. Locations include Algeria, Gibraltar, Trujillo, the Andes in Peru; and on postcards: Old Church, Rancho de Taos, the Western Hotel in El Paso, Walpi (Arizona) and Saigon. Except for postmarks from 1920 to 1937 on the postcards, items are undated.

Dates

  • Undated

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 24 items (1 folder) : 4 postcards, 1 cabinet card, 19 photographic prints

General

People, places and postcards, many with inscriptions.

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