LSC-623: Aerial Photos, 1988
File
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Hugh Mitchell Jr. Pictorial Collection contains mostly aerial photographs of Albuquerque and surrounding towns and suburbs in New Mexico, as well as Arizona and Colorado. Aerial photos are of businesses, cityscapes, landscapes, agriculture, farms, various ranches (Burris, Broome, Parker, Bryan, Sais, Rainwater), rivers, airports, prisons, schools, residential neighborhoods and houses, power plants, the Sandia Mountains, train wrecks etc. There are also slides of ruins (Abo, Quarai, and Gran Quivira), Holloman Air Force Base, White Sands, petroglyphs, Albuquerque attractions, murals, museums, pueblos, Bandelier National Monument, Old Town, Sandia Tram, the Grand Canyon, etc. Also included are portraits of the Burris family who were well-known New Mexico ranchers. Most photographs are black & white 8 x 10 prints. There are some color photos and some smaller and larger prints, with the largest being 16 x 20 mostly color prints. Some of the towns featured are Belen, Los Lunas, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Isleta, Elephant Butte, Alamogordo, Silver City, Socorro, Truth or Consequences, San Antonio, San Acacio, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Sedona, Bisbee, Colorado Springs, etc. A labeling system beginning in a series of letters and ending in numbers and dashes appear on the back of many photos and appears to be a location tracking system used in aerial photography.
Dates
- 1988
Access Restrictions
The collection is available for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2973 items (5 boxes) : 2973 photographic prints and film transparencies
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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu