Belen, Los Lunas and Vicinity: Aerial Photos, 1976-1978
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6-15
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
- 1976-1978
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
General
Black and white and color aerial photos: 8 x 10 and 7 x 10. Processing information on the back of a few photos.
Contents of Folders:
Folder 6: Valencia Airpark; Fiqq Hanna; Mid Valley Air Park.
Folder 7: Train wrecks; Wagon Mound, NM; New Mexico Boys Ranch; Moultonborough Airport, New Hampshire; Los Luna Highlands; Los Lunas High School.
Folder 8: La Joya, NM; Los Lunas Highlands; Ashcroft Subdivision.
Folder 9: Train wreck; Old Becker-Dalies Department Store in Belen; Ashcroft Subdivison; El Paso National Gas Pumper Station; Giardina rebuilds after fire; Rio Grande Estates.
Folder 10: New Airstrip of Magdalena, NM; Davey Home; Los Lunas, NM; Davey acres; Ashcroft development of Los Lunas; Belen high school; Valencia Campus of UNM.
Folder 11: Davey Acres; North of El Cerro Hill; Turf Farm east of Belen; U.S. Highway 60; Main Street Los Lunas; Sand Canyon, Tierra Grande; UNM Valencia; New First National Bank Belen, New bridge in Belen; Casey Luna Ford, Belen; East of Belen; The Embarkadero of Rio Comms Golf Course; The Valencia "Y"; Mobile Home Park at Los Lunas; Wiley Johnson Ranch North of Moriarty.
Folder 12: New First National Bank of Belen; David Holmes; The Old Bridge of Belen; Archaeological Site East of Belen; Bud Stone's Belen Sand and Gravel; New Mexico Stud, Belen.
Folder 13: Ernest Sanchez Jr. Home, Los Lunas; Mountain Sun Aviation of Belen-Alexander Airport; Mike Sanchez Body Shop, Belen; McManus Home; Jim McKinley; Baer; Gian Grossi' northeast corner of Main Street in Belen; Smiths Supermarket, Belen.
Folder 14: Los Pinos Mountains and El Cerro Hill; Mid Valley Air Park.
Folder 15 New Mexico Boys Ranch; Burris Homestead; Maestas home in Rio Communities; Armite Plant; West of Belen.
Contents of Folders:
Folder 6: Valencia Airpark; Fiqq Hanna; Mid Valley Air Park.
Folder 7: Train wrecks; Wagon Mound, NM; New Mexico Boys Ranch; Moultonborough Airport, New Hampshire; Los Luna Highlands; Los Lunas High School.
Folder 8: La Joya, NM; Los Lunas Highlands; Ashcroft Subdivision.
Folder 9: Train wreck; Old Becker-Dalies Department Store in Belen; Ashcroft Subdivison; El Paso National Gas Pumper Station; Giardina rebuilds after fire; Rio Grande Estates.
Folder 10: New Airstrip of Magdalena, NM; Davey Home; Los Lunas, NM; Davey acres; Ashcroft development of Los Lunas; Belen high school; Valencia Campus of UNM.
Folder 11: Davey Acres; North of El Cerro Hill; Turf Farm east of Belen; U.S. Highway 60; Main Street Los Lunas; Sand Canyon, Tierra Grande; UNM Valencia; New First National Bank Belen, New bridge in Belen; Casey Luna Ford, Belen; East of Belen; The Embarkadero of Rio Comms Golf Course; The Valencia "Y"; Mobile Home Park at Los Lunas; Wiley Johnson Ranch North of Moriarty.
Folder 12: New First National Bank of Belen; David Holmes; The Old Bridge of Belen; Archaeological Site East of Belen; Bud Stone's Belen Sand and Gravel; New Mexico Stud, Belen.
Folder 13: Ernest Sanchez Jr. Home, Los Lunas; Mountain Sun Aviation of Belen-Alexander Airport; Mike Sanchez Body Shop, Belen; McManus Home; Jim McKinley; Baer; Gian Grossi' northeast corner of Main Street in Belen; Smiths Supermarket, Belen.
Folder 14: Los Pinos Mountains and El Cerro Hill; Mid Valley Air Park.
Folder 15 New Mexico Boys Ranch; Burris Homestead; Maestas home in Rio Communities; Armite Plant; West of Belen.
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