Portraits (Churchill, civil engineering group), Pueblos of Acoma and Cochiti, 1900-1930
File — Small-Collections-Box: 7, Folder: PICT 990-004 #1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection contains photographic and print portraits of Frank C. Churchill, a group of civil engineers, and unidentified others, including Pueblo Indians. The majority of the photographs are of various pueblos in New Mexico, focusing on views and structures, including the mission churches. There are also photos of people, including young men at Isleta Pueblo playing a game with stones arranged on the ground; a woman at Isleta with a painted pot, and women at San Juan Pueblo making pottery. Photos taken at Zuni Pueblo include a man making beads, a woman holding an infant in a cradleboard, and a view of the stones marking the Zunis' spiritual center of the world. There are several views of donkeys loaded with firewood in Santa Fe, one of the mission at Aguas Frias, views of La Bajada and the cliff dwellings at Puye. Dates taken from backs of photographs.
Dates
- 1900-1930
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 54 items (2 folders) : 54 photographic prints
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
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