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Dorothy L. Pillsbury Photographs, 1950-1970

 File — Small-Collections-Box: 4, Folder: PICT 000-271

Scope and Content

From the Collection: Collection contains portraits of Dorothy Pillsbury in old age: holding a cat in a Pueblo Revival style interior, reading to a child in the Ernie Pyle Branch of the Albuquerque Public Library, in front of the bookmobile in Aztec, New Mexico. Other photographs include: the Governor of San Felipe Pueblo with a Lincoln cane (1949); a snapshot of Mrs. Mildred Holtz and another of Gladys Boland (a teacher) and her husband in South Dunbury, Mass.; a woman seated on a tractor surrounded by children; a modern copy photograph of three men dressed as prospectors holding burros loaded with mining supplies; exterior and interior views of Bel Ashley, a 200-year old home in New Hampshire. Prints are 26 x 20.5 cm or smaller and some are color.

Dates

  • 1950-1970

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 20 items (1 folder) : 20 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