L. B. Hastings Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-098
Scope and Content
Collection consists of four card-mounted prints and one modern copy print. Pictures include a full-length portrait of L.B. Hastings, Hastings and another man standing beside pack mules, a group of men and women posed around a cliff dwelling site, a landscape labeled "entrance to Grand Canyon, " and a landscape of Chloride Flat, near Silver City. The last photograph has hand-written identification on back stating that the donor's father, John I. Hastings, was general manager of the Breman silver mine at Chloride Flat. According to the text, the mine produced one million dollars in silver between 1879 and 1883. The text also states that Billy the Kid and his mother once lived at Chloride Flat and recounts an anecdote about the first man killed by the Kid. Prints are 18 x 13 cm. or smaller.
Dates
- 1878
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of materials allowed for research purposes in most cases. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
The last photograph has hand-written identification on back stating that the donor's father, John I. Hastings, was general manager of the Breman silver mine at Chloride Flat. According to the text, the mine produced one million dollars in silver between 1879 and 1883.
Extent
5 items (1 folder) : 5 photographic prints ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of photographs of landscapes in New Mexico and of L. B. Hastings.
Physical Location
B2. Small Collections box 2. Filed by Pictorial Number.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the L. B. Hastings Photograph Collection, 1878
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- ©2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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