William J. Lucas Route 66 Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-986-012
Scope and Content
A photographic study taken along Route 66 in New Mexico and Arizona. Artifacts of the tourist trade, including signs, shops, motion picture theaters, post offices, gas stations, and motels, are the focus of this collection. There are photographs of Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque and of Laguna Pueblo, as well as artistic landscapes, skyscapes, and views of the road. Other locations in New Mexico include the Continental Divide, Cuervo, Gallup, Glenrio, Newkirk, Rio Puerco, Santa Rosa, Tucumcari, Central Avenue (Albuquerque). Other locations include Lupton, Arizona and trading posts in Arizona and New Mexico. Exhibition-quality mounted and matted prints.
Photographer's item description list is located in box 1
Also called William J. Lucas Images on Route 66.
Photographer's item description list is located in box 1
Also called William J. Lucas Images on Route 66.
Dates
- 1967-1986
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Copyright held by William J. Lucas estate, Albuquerque, N.M. Permission required for reproduction. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
William J. Lucas, who taught photography at UNM, 1977-1988, was born 1926, in Red Oak, OK. He attended the Oklahoma Military Academy, Oklahoma State University, St. Michael's College, and the University of New Mexico. His military service included World War II and the Korean conflict. After settling in New Mexico in 1952, he took up photography in earnest in 1962. Although his Route 66 subjects are black and white photographs, he also worked in color. He died in 1997, in Oklahoma, after a long illness.
Extent
53 items (1 Box) : 53 photographic prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A photographic study taken along Route 66 in New Mexico and Arizona. Artifacts of the tourist trade, including signs, shops, gas stations, and motels, are the focus of this collection.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved in Big Box location by Pictorial Number.
Collection Available Online
The entire William J. Lucas Route 66 Photograph Collection is available in digital format from New Mexico's Digital Collections.
Processing Information
The original accession was acquired in 1986.
In 2018, two additional prints were donated by Lucas' former student and colleague, Philip J. Calabria.
In 2018, two additional prints were donated by Lucas' former student and colleague, Philip J. Calabria.
- Advertising -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Albuquerque (N.M.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Arizona--History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Black-and-white photographs
- Business enterprises -- New Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Cities and towns -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Continental Divide Wilderness (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Gallup (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Glenrio (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Laguna (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Landscape photography -- Southwestern States -- Pictorial works
- Lupton (Ariz.) -- Pictorial works
- Motels -- United States Highway 66 -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Photographic prints
- Puerco River (N.M. and Ariz.) -- Pictorial works
- Roads -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Santa Rosa (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Signs and signboards -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Southwestern States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Tourism -- United States Highway 66 -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Trading posts -- New Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Tucumcari (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- United States Highway 66 -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Finding Aid of the William J. Lucas Route 66 Photograph Collection, 1967-1986
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2007, 2018
- 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