Edgar Forrest Wolfe Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2023-001
Scope and Contents
Edgar Forrest Wolfe's photo album documents a 1903 journey that he, his wife, and infant daughter took by covered wagon from New Mexico to California. Images are of campsites, landscapes, events, and activities along the way. Photographs from New Mexico dominate the album, with Pueblos of Taos, Santa Clara, Tesuque, Pecos, Santo Domingo, Isleta, and San Juan, depicted (including Native people and scenes). Other locations in New Mexico include Cimarron, Glorieta, Pecos, and Santa Fe. Hopi, Grand Canyon, and Painted Desert (AZ), and Los Angeles and a few other California locations are also included. A separate folder contains loose photographs that do not seem to belong in the album.
Dates
- 1903
Creator
- Wolfe, Edgar Forrest (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Extent
116 items (1 box) : photograph album containing 116 albumen, silver, and platinum photographic prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This family photograph album documents a 1903 journey taken by Edgar Forrest Wolfe, his wife, and infant daughter from New Mexico to California.
Physical Location
B2. Filed by collection number.
Condition Description
Album pages and photographs are brittle. Some photographs are faded.
- Arizona--Description and travel -- 20th century
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Description and travel -- Pictorial works
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Description and travel -- Pictorial works
- New Mexico -- Description and travel -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
- Pueblo Indians -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Pueblo Indians--Photographs
- Santo Domingo Pueblo (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Taos Pueblo (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Travel -- Pictorial works
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel--Pictorial works
Creator
- Wolfe, Edgar Forrest (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid of the Edgar Forrest Wolfe Photograph Album
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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