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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

The Southwest Illustrated Magazine, September - October, 1896, Territorial Fair Souvenir edition, gives fair schedule, rest of issue a booster featuring the city of Albuquerque, photographs, railroad, health, schools, irrigation, mining, area resources

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection is comprised of pamphlets which reflect the history of Albuquerque as a destination for tourists, health-seekers, railroad passengers, investors, and newcomer residents. Pamphlets from the early 1900s boast the railroad, Temple Albert, "a fine sewer system," schools, hospitals, churches, stores, and types of residences to attract new residents, calling Albuquerque "the Commercial Metropolis of New Mexico," "Chief City of a New Empire in the Great Southwest," and "The Metropolis...
Dates: 1879-1880