A Pictorial History of New Mexico

Clara Belle Williams, c. 1900
Clara Belle Williams, first African-American graduate of New Mexico State University.

Grant's Opera House Fire, Albuquerque, 1898
Volunteer firefighters extinguish a blaze at Railroad Ave. & Third Street, Albuquerque

Insurance Office, Albuquerque, 1897
What’s an office without a dog?

1867 Map of Arizona and New Mexico
Best wagon route through New Mexico in 1867?

Goyathlay (Geronimo), 1887
Studio portrait of Goyathlay (Geronimo), Chiricahua Apache, 1887.

A Commercial Street in Albuquerque, 1880
Window shopping in Albuquerque, 1880s style.

Children at Church, Alamo National Forest, 1908
Children pose in their Sunday cothes in front of adobe church.

Burros at Fort Marcy, Santa Fe, ca.1895
More Burros!

Burro Carrying a Load of Firewood, 1890
Daily life in an 1890 New Mexico town.

1865 Receipt for Sale of Wagon
Wagon used in The Long Walk sold for a profit by New Mexico BIA, 1865.

George McJunkin, Discoverer of Folsom Man Site
1911 photo of cowboy George McJunkin on his horse, Headless.

U.S. Infantry Pursues Pancho Villa, 1916
Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916

Adobe Chapel in Los Ranchos, 1938
Adobe Chapel in Los Ranchos, New Mexico, 1938

Hotel Alvarado in Albuquerque, 1902
Hotel Alvarado in Albuquerque, 1902

Enjaradora at Chamisal, 1940
Spanish-American woman plastering adobe house, 1940

Enjaradoras at Chamisal, 1940
Spanish-American women replastering an adobe house, 1940

Moon Cafe, Albuquerque, 1940s
1940s postcard of the Moon Cafe on Route 66.

Pecos Valley Bee-keepers Association, 1910
Bee-keepers Association meets in Roswell, New Mexico, 1910

Coal breaker and buildings in Madrid, New Mexico, c. 1935
Coal Mining in Madrid, New Mexico, c. 1935

Old Variety Stores in Albuquerque, 1895
New Mexico Variety Stores, 1895

1927 Map of Route 66, New Mexico
Route 66 in New Mexico, 1927.

Interior of a Pueblo House (Isleta), 1893
Isleta Pueblo home, 1893.

Stagecoach in Los Griegos, New Mexico, 1883
Los Griegos, New Mexico, 1883.