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Pecos : Leaves from the unwritten history of New Mexico. Founded on traditions gathered from the Pueblo Indians during a summer's ramble in New Mexico, in 1874
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Taayallena from the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico
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View of a great mesa seen across the desert, with pueblo buildings, a wagon, fences and other structures in the foreground.
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Two little girls from the Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico
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Two young women carrying bundles of wood on their heads.
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House at Summer Pueblo of Acometa, New Mexico. Mother and daughter baking bread in oven introduced by the Spaniards
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Women baking bread in an oven, with adobe house behind them.
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Scenes from trips to New Mexico (San Felipe and Zia pueblos) and vicinity
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Photographs made by Adam Clark Vroman, ca. 1892-1909, spanning various subjects, primarily his bookstore in Pasadena, California, and scenes from his travels. Of particular significance is Vroman's handwritten journal of a trip to see the Snake Dance at Walpi, Arizona, in 1895, written sequentially on the back of 19 mounted photographs. Vroman's traveling companions were Horatio N. Rust, Mrs. Thaddeus (Leontine) Lowe, and Charles J. Crandall, who are shown, along with Vroman, at pueblos, and traveling with supplies and wagons. There are also views of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. The California images include scenery and travelers in the San Gabriel Mountains, Mount Wilson, Mount Lowe and the Alpine Tavern, and travelers having a picnic; details of missions; historic adobes of Monterey; Rancho Guajome Adobe in San Diego County; Yosemite and one view of Indians living in Yosemite Valley. Locations depicted in other parts of the United States are: Manitou, Colorado; Oregon, Illinois; Niagara Falls; Grant's Tomb; a bird's-eye-view of Santa Fe, New Mexico; and other miscellaneous views. Vroman travelled to Japan in 1903 and 1909, and eight prints in the collection show Japanese men and women in traditional dress, as well as details of architecture. Vroman appears in a few photographs. There are several portraits of Pueblo Indian men, some identified in Vroman's captions.
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Five Day Pack Trip, from Las Vegas Through the old towns on the Pecos River and on to Lamy New Mexico
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The collection constitutes the literary archive of New Mexico author N. Howard (Nathan Howard) "Jack" Thorp. It includes original manuscripts of Thorp's stories, as well as songs, correspondence, a diary, photographs and related publications.
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