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Photograph of the Corpus Christi Feast Day Procession in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Description: A cabinet photograph showing the Feast of Corpus Christi procession on San Francisco Street, adjacent to the plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The photograph shows people carrying banners, onlookers along the plaza, and the town's buildings. The back of the mount has printed historical information about Santa Fe and advertisements for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and the Santa Fe Southern Railway. The photographer may be Dana B. Chase, who had a studio in Santa Fe and produced photographs with the same printed information on the back.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1880s.
Call number: photPF 26013
Provenance: Purchased from William Allison Books, October 2022.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Studio portraits of Native Americans of New Mexico and scenes of Santa Fe, New Mexico and surrounding territory

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24 cabinet cards with portraits, city scenes, and a few landscape views depicting Indian camps and the surrounding countryside. The 8 studio portraits include Native American men, women, and children in both traditional and Western dress and include Apache and Pueblo Indians, with individuals from the Tesuque Pueblo. The city scenes show locales in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and one depicts a Catholic religious demonstration on a Santa Fe street. There are also 4 views of burros. Most views are unidentified, but some contain printed or handwritten titles: Apache Girl - Indian School (photPF 20751); 229. Pueblo Senora from Tesuque (photPF 20754); 228. Pueblo Indian and daughter (photPF 20755); College Street, Santa Fe, N.M. (photPF 20764); Territorial Capitol, Santa Fe, N.M. (photPF 20765); Our Lady of the Rosary [Santa Fe] (photPF 20767); House of Representatives (photPF 20767); 215. A medley: scenes in Santa Fe, N.M. [of burros], May 1887 (photPF 20772); Guadalupe Church (photPF 20773).

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Santa Fe Co. [New Mexico]

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Showing mining districts and railroads. Another copy on William Gillet Ritch "A brochure from the New-Old West," Santa Fe, 1885, in which it was issued. "[Identifies] pre-European Pueblos in and near Santa Fe County." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: HL sticker: 127963. Printing Process: Lithography.

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San Francisco St., Santa Fe, New Mexico

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View of a street in Santa Fe, with adobe buildings on either side and mules in the road.

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Corpus Christi Day, no. 174

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A religious procession, with participants carrying flags and playing musical instruments. Many of the participants are kneeling. The Plaza and San Felipe de Neri Church are in the background.

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Night view of oil derricks along a street with electrical poles and small buildings or houses. The exact location is undetermined; writing on back of photograph suggests this is possibly Santa Fe Springs (Los Angeles).

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