A black and white photograph of the Taos Pueblo settlement, Taos, New Mexico. ca. 1920s.

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

A black and white photograph of the Taos Pueblo settlement, Taos, New Mexico. ca. 1920s.

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.6.188

Description

A black and white photograph of the Taos Pueblo settlement, Taos, New Mexico. ca. 1920s. The photo was taken about a yard away and shows the various residential adobe homes with some reaching five stories high. There are ladders leaning against some of the homes, visible are the parapet walls, hornos or clay ovens in front and under a structure made of woodenf beams. The far background are the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. An inscription on the reverse reads, "For W.P.T./Indian PUeblo near (5 miles) of Taos/Taos Indians." With moderate warping, an inscription written in ink on the reverse, soiling, photographer's stamp of "8134" and "VELOX" it is in good condition overall.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects