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Artwork Images
Photo:
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La Bajada Hill, Near Santa Fe, New Mexico
Object Details
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Date
ca. 1915-1930
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Object Type
Photographs
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Medium
Halftone print
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Contributors
Printed by Curt Teich Co.
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Object Format
Postcard
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Dimensions
3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
l.l. printed: LA BAJADA HILL, NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
Verso:
u.l. printed: LA BAJADA HILL, NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. \ "La Bajada" is Spanish for "The Desert" or "The \ Drop" and descent or drop it certainly is, for it is a drop of \ about 800 feet from the rim of the mesa to the foot of the hill, \ which makes a drop of about 1,000 feet to the lowland. The \ road, one and a half miles long, is one of the marvels of road \ building in America, for it is cut out of volcanic lava in the \ face of an almost sheet precipice. It has 23 hair-pin turns, \ some of them having a very steep grade. In spite of all this, \ the road is perfectly safe, as all the turns are widened to \ accomodate the largest automobiles, and those that might \ prove dangerous have stone retaining walls on the outside to \ prevent cars going off the road and down the cliff. The trip \ up or down La Bajada is always remembered by those going \ to or from the Pacific Coast over the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway
u.c. printed: A-51348
c. printed transverse: C.T. AMERICAN ART
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Collection Name
Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
P1976.48.983
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Copyright
Public domain
Additional details
Location: Off view
Part of:
Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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