Amon Carter print details

Laguna Indian Pueblo, New Mexico

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1923

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print with applied color

  • Contributors

    Published by Southwest Arts and Crafts

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. printed: LAGUNA INDIAN PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO.

    Verso:

    u.l. to l.c. in ink: Indian [illeg.] \ May-29-23. \ Dearest Mrs. Trester, \ Please forgive me for waiting so long \ to knowlege [sic] your nice \ pattern. - thank you \ ever so much - in \ this little postal - and \ will promise you a \ nice long letter just as \ soon as the rush is \ over. mother also received \ -one flowers. \ John had wonderful \ luck with sheep- \ we are going to town this eve \ the first time in a long \ while. Please write in \ a long letter and tell \ me a bout [sic] Mr. T and your \ self.

    c.l. in ink along left edge: From your loving friend Edna

    u.l. printed: LAGUNA INDIAN PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO. \ Laguna is a pueblo on the main ocean to ocean highway, \ about 65 miles west of Albuquerque. Its inhabitants are of \ the Keresan Tribe. The old pueblo of Laguna is being slowly \ abandoned, as the Indians are founding new, small villages \ nearer their ranches. The old tribal organization still centers \ in the old pueblo, however, the governor of Lagunabeing gov- \ ernor of all the newer pueblos.

    u.c. printed: R-32858

    l.l. to u.l. printed along left edge: PUBLISHED BY SOUTHWEST ARTS & CRAFTS SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. MADE IN U S A

    c. printed transverse: C.T. AMERICAN ART

    c. to c.r. in ink: Mrs. L.B. Trester

    l.c. to l.r. in graphite: 2010 Clarksons St- \ Denver Colo-

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1005

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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