Amon Carter print details

"The Window", near Gallup, New Mexico

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Object Details

  • Date

    1929

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Chromolithograph

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

    Printed by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. printed: H-2767 "THE WINDOW", NEAR GALLUP, NEW MEXICO.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: FRED \ HARVEY "PHOSTINT" \ TRADE MARK REG U. S. PAT OFF. \ MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

    u.l. printed: These curiously shaped rocks are of red sandstone \ in places capped with lava and interstratified with \ red sandy shale and bluish gray limestone, "carved \ by the scant rains and more liberal winds of immem- \ orial centuries" into these fantastic shapes and \ "towering across the bare land like the mile stones \ of forgotten giants."

    l.l. printed: 81293

    l.c. printed: XXIX

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1013

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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