Navajo Indian Mother and Children
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Title
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Navajo Indian Mother and Children
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Description
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The stereograph of the Navajo woman and children was taken in front of the Alvarado Hotel, next to the Atkinson, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) railroad station in Albuquerque, NM. Keystone View Company copyright information is published here: Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Works of Art. Part 4. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1920; the image, however, was published earlier than 1920 in this guide, Keystone Primary Units, Stereographic and Lantern Slides, Indians of the Southwest; Meadville, Pa., Keystone View Company, 1905-1910. An original negative held at the California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside.
Chartered in 1859 as the Atkinson and Topeka Railroad Company by Cyrus K. Holliday, it was renamed the Atkinson, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company in 1863. The rail lines extended to Los Angeles, California, by 1887 and broke ground in Texas in 1881. Source: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company:An Inventory of Its Records, 1905-1973, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University. "The Atkinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot was destroyed by fire on January 4, 1993. It was built in 1902 along with the now-demolished Alvarado Hotel, and served rail passengers as the gateway to Albuquerque and the Southwest for over 90 years. The depot was built in the California Mission style, which was used extensively by AT&SF designers throughout the West. It sported a domed tower and red tile roof and was surrounded by an arched arcade..." https://www.cabq.gov/planning/boards-commissions/landmarks-urban-conservation-commission/historic-landmarks
Named after Coronado's lieutenant Hernando de Alvarado, the Alvarado Hotel was built in 1902 and was part of the Fred Harvey House chain. http://www.harveyhouses.net/states/newmexico/nmhouses.html. It was designed in the California Mission style. Fred Harvey was an entrepreneur who partnered with the ATSFR and built a national chain of high standard restaurants, hotels, and retail stores in the train stations.
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Keystone Primary Units, Stereographic and Lantern Slides, Indians of the Southwest
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Image
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shortDescription
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A stereograph of a Navajo woman and her children stand near the Atkinson Topeka & Santa Fe railroad station and Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Spatial Coverage
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Atkinson Topeka & Santa Fe railroad station and Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Creator
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Keystone View Company
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Date
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1900-1910
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Format
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JPEG
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Identifier
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23116
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Source
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Keystone View Company; Michigan State University Museum Val Roy Berryman Stereograph Collection
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Rights
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Public Domain
