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Scenes from northern New Mexico. This gallery includes scans from black and white film.
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The back side of the San Francisco de Asis church. Built of mud and straw, this traditional adobe-style church with enormous foundations is a landmark in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. (Scanned from black and white film.)
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The back side of the San Francisco de Asis church. Built of mud and straw, this traditional adobe-style church with enormous foundations is a landmark in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. (Scanned from black and white film.)

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  • The facade of a hotel built to look like an old native American pueblo with adobe walls, square corners, exposed beams, and more.
  • An ornamental bunch of dried red chile peppers is hanging from a wall in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • The old cemetery, surrounding the original church of San Geronimo, is filled with old graves. The graveyard is in sunlight while the dark sky looming in the background is a precursor to a thunderstorm.
  • Contrast between a white adobe wall and dark storm clouds in the background. Can be used as a symbol of calm and turmoil.
  • A traditional pueblo building in New Mexico. With walls formed of mud and straw, the multi-story structure is representative of native American culture.
  • An old tree stump shows cdracks and fractures radiating from the center that have resulted from the natural weathering from being left in the open air.
  • An old blue door in a adobe mud wall portrays an element of decay with layers and layers of peeling paint and cracks.
  • San Francisco de Asis Mission Church is a historic landmark in the Rancho de Taos area of New Mexico. The traditional adobe structure was built in the 1700s and has large rounded ramparts.
  • A marble statue of St. Francis in contemplation stands in front of the San Francisco de Asis Mission Church in Rancho de Taos in New Mexico.
  • These petroglyphs were carved by native Americans into stone cliffs near Tsankawi in the Bandelier National Monument area of new Mexico.
  • A modern New Mexico building constructed in a traditional pueblo style with adobe walls and square corners. (Scanned from black and white film.)
  • The back side of the San Francisco de Asis church. Built of mud and straw, this traditional adobe-style church with enormous foundations is a landmark in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. (Scanned from black and white film.)
  • Pueblo buildings stretch along a dirt road in new Mexico. In front, a traditional outdoor wood-fired oven, or hornos, is located for cooking.
  • A traditional native American pueblo under storm clouds. The bulding is built with adobe mud walls, ladders, and typical square style for the rooms.
  • A view of one of the streets that meanders through the adobe buildings of the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico. A thunderstorm broods over the mountains.
  • Two hornos ovens in New Mexico Pueblo. Hornos ovens are traditional dome-shaped outdoor ovens used by native Americans in the American Southwest region. (Scanned from black and white film.)
  • A portion of an adobe wall at the San Geronimo Church in Taos, New Mexico shows a stepped outline against a cloudy sky.
  • The adobe wall at the entrance to the San Geronimo Mission Church in New Mexico. The jagged wall looks like a set of steps rising towards the cross and the sky.
  • The ruins of the original bell tower from the original San Geronimo church stand over an old cemetery filled with wooden grave markers. The church was destroyed by the US army during a revolt by the natives in 1847.
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