Rio Grande Historical Collections Photographs, 1885-1930
Decade
1920s
Subject (LCSH)
Men
Military cadets
Cowboys
Smoking
Pipe smoking
Revolvers
Historical context
The George Miller Photograph Albums collection includes 210 photographs dating from circa 1920-1930s. Most of the photographs are mounted in two small albums. An additional fifteen sepia, black and white prints complement the albums. The images capture college experiences of a former student, George Miller, and his fellow undergraduates at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. These include sports, military training, trips to the Organ Mountains, dormitory life, and various social activities
Provenance
Geronimo Springs Museum
Donor: Laumbach, Karl
Extent
Album 2: 29 pages
Size of mounting: 6.4375 x 10.6875 in.
Notes
Cowboys smoking cigarettes' next to building as man looks on from window. Cowboys poses for a picture by a building. Military man lighting a pipe from another man's pipe
Note on recto: "12C"
Note on recto: "14C, Dee Rose? 1920-21"
Note on recto: "11C"
Digital publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Source
NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections
Source collection name: George Miller Photograph Albums, 1920-1930s