Rio Grande Historical Collections Photographs, 1885-1930
Decade
1920s
Subject (LCSH)
Pipe smoking
Storytelling
Men
Military cadets
Cowboys
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
ROTC cadet standing next to building. A man with a pipe in his mouth pointing a pistol as others look on from window. Fight scene of man with pistol as other man grabs gun and swings punch
Note on recto: "9C, Stapleton"
Note on recto: "10C, Jack Ifort"
Note on recto: "11C, Chas. Woods - Jack Ifort"
Digital publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Source
NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections
Source collection name: George Miller Photograph Albums, 1920-1930s