New Mexico - Gran Quivira(5)
Association
Estella Mae Wheeler
Dateca. 1961
MediumPaper and Ink
Dimensions5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Caroline Bowdish
Object numberPA2021.049.225
Description8. Nave of the Mission Church! Along the wall to your right is one of the original timbers from the Franciscan church. Note the cross-shaped floor plan.9. Cemetery of the Church, with wooden cross!
10. Gran Quivira National Monument, of wheich we have had only a brief glimpse, stands as a memorial to the mission system which was to convert & Christianize the Indians. The Monumnet contains 21 ruined house mounds of Indian Pueblos & ruins of 2 mission churches -- earlier one, San Isidro, which this picture shows; and later larger one, San Buenaventura.
On View
Not on view
