New Mexico Anniversary Tile
Date1987
Mediumceramic, wood
Dimensions7 1/2 × 7 × 13/16 in. (19.1 × 17.8 × 2 cm)
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2023.10.120
DescriptionThe tile is dark cream colored for the background containing brown writing in a calligraphic style for "New Mexico." Within this are the dates of 1912 and 1987 with a large "75" in blue surrounded by an image of an adobe building. Above this, the images of a chile ristra, corn, and a flower are surrounded by gold circle. The border is a wooden square and there is a sticker on the reverse containing a description. This tile commemorates the 75th anniversary of New Mexico statehood achieved in 1912.On View
Not on view
December 8, 1912
