White Sands National Monument

Dateca. 1950

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 24 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.181.803

DescriptionA woman and a child stand on the dunes in White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico. They are looking toward the mountains in the background and they are wearing Western outifits.
A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "A view of the White Sands in southern New Mexico. The great natural wonder covers 270 square miles. A portion of the Sands have been set aside as a National Monument. The great dunes are almost 100% pure gypsum and resemble granulated sugar. White Sands National Monument is located about 18 miles southwest of Alamogrodo, New Mexico, on U.S. Highway 70."

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