Coronado State Monument
Photographer
New Mexico State Tourist Bureau
(active 20th century)
Dateca. 1950
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.4 × 23.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.867
DescriptionLow adobe walls and the museum at Coronado State Monument in Bernalillo, New Mexico. The museum is a single-story building with casement windows. The Sandia Mountains are in the background.A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Teh ancient Pueblo of Kuaua, on the east bank of teh Rio Grande across from the town of Bernalillo, now stands as Coronado State Monument. It was in this vicinity that the Spanish Explorer and his little army spent the winter of 1540-1541. The buildings in the foreground are the museum and custodian's quarters. In the distance are the Sandia Mountains, a part of the Rocky Mountain chain."
On View
Not on viewTerms
ca. 1950
ca. 1940
March 1973
ca. 1940
