Coronado State Monument
Photographer
New Mexico State Tourist Bureau
(active 20th century)
Dateca. 1950
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 23.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.870
DescriptionTourists walk around the low adobe walls at Coronado State Monument in Bernalillo, New Mexico. A woman points toward a man who is using a camera. There is open space in the background.A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "The ruins of the pueblo of Kuaua stand beside the Rio Grande near Bernalillo, New Mexico. This pre-Columbian pueblo is believed to have been occupied by the Spanish explorer Coronado during his expedition through New Mexico in 1540-42. The ruins are set aside as the Coronado State Monument."
On View
Not on viewTerms
March 1973
