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Mural in the Lobby of Hotel El Rancho
Mural in the Lobby of Hotel El Rancho
Mural in the Lobby of Hotel El Rancho

Mural in the Lobby of Hotel El Rancho

Dateca. 1940
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 7/16 × 8 1/8 in. (18.9 × 20.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.1244.A
DescriptionHalf of a mural illustrating journeys from Gallup, New Mexico, over the course of four centuries. The mural hung in the lobby of the Hotel El Rancho in Gallup, New Mexico. There are portraits and text panels and a map with illustrations of the journeys taken. A title along the bottom of the mural reads, "Pictorial Mural of Journeys from Gallup into the Historic Wonderlands of [the Original Kingdom of New Mexico and Arizona]."
The other half of the mural is seen in PA1982.181.1244.B
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