Aberle, Sophie D. (Collection) [picture]. [1896-1996]

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Aberle, Sophie D. (Collection) [picture]. [1896-1996]

Collection contains photos and prints collected by Sophie D. Aberle as well as photographs taken by M. Snow (c. 1930-1939). Persons depicted include Sophie D. Aberle and friends, W.A. Brophy, John Collier, Native Americans, Joe Tafoya, and M.L. Wilson. Other notable photos show the damage caused by the San Francisco Earthquake (c. 1898), Aberle's home in the Petroglyph Monument near Albuquerque, NM, Acoma Pueblo, and San Ildefonso potter María Martínez. Native American issues are represented by images of the National Congress of American Indians (c. 1938), Indian affairs events, photos of the Commissioner(s) of Indian Affairs (William Brophy and John Collier), the Navajo Farm Training Project, the Indian Building and exhibts (at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds?), and the Computer Assisited Education Project. A copy of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln (c. 1864) is included. Also includes prints, such as Japanese watercolors, Galvez Suartz paintings, and original paintings by Native American artists depicting Native American traditions. The four oversized prints housed in the Pictorial Collections Map Case are a watercolor painting of an Isleta Pueblo Dance by Bartolo Lente and 3 color prints of Japanese Army battles and victories.

600 photographic prints, paintings and prints ; 15 x 29 in. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7667073

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Martínez, María Montoya, 1885-1980

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Brophy, William A. (William Aloysius), 1903-1962

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Aberle, Sophie D., 1899-

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. United Pueblos Agency

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Snow, Milton

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Tafoya, Joe.

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Collier, John, 1884-1968

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Wilson, M. L. (Milburn Lincoln), 1885-1969

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