Irving Thomas Alvord photographs, 1913-1915.

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Irving Thomas Alvord photographs, 1913-1915.

The Irving Thomas Alvord photograph collection consists of 23 black and white photographs and postcards from 1913-1915 showing Santa Fe and Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico and Gila cliff dwellings.

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8004462

New Mexico State University

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Rio Grande Historical Collections

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Alvord, Irving Thomas.

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