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Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

Name: Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Address: 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, US
Telephone: +15054765026
Rating: 4.7

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We are open by appointment only. The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives is administered as part of the New Mexico History Museum.
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Our collection contains more than an estimated 1,000,000 items including historic photographic prints, cased photos, glass plate negatives, film negatives, stereographs, photo postcards, panoramas, transparencies, lantern slides, and motion pictures.

07/24/2024

View of the Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Creator: Cunningham & Company
Date: ca. 1884-1885
Negative Number: 011259

07/19/2024

Students lined up for registration, Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Creator: Santa Fe New Mexican
Date: 1963
Negative Number: 029344
The Santa Fe New Mexican collection

07/17/2024

Romalda Jojola, Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico

Photographer: G. & H. Photography
Date: 1930?
Negative Number: 027371

07/15/2024

"Around the Campfire", Los Alamos Ranch School, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1925 - 1942?
Negative Number: 001232

07/03/2024

House well at Alcalde, New Mexico

Date: 1920?
Negative Number: 042798

06/28/2024

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1925 - 1945?
Negative Number: 004097

06/26/2024

Cowboys eating dinner, New Mexico

Photographer: Dana B. Chase
Date: 1884 - 1892?
Negative Number: 056991

06/24/2024

Antonio Lujan

Photographer: Witter Bynner
Date: ca. 1920-1935
Negative Number: 099879

06/17/2024

Winnowing wheat, Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1925 - 1945?
Negative Number: 022697

06/14/2024

Women riding bicycles, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Photographer: Rex Studio
Date: ca. 1900
Negative Number: 077411

06/10/2024

Rio Grande, New Mexico

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1925 - 1945?
Negative Number: 088080

06/07/2024

View of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

Photographer: John K. Hillers
Date: 1879 - 1880?
Negative Number: 004590

06/04/2024

Canyon Road with the Vigil House on the left, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Date: 1950?
Negative Number: 056432

05/30/2024

Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Photographer: Cunningham & Company
Date: 1880 - 1890?
Negative Number: 132121

05/23/2024

Sixth Street, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Photographer: Rex Studio
Date: ca. 1898
Negative Number: 076990

05/21/2024

Sulphur Spring Stage Station, Jemez, New Mexico

Photographer: Philip E. Harroun
Date: ca. 1897
Negative Number: 009372

05/18/2024

The NM Dept. of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is excited to offer free admission to its 8 museums, including the New Mexico History Museum, and 7 historic sites this summer to active-duty military personnel and their families through the Blue Star Museums program. Offered with support from NM Arts, the program runs May 18, - Sept. 2, 2024. DCA is proud to be part of Blue Star Museums, a national appreciation program, to thank our military families for their service and share with them New Mexico’s cultural treasures throughout the summer!

For more info about Blue Star Museums, as well as a map of participating museums, visit www.arts.gov/initiatives/blue-star-museums.

Blue Star Museums is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, in collaboration with the Department of Defense and participating museums across America.

05/17/2024

Juan Jose Montoya and daughter Adelaido Montoya, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico

Photographer: George C. Bennett
Date: 1880
Negative Number: 002490

05/16/2024

Richard of Horseman's Haven and Tomasita's restaurants, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Photographer: Barbaraellen Koch
Date: 1980?
Negative Number: HP.2014.14.1577
The Santa Fe New Mexican collection

05/10/2024

Navajo mother and child, New Mexico

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1925 - 1945?
Negative Number: 003179

05/08/2024

Today is World Donkey Day and we'd like to celebrate with this image of burros pulling a wagon in the Palace of the Governors courtyard in Santa Fe, NM in 1910. Burros are steadfast, hardworking, and strong and have been an important part of New Mexico's history.

Photographer: Jesse Nusbaum
Date: 1910
Negative Number: 139156

05/03/2024

El Nido, Tesuque, New Mexico

Photographer: Bobby Berg [?]
Date: ca. 1940
Negative Number: 137220

04/30/2024

Women on horseback, on a wildflower covered hillside, New Mexico

Date: circa. 1900-1920
Negative Number: HP.1975.51.032

04/29/2024

Stephanita Herrera (Hani), Irene Quintana (baby) and Felipa Trujillo, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst
Date: 1925 - 1945?
Negative Number: 088864

04/29/2024

You're invited to a poetry reading with the winners and runners-up for the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs inaugural Ekphrastic Poetry Contest on Sun., May 19, 3 p.m. at the National Hispanic Cultural Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Attendance is free, but registration is encouraged. Register at www.nhccnm.org/event/ekphrastic-poetry-contest-reading/

04/25/2024

Gustave Baumann in his Chevy with Mabel Dodge Luhan's dog in back seat, Taos, New Mexico

Date: circa 1920
Negative number: PAAC.076.01.0383

04/24/2024

Street showing church, San Miguel, New Mexico

Photographer: Jesse Nusbaum
Date: 1911?
Negative Number: 013944

04/23/2024

Mark William Shuster with Basset Leonardo waiting for the judges decision after the Blessing of the Animals (Benedicion de los Animales), San Felipe de Neri Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Photographer: Ralph Looney
Date: 1968
Negative Number: HP.2007.20.1169
New Mexico Magazine collection

04/22/2024

We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Department of Cultural Affairs' inaugural Ekphrastic Poetry Contest. The photo "Children playing on swing, Jemez Pueblo School, New Mexico," by Mary E. Dissette, and from the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, was the inspiration for Tammy Iralu and Thelma Giomi's poems. Read their poems at https://nmculture.org/poetry/mary-e.-dissette-children-playing-on-swing.

04/21/2024

Today is the day! Join us from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. for our community celebration, “History Homecoming: Past, Present, Palace.” Festivities include guided tours of Palace exhibits, music and dance performances, a kids’ cooking demo, “Ask a 3rd Grader” trivia game, biscochitos and lemonade, and a live mariachi procession! Admission is free and all are welcome.

Address

113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM
87501

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+15054765026

Website

http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/collections/photo-archives/

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Videos

Zozobra, circa 1950? HPFV.2011.21.67

Men working on equation, perhaps 1980s?

Anyone recognize these men or what they are working on?

Here's a clip of musicians playing in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard during Christmas at the Palace 2015.

last year's Las Posadas

Christmas at the Palace has begun!

Lowrider on the plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico Date: 1981 From Meridel Rubenstein's video "Lowriders: Portraits from New Mexico" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bQ0cr6oBU

Raising Zozobra

Raising Zozobra From footage included in 1985 Museum of New Mexico video "Vivan Las Fiestas!"

Unknown film, circa 1940s. Young couple (John Candelario and wife?) with new baby, pass baby around to people on sofa. Interviews with couples. Creator: John Candelario? HP.2011.21.19b

Barrel racing event, Santa Fe Rodeo?, circa 1960? Filmed by Frank Stubbs. From HP.2011.37.5

Pepe (Jose Juan Raymundo Antinus Requesens Moncada y Diaz) performing Nague La Burrita Cumbanchero Film by John Candelario No sound, excerpts from HP.2011.21.5

a trip to Great Sand Dunes From HP.2010.4.157 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Pet parade, Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico Date: circa 1960? From film by Frank Stubbs, HP.2011.37.5

Scenes from Los Alamos, circa 1950s? We are particularly curious about the animation in middle. Anyone know what it is illustrating? From film by Frank Stubbs, POG film and video collection HP.2011.37.5

Boys hauling tree at summer camp, 1946, at Cimarroncita Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico

Young Tommy Macaione holding dog in front of his studio, 820 1/2 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico Creator: Frank Stubbs Date: circa 1960? Excerpt from film and video collection number HP.2011.37.5

Circular swing or pleasure wheel, circa 1929 A clip from the northern New Mexico/Taos section of "A Trip West" from the film and video collection at the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, HP.2010.4.139

Artists at work Santa Fe artists Sheldon Parsons, Kenneth Chapman, Carlos Vierra, and Spier Cameron painting in the courtyard at the Palace of the Governors Excerpt from "Adventures in Kit Carson Land", shot by the El Toro Film Co. for the New Mexico Publicity Bureau, circa 1917 From the film and video collection at the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, HP.2010.4.146

On the road to Taos, New Mexico, 1920s from the Film and Video Collection, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

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A department of the New Mexico History Museum, the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives contains more than an estimated 1,000,000 items including historic photographic prints, cased photos, glass plate negatives, film negatives, stereographs, photo postcards, panoramas, transparencies, lantern slides, and motion pictures.