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VINTAGE

PHOTOGRAPH

ALBUM FROM 1916 ERA

THIS PHOTO 1916

NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO


AI INFO BELOW:

NOT SURE IF CORRECT?


Agricultural and Livestock Landscape in New Mexico (1916 Era)
This vintage black-and-white photograph captures a sprawling, flat agricultural valley layout in New Mexico during the 1910s. The image documents the historic transition of raw Southwestern desert terrain into highly managed farmland and sheep ranching infrastructure, driven by early twentieth-century technological advancements.
The Handwritten Photo Caption
The detailed cursive inscription written in white ink on the right side of the black photo mount provides key observations regarding the local agriculture, livestock, and machinery:
    1. Pretty good looking section.
  • Large pumping plant. Some alfalfa.
  • Great stockades of brush & wire.
  • Sheep.
Landscape and Agricultural Infrastructure
  • The Stockades of Brush and Wire: Sprawling across the mid-ground is a vast network of corrals and pens constructed from tightly packed desert brush and heavy wire fencing. These rustic, locally sourced materials formed large protective enclosures used to corral, separate, and manage massive flocks of sheep on the open New Mexico range.
  • The Irrigated Fields and Alfalfa: The field spreading across the foreground and bordering the pens contains a managed crop pattern, noting the cultivation of alfalfa. In the arid Southwest, growing nutrient-rich alfalfa alongside livestock enclosures was essential for providing high-quality feed for the winter months.
  • The Large Pumping Plant: Visible as a low, horizontal building structure on the right side of the mid-ground is a commercial-scale water pumping station. These centralized industrial pumping plants were critical lifelines for early New Mexico agriculture, pulling water from deep underground aquifers or nearby river valleys to systematically flood and irrigate the dry soil of the valley floor.
  • The Horizon: The background features a long, completely flat mesa silhouette beneath an expansive desert sky, framing the remote and rugged nature of this progressive agricultural outpost over a century ago.
 


" VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH ANIMALS FARM/RANCH NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO OLD PHOTO "



THE PHOTO IS CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, THE PHOTO IS CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS IN CENTER ONLY, HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES, TAKEN FROM A MOVING TRAIN, BUT VIEWS CLEAR HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY, BIT DARK.



CAPTION ON ALBUM

" 3 ALBUMS FROM A TRIP IN 1916 "


ORIGINAL CAPTION ON ALBUM PAGE

" 1916 - NEW MEXICO "

I PUT INFO ON BACK


OLD PHOTO

THIS IS A PHOTO

NOT A POSTCARD


SHADES & COLORS

CAN VARY



JUST IN CASE ANY OF MY LISTINGS 

HAVE WRONG INFO, I CANNOT ID PHOTO OR POSTCARD,

SEND INFO, I WILL INSERT CORRECT INTO INTO LISTING, TIA. 



LISTING 400 PHOTOS & POSTCARDS ON 10/27/26

THE FAMILY WAS FROM EAST COAST, NOT SURE WHERE? A TRIP IN 1916 TOURING QUITE A FEW STATES, NEW YORK, NEW ORLEANS, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, TEXAS, GEORGIA AND LOTS MORE. A LOT OF HISTORICAL PHOTOS, FASHION OF ERA, EVERYDAY LIFE, ETC.


THE ALBUM HAD LOTS OF CAPTIONS, BUT ONLY HAD A FEW NAMES, SEEMS LIKE THEY LIVED ON THE EAST COAST, MAYBE PENNSYLVANIA?.



FILE INFO ONLY ON THIS LINE 1100_TRIP_530_PHOTO_170

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTO FOR DAMAGE:

DAMAGE RATINGS:

RANKING TO EDGES ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO EDGES HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO EDGES, SOME MINOR DINGS, CHIPPING & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO EDGES, LOTS OF CREASES AND OR RIPS & TEARS.

RANKING TO CORNER TIPS ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, SOME MINOR DINGS & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, BAD CREASES, BAD WEAR, MISSING TIPS.

CLARITY RANKING TO PHOTO ( 2 )

( 1 )-VERY CLEAR, LOTS OF DETAIL

( 2 )-PRETTY CLEAR SOME DETAIL IN CENTER ONLY

( 3 )-CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, A LITTLE HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

( 4 )-HAZY-FUZZY 1-2 FEET AWAY AND UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

CLARITY FROM 2 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WILL BE RATED YES OR NO

CLARITY GOOD HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY ( YES ) BIT DARK

HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( NO & YES ) THE PHOTO IS CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS IN CENTER ONLY, HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES, TAKEN FROM A MOVING TRAIN

CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( YES & NO ) THE PHOTO IS CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS IN CENTER ONLY, HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES, TAKEN FROM A MOVING TRAIN

HAZY-FUZZY IN BACKGROUND ( NO & YES ) THE PHOTO IS CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS IN CENTER ONLY, HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES, TAKEN FROM A MOVING TRAIN

HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES ( YES ) 

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS TO PHOTO FROM SHRINKAGE ( YES-MILD )

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS FROM BEING PULLED/SCRAPED OFF ALBUM PAGE ( YES-MILD )

DEPRESSED CORNER MARKS IN CORNERS FROM CORNER HANGERS ( NO )

DEPRESSED GLUE DIMPLE MARKS IN PHOTO FROM GLUE ON BACKSIDE ( YES-MILD )

RUBS FROM BEING IN AN ALBUM FOR YEARS ( YES-LITE )

OVERALL CONDITION OF PHOTO, WHICH INCLUDES DAMAGE AND CLARITY IN RATING, WILL BE RATED ON A ( 1-10 ) SCALE.

( 1 ) BEING VERY BAD & ( 10 ) BEING VERY GOOD

OVERALL CONDITION OF PHOTO ( 4 )

MADE OF PHOTO TYPE PAPER

BACK SOME DISCOLOR, FEW MARKS, PAPER & GLUE ON BACK

FRONT FEW MARKS, SOME DISCOLOR

OTHER DAMAGE NOTED HERE: 

ALSO HAS USUAL SCRATCHES, MARS, DINGS, ETC.

DAMAGE A FEW SCRATCHES, DINGS, HAIL DENTS & CREASES, ALL TIPS SHOW WEAR, DINGS OR CREASES, MILD GLUE DIMPLE POCKETS ON FRONT FROM GLUE & PAPER ON BACK, MILD SHRINK WAVINESS THROUGHOUT.

PHOTO SIZE SMALL 4-1/4 BY 2-1/2 INCHES


Thanks for Looking and Happy Digging

 "SunkenTreazure"