Historic Albuquerque Thread (Santa Fe, House: hotels, house, neighborhood)

[Brad-ly]

These are some of the photo's I recently found in some files. Some from family, some from Archives. They are photo's of Albuquerque from the late 19th early 20th century.

Most are from Downtown Albuquerque.

Please feel free to add some of your own photo's if you have any.

[Cornflakes]

Awesome!

I'd love to see more pictures from this era.

[Brad-ly]

Originally Posted by Cornflakes

Awesome!

I'd love to see more pictures from this era.

Oh, I KNOW! I'm like a kid in a candy store looking at all these photo's.
I love history.

When my great grandmother was alive, I remember all the times I would sit and talk about those days... very interesting times for Albuquerque.

[nmguy]

Wonderful photos of a bygone era that provide a perspective for today's Albuquerque. Thanks for posting them Brad-ly.

[Brad-ly]

I was looking at that aerial view photo of Albuquerque, and it seems the Rio Grande was wider and had much more water back in the way day. Wow..

[ay jayy]

really cool pictures!

[Mrs.Barreras]

thanks for sharing!!! isnt today the Founding Families fiesta? or something like that? My grandfather who has been dead for 20 years received a flyer/card in the mail in regards to this being that our last name is Jaramillo. now i reallywant to study my family tree.
Sorry i got off the subject there, its amazing how far weve come. i woukdnt live anywhere else!

[mortimer]

Thanks for posting those.
I'm going to identify the ones that I think I can identify
and others can either add to it or correct me if I'm wrong:

This is downtown looking from the edge of the East Mesa around the current location of CNM.
The far ground of the photo has the volcanos in view. :
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...2010/Alb12.png

This is looking at the NE corner of 1st and Gold:
The building in front is gone, the one in back still exists on 1st and Central
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...C2010/Alb4.png

Albuquerque High on Central. Look for this building in the picture:
(*) [BRANDONAC2010/Alb1.png]
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...C2010/Alb6.png

This looks to be taken from the Hospital building next to I-25.
It's looking W on Grand Avenue ( now MLK Blvd ) at downtown with the volcanos in view.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...C2010/Alb7.png

Looking E on Central. You can pick out the Albuquerque High building
a few blocks from the location of the picture. This picture appears to
have been taken before the Railroad tracks were elevated since they
are only two blocks W of the Albuquerque High building.
(*) http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...C2010/Alb1.png

There are some other shots of buildings on Central that I recognize,
but cannot specifically locate, so did not comment.

[ABQalex]

This is an absolute treasure trove of old Albuquerque photos that I stumbled upon while Googleing for some pictures of my favorite old buildings to share in this thread:

ABQ MUSEUM PHOTOARCHIVES' photosets on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/abqmuseumphotoarchives/sets/ - broken link)

From that collection, a few of my favorite old Albuquerque buildings:

The Armijo House hotel

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2625/...b4ca4667_o.jpg

The Masonic Temple

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/...b7754ac7_b.jpg

The YMCA

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3116/...bd4c2e7f_b.jpg


And here's an aerial pic of the old Santa Fe Railroad Shops, including my neighborhood of Barelas at the top. I'm absolutely overjoyed in finding this particular pic!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2667/...44d042e7_o.jpg


Not from that collection, but here is a pic of the old Barelas Bridge over the Rio Grande that I wanted to share. In the Barelas Community Center today is a much better framed picture of the bridge that I desperately want a copy of for myself to frame and hang in my own home.

http://www.cabq.gov/library/postcards/images/S7.jpg



And finally, this is my favorite of Albuquerque's old hotels, The Franciscan, in color, a model, and black and white:

http://www.essential-architecture.co...scan-Hotel.jpg

Model of the Franciscan Hotel | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49792981@N05/4569188217/ - broken link)

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e6CgTHhMlqE/S9...Gk/SK89014.jpg

[Brad-ly]

I will never understand why the Franciscan Hotel was torn down.

What a stupid mistake. And the Alvarado Hotel.... Albuquerque was not thinking then...