Ft. Defiance, Arizona, 1919 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Ft. Defiance, Arizona, 1919, a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: [Ft. Defiance, Arizona]
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Ft. Defiance, Arizona, 1919
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Fort Defiance, Arizona, in 1919 was a small agency settlement on the Navajo reservation in the northeastern corner of the state, near the New Mexico line. The Army had established the original post there in 1851, and it was abandoned in 1861, but the site stayed important as the administrative center for Navajo affairs under federal Indian agents. Life in the surrounding country centered on sheep, goats, wool, and trade at nearby stores, while most goods and mail moved by wagon or truck to the Santa Fe Railway at Gallup, New Mexico, some fifty miles away. The influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919 had struck Navajo communities hard, and the reservation was still recovering from it when this view was made.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bortell, p. clinton |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Arizona |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,570 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Ft. Defiance, Arizona] |
| Reference | AZ Ft. Defiance 1919 |
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