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[Ranchos de Taos Church] – Antique Wall Art

[Ranchos de Taos Church], [between 1930 and 1950] — historic photograph
[Ranchos de Taos Church], [between 1930 and 1950]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Ranchos de Taos Church] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The church pictured here is San Francisco de Asis in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, a mission-style adobe building whose buttressed walls and twin-towered-looking massing have made it one of the most recognized religious structures in the Southwest. Built in the 1700s and completed around 1816, the church was a center of village life for the Hispano farming community along the Rio Grande, and its earthen walls were repaired each year by residents using traditional methods. This photograph, made sometime between 1930 and 1950 and held in the Library of Congress's Archive of Hispanic Culture collection, records the building during a period when outside interest in New Mexico's Spanish colonial architecture was growing.

Created / published[between 1930 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1950.
NotesArchive of Hispanic Culture Collection.
SubjectsSan Francisco de Asis Church (Ranches of Taos, N.M.)--1930-1950. Catholic churches--New Mexico--Ranches of Taos--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,212 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-189224

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