Old Laguna Indian Pueblo, Laguna, NM, circa 1935
- Subject
- Native American Life
- Card type
- Linen
- Date
- c. 1935 (Linen)
About this postcard
Flat-roofed, multi-storied adobe buildings of Old Laguna Indian Pueblo rise from a low rocky mesa, with scrub, sand, fenced enclosures, and wagons spread across the foreground under a pale turquoise sky. The printed caption identifies the village as Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, on the old Santa Fe Trail highway between Albuquerque and Gallup, and describes its people as a branch of the Acoma tribe, whose mesa home is near Enchanted Mesa. Laguna is a Keresan-speaking pueblo west of Albuquerque, founded around 1699 by people with ties to Acoma and other pueblos; its stepped stone-and-adobe rooms are characteristic of the Pueblo villages of New Mexico.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Curt Teich & Co. |
|---|---|
| Series | No. 17-- |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place mentioned | Old Laguna Indian Pueblo, Laguna, NM |
| Place mentioned | Southwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, NM |
| Publisher | Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL |
| Notes | Linen-textured stock with visible horizontal ribbing; no printed caption or border text on the front; slight edge wear. No postmark, message, or address — card is unused. Divided-back linen-era Curt Teich production (code 5A-H2541), ca. 1930s–1940s, distributed by Southwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, N. M., copyrighted by J. R. Willis; back caption headed 'No. 17--OLD LAGUNA INDIAN PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO' with descriptive paragraph; light toning and faint soiling on the cream stock. |
Cite this card
Old Laguna Indian Pueblo, Laguna, NM, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1935. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-laguna-indian-pueblo-laguna-nm-circa-1935. Accessed November 2, 2026.