Comment on Old photograph purchased for museum archives of northern New Mexico VIPs

Old photograph purchased for museum archives of northern New Mexico VIPs

The three men come to us from a past century, posing in a formal configuration but with somewhat relaxed stances, sporting neckties of a sort in fashion at the time and three-piece suits that might be just a tad rumpled. Their expressions are mostly serious, although one might have just a ghost of a smile playing about his lips. They were movers and shakers in early times of northern New Mexico, and the acquisition of their image on a “carte de visite” taken around the time the Civil War was ending is being celebrated at the Photo Archives of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. “This is very early for photography in New Mexico — very early,” said Daniel Kosharek, curator of the archives, in a news release.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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