Our South West Collection of Images

Buffalo soldiers on a rough trail

Buffalo soldier and his horse taking a tumble from the trail, 1880s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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Kit Carson, in his Civil War uniform, as commander of First New Mexico Volunteers.
Hand-colored engraving of a photograph taken about 1863

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Salado culture prehistoric metate y mano for grinding corn, Arizona

Maize grinding stones at Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park, a multi-storied Salado village inhabited circa 1225-1400 AD, Arizona.
Digital photograph

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