Albumen print calendar
Height 14 1/4 in / 36.2 cm
Width 11 1/2 in / 29.2 cm including frame
Provenance: Private collection, Albuquerque, NM
This 1912 albumen print calendar was issued for Erwin & Gerhardt, dealers in coal, hay, grain, and feed in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The mounted photograph shows a street view with storefronts, telephone poles, and the unpaved road surface of an early 20th-century New Mexico town. As a business calendar, it combines local advertising with a documentary image of place.
Fort Sumner is closely tied to the history of eastern New Mexico and the wider American Southwest. Pieces of this kind were practical promotional objects, often used in local homes, shops, and offices before being discarded. This example would suit a collection focused on New Mexico history, Western Americana, early town views, or regional commercial ephemera.
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Albumen print calendar
Height 14 1/4 in / 36.2 cm
Width 11 1/2 in / 29.2 cm including frame
Provenance: Private collection, Albuquerque, NM
This 1912 albumen print calendar was issued for Erwin & Gerhardt, dealers in coal, hay, grain, and feed in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The mounted photograph shows a street view with storefronts, telephone poles, and the unpaved road surface of an early 20th-century New Mexico town. As a business calendar, it combines local advertising with a documentary image of place.
Fort Sumner is closely tied to the history of eastern New Mexico and the wider American Southwest. Pieces of this kind were practical promotional objects, often used in local homes, shops, and offices before being discarded. This example would suit a collection focused on New Mexico history, Western Americana, early town views, or regional commercial ephemera.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
