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Caption
The Pueblo of Acoma was conquered several times by the soldiers of Spain. The Conquest for the Cross was made in 1629 by Fray Juan Romirez, who remained among the Acomas for twenty years and built the first church that the Southwest had ever known. This church was destroyed in 1680 during a Pueblo revolt. In 1689 the huge church now at Acoma, which has walls 60 feet high and 10 feet thick, was commenced. The church must have cost the labor of many generations for every particle of the material used in its construction was carried up from the plains below.
Physical Description
One color postcard with a divided back. The postcard was published by Fred Harvey Trading Company in Kansas City, Missouri and made by Detroit Publishing Company in Detroit, Michigan.
Condition
Unused
Language of Postcard
English
Location
United States-New Mexico-Cibola County-Acoma Pueblo
Publisher
Fred Harvey Trading Company
Publisher Series
13960
Printer
Detroit Publishing Company
Date Issued
1897-1968
Object Type
Postcard
Object Size
14 X 09 cm
Original Collection
San Diego College for Women Postcard Collection
Digital Collection
American Postcard Collection
Digital Publisher
Copley Library. University of San Diego
Collection Number
New Mexico-16
Date Digitized
2014-05-14
Image Format
Image/JPEG
Repository
Special Collections. Copley Library, University of San Diego
Image File Location
P:\SDCW Postcard Collection\UnitedStates\New Mexico-16A
Image File Size
216 KB
Copyright
Copyright not Evaluated
Keywords
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, Churches, Archeological sites