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Unknown [Cyanotype of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09680 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico Type: Photograph Date: circa 1800s
Pagination: 1 cyanotype ; 21 x 28 cm. Order a Copy

One cyanotype of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico dated approximately 1800. Image displays adobe dwellings in the middle of construction. Backside of document includes Pure Linen watermark.

Records indicate Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico being inhabited as far back as 3000 B.C by the Kawaik people. It is a reservation situated to the west of the San Jose River.

Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that was invented in the early 19th century which produces a cyan-blue tint.

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