Old Town – Photo Archive

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Albuquerque was founded in 1706. People lived along the Rio Grande, so there were also plazas such as Los Duranes, Atrisco, Los Griegos, and others. These communities still exist within the Albuquerque area. Life was rural and agricultural, centered around family, church, land, and home. Old Albuquerque was annexed by the city in 1949, and soon became a tourist mecca. But if you walk a bit, you'll see homes, antique buildings, and sense an older way of life.

The Photoarchive is open by appointment only. Select images from the photoarchive are available for purchase at the Albuquerque City Store .

If you have old photographs of Albuquerque and wish to donate them to the Photoarchive, please contact Deb Slaney, History Curator at (505) 243-7255

	Romero Street, C. 1890 1890.031.001 Gift of Denis Cummings
	Guardhouse, Center of Plaza, C. 1880 1990.013.043 Cobb Studio Collection Museum Purchase, 1989 General Obligation Bonds
	Santiago Street (Romero), C. 1880 1982.180.843 Ward Hicks Collection Gift of John Airy
	Bernalillo County Jail, C. 1910 Rio Grande Boulevard and Central 1980.070.002 Gift of Phyliss Kirk
	Centennial Hotel, C. 1890 Rio Grande Boulevard 1981.160.001 Gift of Roy Farmer