known as the "soldier guards" were added to the top of the wall during World War I. A dirt path has formed on the ground at the base of the wall from people walking around it.; The massive scale of the graveyard wall at the San Estevan del Rey Mission and convent at the Acoma Pueblo "Sky City" in New Mexico is depicted by the small scale of the men standing at the wall's upper edge. Shown from below, the 40-foot-high wall is made of stone and is thought to have been built when Fray Juan Ramirez first came to the pueblo between 1629 and 1641. Built on the edge of the mesa, the wall encloses a 200- square-foot cemetery. Small, moulded heads,
Description
1 negative : glass ; 18 x 13 cm. (7 x 5 in.)
Subject
Convents--New Mexico; Mission churches--New Mexico; Pueblos--New Mexico; Stone walls--New Mexico.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700110050
Notes
1 photographic print ;; The second print is noted as "N32."; Title from back of contemporary print owned by the Western History Department, Denver Public Library.; Words " Acoma - graveyard wall" penciled on glass plate envelope.; R7001100502
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