A Trip to Santa Fe / Joplin, Missouri / Prescott, Arizona and Yavapai County / For Mexico Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. View between two large rocks of mountain slope, with a man and a pack horse moving along a trail - wooded valley near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Man climbs ladder, enters cliff dwelling - exterior view from door of cliff dwelling - cliff dwellings as seen from a distance - stone wall and ladder - ruins of a stone building, partial walls - steep mountain slope, eroded rocks and pine trees - man climbs between rocks to cliff dwellings - Indian women climb ladders, enter cliff dwellings, leave by climbing back down ladder - rocky canyons - men round bend of mountain road, May 29, 1916. Pueblo Indians in native dress performing ceremonial dance - Indian woman carrying child leaves building, poses, reenters building. Tesuque. Two Indians dance in ceremonial dress, three Indians beat drums, pueblos in background. [1916] b. Waterfall as seen from between trees downstream - closer view of falls - slow moving stream with wooded banks, fields - man walking across prairie land - horse-drawn plow - barren landscape - business district, automobile, streetcar, and pedestrian traffic. Joplin, Main Street. Gateway to playgrounds. Wooded shoreline as seen from a moving boat - three men and a dog on a small pier - cottages on shore - dead trees in the lake. Lake Taneycomo. Sheppard of the Hills Country. Boat trip of 18.5 miles. Power dam and falls - close-up of falls - oil derricks. [1916] c. Oil derricks off shore.Wwooded mountain slopes, mountain range in background - valley as seen from a mountain top - mountain slopes - steep and rocky mountain slope - horse-drawn wagon ascends mountain trail. [1920] d. Railroad passenger train with sign on car, ‘…Inaugural Special…Nogales, Douglas, Phoenix, Tucson,’ at railroad station - Mexican men and boys on bank beside train - group of officials at railroad station, men wave hats - group of men on a street, two men embrace - passersby wave to cameraman - large cathedral with people in court in foreground, group of officials, introductions are performed and people shake hands - view along a Mexican city street down a hill with a church on one side of the street - street with Mexicans in native costume, tourists - automobile driving along a narrow street - view of hills surrounding a settlement - church steeple - Mexican men and women at a street corner, tourists in automobile drive by - sidewalk markets as same tourists in automobile drive by - railroad freight train travels through foothills, view of train from end of train - snowcapped mountain peaks. [1920]
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