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Greetings from the University of New Mexico
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- New Mexico
- City
- Albuquerque
- Format
- Postcard
The university initials frame campus views. A sporting scene in the foreground gives the postcard another way to represent campus life alongside the buildings.
The University of New Mexico was established in 1889, while New Mexico was still a territory. Its first building, now Hodgin Hall, was completed in 1892. By the time this copy was mailed from Albuquerque in 1941, the printed caption was promoting campus study and Lobo football alongside the traveler’s handwritten note.
Sources
- University of New Mexico · Hodgin Hall campus history
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards