A history of Nambe,
since 1540
Postcards, papers and photographs of Nambe from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Scholars believe that all Pueblo peoples are descended from the Ancestral Pueblo people, possibly from the Mogollón, and other ancient peoples. In contemporary times, the people and their archaeological culture were referred to as Anasazi for historical purposes - a Navajo term loosely translated as "Enemy Ancestors" as some Navajo clans are descendants of the Anasazi. Contemporary Puebloans do not want this term to be used. As the Ancestral Puebloans abandoned their canyon homeland due to social upheaval and climate change, they migrated to other areas. Eventually the Nambé emerged as a culture in their new homeland in present-day New Mexico.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Nambe’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWar Captain, Nambe, from the Amer…, 1888: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Nambe
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Nambe, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Nambe
Nambe has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 13 historic buildings, because Las Acequias alone counts 12.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as War Captain, Nambe, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands (1888) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.