Library, The Great Hand made Chandelier in the Main Reading Room, University of New Mexico

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Stock #: 19246
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Albuquerque
State: New Mexico (NM)
County: Bernalillo
Publisher: E.C. Kropp Co.
Condition: VG
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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The University Library - contains more than 125,000 volumes with a total capacity of over 300,000. Of Pueblo-style architecture, this beautiful building was opened April 1, 1938. The carvings are in the symbolic indian motif and the furniture and other ornamentations are entirely authentic of the South-west. The Great Chandelier - in the reference room is said to be the largest of its type ever made by hand. It follows the design of the lamps used by the early Spanish conquistadors.

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