Cottonwood Garden Club Ladies, 1960
The Cottonwood Garden Club members show off their flower hats in 1960. (please contact the Museum if you recognize any of these creative women)
View ArticleCity Swimming Pool, 1972
The City's swimming pool was built in 1938/39 using WPA funds and native New Mexico rock collected from around the state. The pool was located next to Artesia High School on Richardson Ave. just east...
View ArticleAltrusa Club Ladies in Raton, 1970
Artesia Altrusa Club members Marguerite Henderson, Mary Ray, and Dorothy Butts pose in front of their motel during a road trip in 1970.
View ArticleAHS Varsity Cheerleaders, 1964
Artesia High School Varsity Cheerleaders Paula, Javana, Beverly, Shirley, Dee Bee, and Shirley strike a pose in 1964.
View ArticleBulldogs 1909 Football Team
The first Bulldogs football team, in 1909. Artesia High School's first senior class of 3 students graduated in 1909 also! Note the leather helmets on the players.
View ArticleBirds-Eye View of Artesia, ca. 1912
We believe this view faces east, and was taken from on top of Artesia's first water tower near 10th St. and Quay Ave.
View ArticleEarly drilling rig, ca. 1920
Long before Artesia's big oil boom hit in 1924, local drillers were exploring the possibilities in southeast New Mexico's oil fields with small rigs like this wooden one.
View ArticleArtesia by Air, 1934
The Three Hawks Aero Foto service took a series of photos of Artesia from the air in 1934. This shot faces the north; the Artesia Hotel can be seen at the right of the photo.
View ArticleCowboys at the Chuckwagon, ca. 1910
This photograph was taken west of Artesia around 1910 and shows a bunch of hungry cowboys getting their meal. Note that the man second from the left is holding a disco for cooking over the fire!
View ArticleA Mile of Roses, ca. mid-1900s
Have you ever wondered how Roselawn Ave. got its name? In the early 1900s, the entire length of Roselawn Ave. was planted in roses, from Main St. all the way to Rosedale--a local residence south of town.
View ArticleArtesian Well
Children in the Rogers family (dressed in their Sunday best) pose next to their family farm's artesian well in the late 1900s.
View ArticleEarly Artesia, ca. 1902
This is the very beginning of our town! The dirt track alongside the railroad tracks is today's First St., and the saloon sits on today's Main St. (facing west).
View ArticleArt Annex demolition, 12/30/2013
...and when the dust settled, the partial remains of an old bathtub and the front chimney lay at rest!
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