Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske photographed the landscapes of northern and central New Mexico, including the numerous Pueblos located across the north half of the state. This view is titled, “Near Highway East…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske photographed the landscapes of northern and central New Mexico, including the numerous Pueblos located across the north half of the state. This view is titled, “Near Highway East…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1930-1936
Louis Palenske photographed one of the most famous of all of the landmarks along the Oregon Trail, Independence Rock, a large granite formation where many early Oregon Trail travelers carved…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1930-1938
Louis Palenske photographed this street scene in Hot Springs, South Dakota during one of his two trips across South Dakota while photographing the Badlands. Funded by the National Historical Publications…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1935
Louis Palenske photographed this street scene in Gunnison, Colorado during his photographic excursion to southwest Colorado. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1935
This panorama of the ruins of Fort Union at Watrous, New Mexico was taken during Louis Palenske’s photographic excursion on the Old Santa Fe Trail. Palenske took this photo with…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Unknown
This photo is believed to be a view of buildings at Fort Larned, Kansas. Notice the cannon and cannonballs stacked at the far left of the photo. Funded by the…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1935
This Louis Palenske view is titled, “Near Road to Ft. Defiance Gallup”, and shows rock formations in western New Mexico between Gallup and St. Michaels, Arizona. Funded by the National…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1935
Oak Creek Canyon, located between Sedona and Flagstaff, Arizona was photographed by Louis Palenske during his excursion across northern New Mexico and Arizona. Funded by the National Historical Publications and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1935
Mormon Lake, located near Flagstaff in northern Arizona, is a shallow lake which, when full, occupies about 12 square acres. Only about ten feet in depth, in dry times, the…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1926
This is one of two photos of the September 14, 1926 flood waters of the Neosho River which inundated the business district of Burlington, Kansas. Palenske Created this photo with…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1926
This is one of two photos of the September 14, 1926 flood waters of the Neosho River which inundated the business district of Burlington, Kansas. Palenske created this photo with…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1930-1936
Louis Palenske made two photographic excursions to the Badlands of South Dakota in the1930s. This is an unidentified view taken on one of those trips. Funded by the National Historical…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1930-1936
This is an unidentified Western view, possibly from the Badlands of South Dakota. Palenske made two photographic excursions to the Badlands, both before1936. Funded by the National Historical Publications and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1930-1935
This panorama of the American Falls on the Snake River in Idaho notes the “present look” of the falls in the early 1930s. On the reverse in rubber stamp reads,…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
This panorama, titled “Enchanted Mesa Acoma near Laguna,” shows the sandstone butte located in Cibola County, New Mexico. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
Kit Carson’s home, located in the center of Taos, New Mexico, was photographed by Louis Palenske on his trip across the Old Santa Fe Trail. Today, the Kit Carson House…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
Pawnee Rock was a long-time landmark on the Old Santa Fe Trail, located in Barton County, Kansas. Once the rock formation was much larger and taller, however early settlers and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
Lucien Maxwell constructed his ranch house located on the Old Santa Fe Trail in 1860, after having acquired the largest land grant in history, a 1,714,765-acre plot of ground in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1929
The Madonna on the Trail statue, located at Council Grove, Kansas, was one of twelve erected along the Old Santa Fe Trail to symbolize the work and sacrifices of women…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
Louis Palenske photographed Kit Carson, Jr. while making his excursion along the Old Santa Fe Trail. Carson is seen here with one of his sons. Carson performed in Wild West…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
Louis Palenske photographed all of the points of interest along the Old Santa Fe Trail. He photographed this statue of Kit Carson at the Kit Carson Park in Trinidad, Colorado.…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
Louis Palenske photographed all of the points of historic interest along the Old Santa Fe Trail. While in New Mexico, he visited many of the Pueblos. When Palenske photographed this…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
First known as the Hotel Lambert and later as the St. James Hotel, this inn and saloon was notorious during the late 19th century. At least 26 men were known…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1928
Louis Palenske photographed the ruins at Fort Union at Watrous, New Mexico while on his photographic excursion along the Old Santa Fe Trail. On the reverse of the image is…
