Arthur Rothstein New Mexico Photograph Arthur Rothstein made some of the most significant documentary photographs ever taken of rural and small-town America. These images were created during his years traveling throughout the nation on assignment for the US Farm Security Administration, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
Read more →U.S. House of Representatives Charles Clever (1830-1874), served, 1867-1869, election overturned by U.S. House, 1869. Governor, Acoma Pueblo Solomon Bibo (1853-1934), 1885-ca. 1889. Mayors Henry Jaffa (1846-1901), Albuquerque, 1885-1886. Michel (Mike) Mandell (1857-1950), Albuquerque, 1890-1891. Nathan Jaffa, Roswell, 1891-1892 and Santa Fe,
Read more →Abraham Lincoln Zinn Values Code: I – E Abraham Lincoln Zinn (1893-1957) was an attorney and rancher who won election to the New Mexico senate in 1920. In 1923 he became Democratic floor leader and later served as Gallup city attorney. In 1932 he won election
Read more →Six New Mexico Jews Held Statewide Office Governors Nathan Jaffa, acting governor for over 250 days in 1907-1911 while serving as Territorial Secretary. Arthur Seligman, 1931-1933 (died in office). Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa, 1907-1912. State Attorney General Harry Bowman (1880-1962), 1921-1923.
Read more →Early New Mexico’s “Five Jewish Families” Values Codes I – E – L Mexico prohibited Jews from settling while it was under Spanish rule and after it became an independent state. In 1846, when the U.S. took control of the area it called New Mexico, entrepreneurial
Read more →Emanuel Rosenwald Values Codes I – E – L – P Emanuel Rosenwald was born in Dittenhofen, Germany in 1838. He had six brothers including, Joseph, the eldest, who shared ownership of the Rosenwald firms with him. Along the way … In 1853, Emanuel Rosenwald came
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