Tracking James R Riddle through New Mexico to pinpoint White Oaks N M Circa on photographs
J.R. Riddle operated a photographic gallery in Topeka, Kansas from 1872 to 1886. In the late 1870s, Riddle made photographic trips to Colorado. He photographed the eastern section of the state, but he preferred concentrating his work on Estes Park. This was in a period long before the Estes Park area became a national park.
J R RIDDLE 1885
The EP Archives was thrilled to acquire a rare cabinet photo entitled “Sprague’s Ranch From the East ” last week, the forerunner of Stead’s in Moraine Park. The assigned date on the back of the photo is “circa 1885,” the assigned photographer, J.R. Riddle.
Indian School at Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dublin Core
Title Indian School at Albuquerque, New Mexico
Subject Brick school in the background. Teachers and students standing scattered in front of the school. Two dogs on the right and a carriage with two horses in the center of the background. This well known print is the only one by Riddle in the OWU collection.
Creator J.R. Riddle
Source Ohio Wesleyan University. Rare Books and Artifacts.
Date circa 1885
J R RIDDLE 1886
Street scene, Socorro, New Mexico
Photographer: J.R. Riddle
Date: 1886?
Negative Number 076065
Engine in Raton Tunnel, New Mexico Photographer: J.R. Riddle Date: 1886 – 1888? Negative Number 038211
View of Fort Bliss, Texas
Photographer: J.R. Riddle
Date: 1886 – 1888?
Negative Number 076125
J R RIDDLE 1887
Roundup at Estancia Spring, New Mexico, ca. 1887. Photographer: J.R. Riddle.
