History of Albuquerque, New Mexico in photos

A small historical reference

Geography: Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its 1706 founding by Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés as La Villa de Alburquerque. Named in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain, the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, the city was an outpost on El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. Albuquerque it is the 32nd-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-largest in the Southwest.

Founded: 1706 (as Alburquerque)

Incorporated - 1891 (as Albuquerque)

Named forFrancisco Fernández de la Cueva, Duke of Alburquerque

History:

Population: 556 495

Sights:

Alvarado Hotel, Exterior, 1922

Bernalillo County Court House, 1908

Castle Huning, 1910s

Central Avenue, Looking West from Second Street

City Hall

Elk's Club, 1960s

First Street, 1908

Isleta Mission, Exterior, 1960s

Indian Building, Entrance, between 1890 and 1910	Indian Building - Indian Museum and Gift Shop	Indian Sanatorium, 1940s	KiMo, America Foremost Indian Theatre, 1980
Old Town - San Felipe de Neri Church	Old Town - San Felipe de Neri Church	Plaza, Old Town, 1908	Post office, between 1910 and 1920

Post Office and Federal Building	Production Credit Building, 1979	Quality Inn at Central Avenue	Santa Fe Railroad Station, 1903
St Joseph's Sanitarium, 1911	Steel bridge across Rio Grande at Albuquerque	Train Station and Alvarado Hotel, 1913	Train Station and Alvarado Hotel, 1933