East Mountain Historical Society
Location:
East Mountain Historical Society
PO Box 106
Tijeras, NM 87059
Phone: Please visit website for contact information
Web site: East Mountain Historical Society
Institution Type: Historical Society
Collections
Description: The East Mountain Historical Society holds a small but important collection of black and white photographs documenting several iconic Route 66 sites and structures as they appeared along the highway’s Tijeras Canyon segment during the last 1920s and 1930s (although the highway was not aligned through the canyon until 1937). These include the Oasis Gas Station, the Barton Bean House, and Balanced Rock, which was used as an early billboard and later blown apart during the construction of Interstate 40.
Regions Covered: Route 66 in New Mexico
Type of Materials: Photographs
Time Periods: 20th century
Access
Facility Hours:
By appointment only
Online Resources and Finding Aids: A small selection of images are available on the Society’s website.