Excellent lot of twelve (12) stereoviews by William Henry Brown (1844-1886), with an additional real photo postcard capturing a San Geronimo Day celebration at Taos Pueblo. 

Each stereoview: Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, ca. 1880 - 1884. Each mount recto bears Brown’s imprint, series title "Santa Fe and Vicinity," and view title, with descriptive series information printed to verso (except where noted). Views include: 

1. Outdoor view of a San Geronimo Day celebration at Taos Pueblo. Real photo postcard. [New Mexico], circa 1920s. 

Figures pose on every level of the Taos Pueblo with dozens of early automobiles parked in the foreground. 

2. Burro Alley, a common scene on this corner. No. 5. 

3. "El Horno" a Mexican overn. No. 39. 

4. Bird's eye view north from College. No. 30.

5. Santa Guadalupe Church, from river, 250 years old. No. 37. 

6. West view of the city No. 33. Manuscript view title. 

7. Oldest House in Santa Fe. No. 18. 

8. Military Headquarters. No. 2. 

9. "Dos Cargas" manner in which fuel is brought to S.F. No. 43.

10. San Miguel Chapel, 300 years old. No. 12.

11. San Miguel College, Chapel and old Pueblo House from N. No. 42. 

12. No. 12 The San Miguel Chapel. "Views of New Mexico." Imprint to verso with manuscript view title. 

13. No. 41 The dirt roofs of Santa Fe. "Views of New Mexico." Imprint to verso with manuscript view title. 

Active in Santa Fe from the late 1870s through the mid-1880s following his tenure with the Wheeler Survey, W. Henry Brown produced an essential visual baseline of New Mexico during the arrival of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. His carefully framed compositions capture the territorial capital prior to late-19th-century brick and Victorian modernization, preserving the pure vernacular earth and timber architecture of the Spanish colonial and Mexican eras.

[Stereoview, Stereocard, RPPC, Real Photo Postcard, Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, W. Henry Brown, William Henry Brown, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe Plaza, Taos Pueblo, Adobe Architecture, Vigas, Spanish Colonial, Mexican Era, Santo Domingo, Western Americana, Southwestern Americana, 19th Century Photography]

Very good condition overall. The albumen prints retain strong tones and sharp resolution, exhibiting minor scattered foxing, light surface soil, and typical corner bumping to the card mounts.