Mantel Piece, Indian Building

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Stock #:604350
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Albuquerque
State: New Mexico (NM)
County: Bernalillo
Publisher: Fred Harvey
Postmark: 1943 Mar-15
Postmark City: Edgewood Arsenal
Postmark State: MD
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The Thunder Bird over the mantel piece in the Indian Building at 41 Albuquerque is one of the most frequently encountered symbols of Indian mythology. It is the symbol of the lightning, the thunder and the rain, signifying to the primitive people of the arid Southwest all things beneficent and kind.

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