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Published by The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1999
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Square Bound. Condition: Very Good. 320 Pages. Bibliography and Index of 38 Articles by Roy Stamm that appeared in The New Mexico Magazine. Appendix I is a six page List of Old Timers with short biographies. Stiff photographic yellow, black and white covers on a square bound book with heavy high quality paper pages. Illustrated…throughout with black and white photographs. Introduction by the Carsons. Eight Chapters - One for each decade beginning with the 1880s and the last Chapter is 1950-1954. Footnotes at the end of each chapter. There is no index or table of contents. Though it is an autobiography it is also an excellent history of the devlepment years of the City of Albuquerque. Stamm was often at the center of development controversey but always on the side of economic growth. Page 3 has an inked gift inscription signed by son Bill Stamm dated March 2001. The opposite page has the three son's names highlighted with yellow marker. Page 156 has an inked correction to a balloon photograph lining out the word helium and adding the word hydrogen. There are no other marks, highlighting, stamps or names on this otherwise as new book. A detailed and interesting account of life in Albuquerque from 1880 to the 1950's.