In this world of virtual meetings, we thought we’d share a selection of photographs from our collections to use as a background. Travel back in time to Las Cruces in 1905, the Elephant Butte Dam construction site in 1916, or work out of the Physics Department computer lab in 1985. 

Click on an image to view the full size, and right-click to save the photograph. Learn how to upload it for use as a virtual background on Zoom or Microsoft Teams. 

Enjoy! 

 

domed administration building at New Mexico State University

Old Hadley Hall at New Mexico State University, Thomas K. Todsen photographs 02230001

 

postcard image of the Organ Mountains

View of the Organ Mountains from atop the viaduct in Las Cruces, NM, Thomas K. Todsen photographs 02230194

 

library interior with students at couches and tables

Interior of Branson Hall Library, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA71150051

 

Interior of the Amador Hotel

Interior of the Amador Hotel, from around the 1910s, Amador family papers 00040225

 

The library at McFie Hall (Old Main), c. 1900, Hobson-Huntsinger Archives photographs UA71000001

 

Elephant Butte Dam near completion, 1916, Branigan Memorial Library Photographs 00010253

 

History classroom, 1902, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA05300002

 

Acequia Madre with the Amador Hotel in the background, Branigan Memorial Library photographs 00010137

 

Agricultural Experiment Station. Chemical laboratory, 1894, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA05030003

 

View of Las Cruces, taken in 1905 from the second story of the Amador Hotel, looking north, Branigan Memorial Library photographs 00010078

 

Students in the library at Young Hall, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA03390005

 

City Park. Las Cruces, NM, postmarked March 13, 1913, Sinclair Hunt photograph collection RG93-210-004

 

Gates and the Pike at the entrance to campus, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA03320008

 

Ruins of Fort Selden, NM, inside the hospital, Lee C. Myers collection 00240528

 

Hadley Hall, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA03170004

 

Racks of red chiles drying in the sun, Pat and Maurice Eby photographs 00560010

 

Science Hall, Old Main, and YMCA, 1909, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA031000012

 

Interior of St. Genevieve Catholic Church, 1910, Amador family papers 00040585

 

Bird’s eye view of New Mexico State University campus, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA03100000CV

 

Young pecan trees – flooded by irrigation, photograph by Joseph Ireland, Joseph Ireland photographs RG92-169-061

 

Physics department computer lab, Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives photographs UA05350001

 

A field of yellow flowers, Pat and Maurice Eby photographs 00560267