page_title: Carlos Vierra
section_title: Other achievements
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos Vierra / Other achievements
caption_attribution_description: English: Cerro Gorgo, Santa Fe by Carlos Vierra, oil on canvas board, c. 1920
context_page_description: Carlos Vierra was an American painter, illustrator and photographer of Portuguese descent.
context_section_description: Vierra was commissioned and executed Six murals of Mayan cities for the 1915 Panama–California Exposition in San Diego. The 35mm reproductions of his murals can be seen on an interior wall of the Museum of Man, Balboa Park, San Diego. In addition to his illustrating and painting, Vierra opened his own photography studio on the west side of the Santa Fe Plaza, which he purchased for $280 from J.B. Aylsworth on November 27, 1905. In the 1920s he became involved in aerial photography and documented archeological sites from the sky. Vierra was also a captain in the New Mexico National Guard.
caption: Cerro Gorgo, Santa Fe by Carlos Vierra, c. 1920
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