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Visitor To Taos Fiesta, Taos, New Mexico
Visitor To Taos Fiesta, Taos, New Mexico
Visitor To Taos Fiesta, Taos, New Mexico

Visitor To Taos Fiesta, Taos, New Mexico

Artist (American, 1903 - 1986)
DateJuly 1940 (printed 1990)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.8 × 15.9 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990
Object number1990.70.116
DescriptionStanding woman reading a letter on a high end table. She is wearing a ten gallon wide brimmed black cowboy hat. She is wearing a black leather jacket and skirt with fringe on the bottom. She has a tan scarf wrapped around her neck and black boots with spurs on them. Various flyers adorn the wall behind her. Another individual is visible on the far right of the photograph with only their arm showing. A wooden door marked “private” is to the left of her.
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