Penasco, New Mexico
Artist
Russell Lee
(American, 1903 - 1986)
Printer
Eddie Dyba
DateJuly 1940 (printed 1990)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.1 × 24.1 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 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 number1990.70.189
DescriptionAn older man with a white mustache and holding the holy cross leads a procession of Catholic women down a dirt road. Approximately twenty four women in dresses are following him as one woman embraces her child who is dressed in white. The women are holding three banners that depict the “Virgen de Guadalupe”, the Virgin Mary, and an unidentified saint. There is a car on the far left of the photo. A large statue of Jesus on the cross, the Virgin Mary, and an unidentified saint is found within the foliage. The church is seen in the background of the procession with its large domed steeple with a cross on top protrudes the sky. Foliage and other buildings are seen in the background.On View
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