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Description
Photograph of six crosses erected over the graves of penitentes, San Rafael, New Mexico, ca.1898. A small adobe brick building is visible at left. The crosses are stuck in 6 of 14 small stone piles. Some of them have legible writing on them: "Rocad por Elaima, Antonia [...]amillade, Que murio elia Obarzo, de 1897 edad 40 anos"[?], ....
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 13 x 21 cm., 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Indians--Pueblo--Pueblo villages, New Mexico Indians--Pueblo villages, New Mexico Indians of North America Pueblo Indians Indians Pueblos of New Mexico Cemeteries
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
New Mexico San Miguel San Rafael USA
Source
1-179- [Microfiche number] 2681 [Accession number] CHS-2681 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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