Acoma Pueblo old woman – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Acoma Pueblo old woman
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Acoma Pueblo, a mesa-top village in west-central New Mexico that has been continuously inhabited for centuries, is the setting for this portrait of an elderly woman in traditional dress. The photograph was made around 1939, when many Pueblo communities were living under the pressures of the Great Depression and federal Indian policy, and portraits of this kind were often taken to record clothing and daily life. The subjects of the photograph, including its emphasis on dress, reflect the period's broad documentary interest in Native American communities.
| Created / published | c1939. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | J29291 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 182. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1930-1940. Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,167 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117836 |
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