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[Navajo man and woman sitting on floor in a hogan] – Historic Reproduction

[Navajo man and woman sitting on floor in a hogan] — historic photograph
[Navajo man and woman sitting on floor in a hogan]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Navajo man and woman sitting on floor in a hogan], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Seated directly on the floor of a hogan, this couple is shown in a setting the catalog highlights through its subject headings on floors, nutrition, and health. The hogan, the traditional Navajo dwelling of logs and packed earth with its doorway facing east, remained common on the reservation in the early 1950s even as frame houses spread. Photographs like this were often made to document living conditions and diet across the Navajo Nation during that period. The 1952 date places the image in a time of rapid change for Navajo families.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1952]
SubjectsIndians of North America--Domestic life--Navajo Indian Reservation--1950-1960. Indians of North America--Health & welfare--Navajo Indian Reservation--1950-1960. Navajo Indians--Domestic life--1950-1960. Navajo Indians--Health & welfare--1950-1960. Nutrition--Navajo Indian Reservation--1950-1960. Floors--Navajo Indian Reservation--1950-1960. Navajo Indian Reservation--1950-1960.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,249 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119940

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