Cutting the Pies and Cakes at the Barbeque Dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair – Historic Print
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Cutting the Pies and Cakes at the Barbeque Dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair
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Pie Town, New Mexico, gives this picture its particular character, and the fair's barbecue dinner centers on the homemade pies and cakes being cut and served. In October 1940, Russell Lee, a photographer for the Farm Security Administration, recorded the scene during his documentation of the town's rural community. Color film was still rare in documentary work then, so Lee's slides stand out as early color records of small-town life in the Southwest. The image shows how shared meals and local baking drew ranching and homestead families together in a remote area.
| Created / published | October, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | slide, color |
| Notes | Lee, Russell, photographer. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information |
| Original scan | 2,219 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1a34137u Cutting the pies and cakes |
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