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Tourist in the Placa in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Photograph
ca. 1950 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Haas, Ernst (photographer)
Place of origin
Santa Fe (photographed)

Black and white photograph of a row of five seated people wearing cowboy hats seen from behind with the park scenes they are looking at visible beyond.


Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleTourist in the Placa in Santa Fe, New Mexico (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Black and white photograph of a row of five seated people wearing cowboy hats, photographed by Ernst Haas, New Mexico (Santa Fe), ca. 1950
Physical description
Black and white photograph of a row of five seated people wearing cowboy hats seen from behind with the park scenes they are looking at visible beyond.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
  • Width: 34cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Today, the historic main Plaza in Santa Fe is filled with resolutely Western-minded tourists, sitting on the edge of the square waiting resolutely (in their sheep-herder hats, blue jeans and bright shirts) for the Land of Enchantment to produce some of its advertised wonders. (picture title; Typed caption; reverse)
  • From the John Hillelson Collection (Distributor's identification; Stamp; reverse)
Credit line
Given by John and Judith Hillelson
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.98-2003

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Record createdMay 14, 2003
Record URL
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