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Baking Bread, Pueblo of Tesuque, N.M.
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1916), 1 page(s)
A picture postcard depicts a woman holding a long, wooden spatula, with which she is placing a flat, round piece of bread into a hemispherical, clay, outdoor oven in front of an open, wood-and-stone shelter. She is wearing a red headscarf with a floral design; a brown skirt and bib with white stripes; and a green...
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1916), 1 page(s)
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Hopi Snake Dance, Arizona
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1920), 1 page(s)
A picture postcard depicts a group of Hopi men and boys in an open plaza performing the Snake Dance in Tusayan, AZ. Each holds a small, white snake in his hands or his mouth. They all wear red and blue breechcloths or skirts with white arrow symbols, moccasins and some wear animal skins at their waists. Their shir...
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1920), 1 page(s)
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Making Rain Gods, Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1920), 1 page(s)
A picture postcard depicts a woman kneeling in front of an open doorway, working a pile of clay on a white sheet of cloth or paper. Next to her are a series of nine small, clay figurines holding pots in their laps. She is wearing a blue, bibbed skirt with red trim over a white blouse. A caption at the bottom read...
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1920), 1 page(s)
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An Old Navajo Indian Medicine Man, New Mexico
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1920), 1 page(s)
A picture postcard is a portrait of an older man, wearing a red headband with white edges and what appears to be a buckskin shirt. He is also wearing what is commonly called a 'squash blossom' necklace: of white beads with second, partial rows of beads suspended on the outside and a pendant, possibly silver, compr...
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1920), 1 page(s)
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Taking the Elevator, Hopi Village, Arizona
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1915), 1 page(s)
A picture postcard depicts two boys, the elder carrying the younger one on his back, with a red-striped blanket wrapped around them both, as he climbs a wooden ladder. A caption at the bottom reads, 'H-2273. Taking the elevator, Hopi Village, Arizona.' The obverse is not shown. The card is one of a series of Ameri...
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1915), 1 page(s)
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Water Carrier, Pueblo of [Tesuque], N.M.
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1910), 1 page(s)
A picture postcard depicts a woman climbing a wooden ladder with a pottery jar balanced on her head. She is wearing a red blanket or robe with white dots and beneath that, a similar, dark-blue dress. A caption at the bottom reads, 'H-2288. Water carrier, Pueblo of Tesque, N.M.' misspelling the name of the village...
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written by Fred Harvey Company, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes) (Detroit, MI: Detroit Publishing, 1910), 1 page(s)
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