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Nancy Hunter Warren Collection, 1970 - 2003
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Collection Summary | ||
| Title | Nancy Hunter Warren Collection | |
| Dates (Inclusive) | 1970 - 2003 | |
| Dates (Bulk) | ||
| Collection Number | PAC 054 | |
| Size | 10 linear feet | |
| Repository | Palace of the Governors Photo Archive, New Mexico History Museum | |
| Languages | English | |
Biography / History
In 2003 Nancy Hunter Warren began to lose her eyesight. In order to preserve her photographic work she donated her entire archive to the Palace of the Governors Photo Archive.
Warren trained as an anthropologist at the University of Delaware. In the early 1970s, she accepted a position as an anthropologist at the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She became aware that over time “photography became the focus of my life.” While continuing her work, she became the Laboratory’s photographer, devoting her time to photographing both archeological and ethnographic images of Northern New Mexico and the Southwest. Later, Warren was also chief photographer for New Mexico’s Department of Cultural Affairs Office of Archaeological Studies.
Warren has always been a Leica photographer with occasional use of a Hasselblad. She is also primarily a black and white photographer, but in the 1980s did some color work. It was her habit to drive on the often narrow and unpaved roads to farms and towns and villages in Northern New Mexico to shoot. She often returned again and again to get the perfect photograph of a single site or ceremony. One of her triumphs is a series of images of a Penitente (Spanish for one who does penance) morada (Spanish for abode), in some cases even being allowed to photograph during services.
Warren’s projects developed over time, but unfortunately names of people, places and dates were recorded poorly or not at all. For this reason the collection suffers from a lack of citation information and there is no recourse given her visual handicap. The collection of work does however document New Mexico at a point in time when great changes were taking place and for this reason the collection is a worthy research tool.
Warren is mentioned in a list of the New Mexico Centennial 100 best books written about New Mexico and is also one of the artists who has written about Taos in the New Mexico Centennial - Remarkable Women of Taos project. Warren has published many articles and books illustrating the land and people as well as the ceremonies and culture of Northern New Mexico. Her work, which she describes as “anthropological photo essays,” has also been in many exhibits in the southwest.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of about 10,000 35mm negatives, 2.25x2.25 negatives, contact sheets and black and white prints stored in boxes by basic subject and date range.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to researchers on an appointment basis only, pending approval of application to view original material.
Copy Restrictions
Permission to publish must be obtained from Photo Archives. Online Request Permission form available at: http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/photo_request.html. User responsible for all copyright compliance
Preferred Citation
Nancy Hunter Warren Collection, Palace of the Governors Photo Archive, New Mexico History Museum
Related Material
Frank, Larry with color photography by Nancy Hunter Warren. New
Kingdom of the Saints: Religious Art of New Mexico 1780-1907. Santa Fe,
New Mexico: Red Crane Books, 1992.
Sweet, Jill Drayson and Nancy Hunter
Warren. Pueblo Dancing. Pennsylvania: Schiffer
Publishing 2011.
Toulouse, Betty with color photography by Nancy Hunter
Warren. Pueblo Pottery of the New Mexico Indians. Santa
Fe, New Mexico: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1977
Warren, Nancy Hunter.
Villages of Hispanic New Mexico. Santa Fe, New
Mexico: School of American Research Press, 1987
Warren, Nancy Hunter and
Veronica E. Velarde Tiller. The Jicarilla Apache A
Portrait. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press,
2006
Warren, Nancy Hunter and William Lumpkins. New
Mexico Style: A Source Book of Traditional Architectural Details. Santa
Fe, New Mexico: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1986.
Access Terms
Jicarilla Indians -- New Mexico -- Photographs
Petroglyphs -- New Mexico -- Photographs
Pubelo Indians -- New Mexico -- Photographs
Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Photographs
Vernacular architecture -- New Mexico -- Photographs
Villages -- New Mexico -- Photographs
Contents List
| Description | Container | ||||
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Petroglyphs. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w negatives
in sleeves and contact sheets. 1975-1993. Riley, Chaco Canyon, North of
Chaco Canyon, Galisteo Basin, Commanche Ridge, Canyon de Chelly,
Canyoncito, Bandelier. Some not labelled. Lab of Anthropology. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w
negatives in sleeves and contact sheets. 1980-1981, including Sept. 9,
1981: Lab 50th. personnel, buildings, group photo, artifacts, Research
section staff, Zuni fetishes, San Marcos, Hopi ceremonial bowl,
Kosharies, mudbeads. Personal, Family. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w and
color negatives in sleeves and contact sheets. August 27, 1983: Scott
and Bette's wedding. December, 1982: Santa Fe, Christmas. May, 1982:
Dan, MS bike trip. October, 1988, Jerry West. June, 1987, Nancy and
Heather; August 19, 1989, Dan and Kendra's wedding; November, 1978, Fran
and Miguel studio portrait. June, 1991, Kathrine and Christopher;
October, 1990, Juan Jose Prada House, 519 Canyon Road. 1992, Madrid Bar.
December, 1982 Christmas, tree ornaments. Villages of Hispanic New Mexico. Folder containing 4x5" and 8x10" b
and w gelatin silver prints for the books Villages
of Hispanic New Mexico by Nancy Hunter Warren, Santa Fe, New
Mexico: School of American Research Press, 1987, with proof for book
jacket, and New Mexico Style: A Source Book of
Traditional Architectural Details. Santa Fe, New Mexico:
Museum of New Mexico Press, 1986. Architectural details, buildings,
people, religious articles. |
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1970's. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w negatives in
sleeves and contact sheets. Isleta, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, El Valle,
Socorro, Magdalena, Alamo, Mountainaire, Vaughn, Yeso, Santa Rosa, San
Francisco, Kelly, Riley, Thoreau, Acomita, Algodonas, Las Vegas.
Buildings, gates, arches, Store fronts, signs, cemeteries, grave stones,
churches, balconies, windmills, homes, roadside descansos, Santa Clara
Navajo dance, musicians, parade, Day of the dead. 1980's. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w negatives in
sleeves and contact sheets. San Antonito, Magdalena Old Times Reunion
with parade, Chaco canyon, Torreon, Shiprock, Santa Fe, Taos, Las
Golandrinas, Albuquerque, Ford Ruthling, Navajo Scarecrows near
Bloomfield and Chaco, Buildings, gates, arches, Store fronts, signs,
cemeteries, hogans, grave stones, churches, trading posts, Lopez doors,
Lambert house, balconies, windmills, homes, windows, doors, vegas,
Albuquerque zoo. 1990's. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w negatives in
sleeves and contact sheets. Las Milpas (Field house), San Ildefefonso,
Santa Fe, Taos, Architectural details, windows, doors, gates,
Undated. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w negatives in
sleeves and contact sheets. Sena Plaza, Placitas, Santa Fe, unknown
locations. Architectural details, windows, doors, gates, canales, vegas,
Interior Architectural Details. Folder containing 2.25x2.25" and 35mm
b and w negatives in sleeves and contact sheets. Johnson House, Santa
Fe. Laboratory of Anthropology, Las Milpas, 807 Gildersleeve, Las
Golandrinas, Mabel Dodge Lujan Larry Frank, Ford Rathing, Dr. Ward Alan
Minge House-Corrales, Thorton HOuse, Elizabeth Thorton House, Painted
windows, vegas, latillas, chandelier, door handles, fire place, benches,
Mexico Negatives. 1974-1976. Folder containing 35mm b and w negatives
in sleeves. Acapulco, Juarez, Chi, Chias from train, Copper Canyon,
Alamos, Mazatlan. |
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Hispanic Villages of Hispanic New Mexico. 1979-1993. 2.25x2.25" and
35mm b and w negatives in sleeves and contact sheets, for the book Villages of Hispanic New Mexico by Nancy
Hunter Warren, Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press,
1987, San Isidro, Rio Grande, Cochiti, Rio Grande Gorge, Lama, Cerro,
Chama, Taos, Otowi Bridge, Velarde, San Acacia, Holman, Rio Grande-Rio
Chama junction, Black Mesa, Soccorro, Marquez, Golden, Chimayo, Abiquiu,
Lindreth, Espanola, Chacon, Mora, Bernalillo, Manzano Fiesta, Veguita,
Arroyo Hondo, Ojo Caliente, Truchas, Trampas, Holman, Chacon, La Manga,
St. Augustine, St. Augustine Feast Day, Puerto de Luna, Santa Rosa,
Chaparito, Chama Railroad, Villa Nueva Fiesta, Holman, Tecolote, Anton
Chico, Lamy, San Pedro, San Francisco, Manuelitas, Clayton, Folsom,
Pecos, Holman, Cleveland, Gallup, La Cienega, Cienegilla, Mora,
Lindreth, Mora, Cleveland Morada, Santa Fe Wedding, Las Ojos, El Guigue,
Gonzales Ranch, Clara Jaramilla, San Antonia, Manga, Canyoncito,
Abeytas, Placitas, Tianiperas, Dixon, Tecolote, Ojo Sarco, Tres Piedras,
Lower Colonias, San Antonio, Lindreth, Trampas, Utah-Canyonlands,
Blessing of the Animals, Rancho de Taos, Rodeo-Mora, San Miguel, Camel
Rock, Antonio Solano, Galisteo Rodeo, Wagon Mound, Moors and
Christians-Chimay |
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Manilla Folder: Best of Hispanic Villages. 1972-1977. 2.25x2.25" and
35mm b and w negatives in sleeves and contact sheets, for the book Villages of Hispanic New Mexico by Nancy
Hunter Warren, Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press,
1987. Date and location on back of contact sheet. Taos Pueblo, Trampas,
Santa Fe, Nambe, Las Golandrinas, Cleveland Morada, Church near
Mora,Wall in Holman, Man in El Valle, Near Ojo Caliente, Road to
Farmington, La Manga, Penitente Brothers at Cleveland Morada, Camposanto
at Abiquiu, San Pedro, Altar at Cleveland Morada,Truchas, El Cerrito,
Velarde, El Valle, Rancho de Taos, La Manga, Trumperas, Chimayo General
Store, El Cerrito Church, Chimayo Santuario, Ed Ortiz-Lideu weaver,
Chacon, Moors and Christians-Chimayo, La Joya Wedding,Chimayo Fiesta,
Abeytas, Blessing of the Ditch-near la Joya, Gallina Plaza Morada,
Burial near la Joga, Cleaning the ditch-El Cerrito, South of Belen,
Rodeo near Mora, Matanza near La Joya, Santa Crus, Truchas, Penetente
Peak,Descanso-Chimayo, Matachines dance-BernallioGraveyard between
Hollman and Chkacon, Cebolla, Morada Tecalote, Wedding Santa Fe, Bernal,
Chacon Morada, Apache,
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1977-1979. Hispanic and Native American villages of New Mexico. 35mm b
and w negatives in plastic sleeves with contact sheets. Most sleeves
labeled. Churches, grave yards, cemetaries, villages, funeral, fiestas,
parades, acequias, folk art, scare crows, Abeytas, La Manga, El Cerrito,
La Joya, Contreras, Servilleta Plaza, Truchas, San Juan Pueblo, Velarde,
Chacon, El Cerrito, Chimayo, Holman, San Isidro, Belen, Pagosa Springs,
Tierra Amarilla, Chama, Manualitas, Canyoncito, Bernal, Las Vegas,
Truchas, Ojo Sarco, San Pedro, John Vincent, Espanola, Watrous, Ojo
Feliz, Romero, Anton Chico, El Rito, Rudy Abeyta, Santa Cruz, Vadito,
San Cristobol, Arroyo Hondo, Monero, Ojo Feliz, Placitas, Mora, Gallup,
San Raphael, El Morro, La Joya Matanza, Glorietta Pass,
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1972-1973. 2.25x2.25" b and w negatives in glassine sleeves and
contact sheets. Numbered 62-262. Hispanic and Native American villages
of New Mexico, travel photos. Many sleeves or contact sheets labeled and
dated. Churches, children, dances, Santa Fe Oldest House, Taos Pueblo,
Black Mesa, Truchas, San Juan Pueblo, Ruins at Black Mesa, San
Ildefenso, Chimayo church, Black Mesa Church, San Juan Feast, Taos,
Prairie Wolf, Puye, Lava Beds-Grants, San Marcos, Truchas, Cundayo,
Madrid, Aztec, Chaco Canyon, Santa Fe East Side, Bandelier, Lamy,
Galisteo, Naschitti, Gallup Graveyard, Hogans east of Crownpoint, Upper
Canyon Road- Santa Fe, La Manga, Cerro Gordo, Fargo Canyon, Durango,
Madrid, Canyoncito, Ramiah, Coyote, Zuni Pueblo, Pecos, Rowe, Tecalote,
San Jose, La Manga, Ribera, Martha's Vineyard (MA), Truchas, Indian
Market 1973, Marie Chino-Acoma potter, Canon de Los Alamos, Lucero,
Holman, Mora, LeDoux, Hillside Ave, Manuelitas, Chimeta, Alcalde, Santa
Fe-Lensic Theater, Guadalupe Church, El Valle, Trampas, Rancho de Taos,
Pilar, Cordova Morada, |
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Pueblos. 1979-1993. 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w negatives in sleeves
and contact sheets. Acoma, Jemez, Save the Jemez Race, Butterfly and
Buffalo Dances, Laguna, Nambe July 4th, Parade 1979, Navajo, Picuris
Basket dance, Petroglyphs, Santa Clara, Tesuque, Santa Clara Corn Dance,
Matachines, Buffalo Dance, Rain Dance, Santa Clara Feast Day, Rainbow
Dance, Cloud Dance, Santa Domingo, San Ildefenso Feast Day, Harvest Corn
Dance, Buffalo Dance, Matachine, San Juan Matachines Dance, San Juan
Tricentenial, Deer Dance, Comanche Dance, Taos Pueblo, Pow-Wow, Taos and
El Rancho Matachines, Tesuque Pueble Deer Dance, Comanche Dance, Tesuque
Feast Day, |
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Dulce-Stone Lake. 1979-1989. 2.25x2.25" and 35mm b and w negatives in
sleeves and contact sheets. Stone Lake foot race: runners, crowd scenes,
scenery, cave site, relay race. Stone lake rodeo. Red Lake, Apache,
cattle branding. Dulce: fishing, cattle branding, All Indian Rodeo,
scenery, cemetery, parade, Little Beaver Roundup, dances, Pow Wow,
cattle auction, foot race, setting up Teepee, Cookout, cutting poles for
Teepees,planting, sheep shearing done by Navajo. |
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Color slides 1982-1994 35mm amd 2"x2" color transparencies in
cardboard mounts, in sleeves. Some used in Warren, Nancy Hunter and
Veronica E. Velarde Tiller. The Jicarilla Apache A
Portrait. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico
Press, 2006. Jicaria Apache, little beaver parade, Indian Pow Wow,
branding, Dulce, Taos, Tesuque Pueblo, windows, gates, doors, Las Vegas,
El Rancho Matachines, Roadside cross near Camel Rock, cemeteries, Anton
Chico, Cleveland, Golandrinas, Buena Vista, Tecolote, Canyoncita,
Chaparito, Santuario-Chimayo, Sapello Rodeo, Lindreth Rodeo, Taos Trade
Fair,Rout 66, Tucumcari, Santa Rosa, Matachines, Teepees, Gallup,
Pottery, Indian art, Navajo rugs, jewlery, Hispanic art, Rose
Gonzales-potter-San Ildefenso, Penitente, churches, La Marga church,
Trampas, Santa Cruz, Rancho de Taos, Puppetier at Las Golandrinas,
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Color slides 1981-1994 35mm amd 2"x2" color transparencies in
cardboard mounts, in sleeves. Some used in Warren, Nancy Hunter and
Veronica E. Velarde Tiller. The Jicarilla Apache A
Portrait. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico
Press, 2006. Pueblos, Pow Wows, Dances. Jemez Pueblo, Picuris Pueblo,
Nambe Pueblo, Pojaque Comanche dance, Taos Pueblo, Trade Fair near Taos,
Taos Pow Wow, Tesuque Pueblo, San Juan Cloud dance, San Juan Pueblo, San
Juan Deer Dance, Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Clara Corn Dance, Santa Clara
Harvest Dance, Santa Clara Easter, Rain-Basket Dance, Navajo Sheep
shearing, Navajo Trading Posts, Navajo landscapes, Zuni Pueblo, San
Ildefenso drummers, One horned buffalo dance, Hopi Buffalo Dance, Canyo
de Celly, Laguan land cave site, pictographs, Waterflow NM, Chaco
Canyon, near Galisteo, Dulce Rodeo, All Indian Rodeo, Dulce foot race,
Little Beaver parade, Ruins of Hogback Traiding post, |
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Manilla Folder labeled Santa Fe, Folk Art, Landscapes. Color slides
1977-1994. 35mm color transparencies in cardboard mounts, in sleeves.
Archticture, vegas, ristras, Christmas, people, de Vargas street, Rio
Grande Rafting, Remains of Hispanic homes in Northern NM, Taos, Las
Vegas, Pecos, Magdalena, Albuquerque, Baloon Fiesta, Colorado, Southern
Utah, Signs, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Folk art by Ceclio Corral, Mexico,
Landscapes, Picking Pinons, Copy slides of B and W
prints. Manilla folder labeled Santa Fe Negatives. 1973-1980. 2.25x2.25" and
35mm b and w negatives in sleeves and contact sheets. Santa Fe,
fireplaces, farolitos, Plaza, Palace of the Governors, Museum of Art,
Oldest House, Architecture, architectural detail, Cathedral, people,
fences, signs, Hewitt House, Lensic Theater, Guadalupe Church, La Fonda
Hotel, Christmas, John Vincent, Florito, Trumperas, Manilla folder labeled Santa Fe Negatives. 1974-1982. 2.25x2.25" and
35mm b and w negatives in sleeves and contact sheets. Ed Ortiz, Ojo
Feliz, Truchas, Indian Market, Fiesta Pet Parade, Spanish Market, Flea
Market, Folk art, IAIA, Zozobra, Pottery, baskets, Indian Market
Dancers, Rancho de las Golandrinas, Las Golandrinas Harvest Festival, El
Rancho Matachines, Bandelier |
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From original folder: "Pow Wow, (Jicarilla Apache), 1976-1988". "All
the foot race negatives are from Stone Lake. The rest were taken in and
around the dance." Dates range from 1976 though 1992. 2.25x2.25" and
35mm b and w negatives in sleeves and contact sheets. Some used in
Warren, Nancy Hunter and Veronica E. Velarde Tiller. The Jicarilla Apache A Portrait. Albuquerque,
New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2006 Apache, branding
cattle, foot races, Little Beaver parade, Rodeo, sheep shearing, Pow
Wow, Gramma, Carnival, basket weaving, erecting teepee, Apache wedding,
Apache cookout, High School Graduation, Night Club, Stone Lake ice
fishing, Dulce. picnic, cookout, Little Beaver Pow Wow, Elk Park, Red
Rock Rodeo, Red Rock Carnival, Gallup Inter-tribal. Petroglyphs near
crownpoint. |
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Manilla Folder labeled Warren Jicarilla General. Approximately 100
unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10" of buildings, people,
activities and animals. Manilla Folder labeled Warren Jicarilla Parade, 1993. Approximately 30
unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", of parade floats,
automobiles, people in parade. Manilla Folder labeled Warren Jicarilla footrace. Approximately 50
unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", of racers, many with
face and body paint, spectators, food vendors. Manilla Folder labeled Warren Jicarilla Rodeo. Approximately 50
unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", of rodeo cowboys,
horses, cattle. Manilla Folder labeled Warren Zuni Fair Taos. Approximately 20
unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", of Native Americans in
dance costume, dances. |
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Manilla Folder labeled Warren-San Ildefonso. Approximately 30
unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10" of Native Americans in
dance costume, dances. Manilla Folder labeled Warren Jemez Footrace (Gov. King).
Approximately 30 unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", of
Governor King, Native Americans in costume, foot
racers. Manilla Folder labeled Warren Santa Clara. Approximately 20 unlabeled
black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", of dancers in costume, many
close-ups of individuals. Manilla Folder labeled Warren- Hogans, Ancestral Pueblo. Approximately
20 unlabeled black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", of hogans, cliff
dwellings. Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Matachines, Fiesta. Approximately 40
black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled of Fiestas parade,
1976-77, musicians, La Conquistadora, Zozobra,
Matachines Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Moradas. Approximately 40 black and
white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled, a few of very old Morada,
Mora Valley. Interiors with worshipers; architectural details and
setting. Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Santa Fe. Approximately 40 black and
white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled, of buildings, plaza, Palace
of Governors, tourists, Lensic theater, Alan Veder, street scenes,
architectural details, statues. |
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Manilla Folder labeled Warren-New Mexico Religious Ceremony.
Approximately 30 black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled,
of marches with statues of Saints, fiestas parade,
musicians. Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Northern New Mexico Images.
Approximately 70 black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled,
of people in villages, small adobe homes, acequias, roasting chilis,
making jerky, cattle, horses, butchering, Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Villages of Hispanic New Mexico.
Approximately 70 black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled.
Many of these are in Warren, Nancy Hunter, Villages of Hispanic New Mexico. Santa Fe, New Mexico:
School of American Research Press, 1987. Portraits of people in
villages, homes, construction, churches, crosses, alars, interiors of
homes, digging acequia, weaving, churches, parade with saints,
musicians, matachine dancers. Manilla Folder labeled Warren--Churches, grave markers. Approximately
70 black and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled. Churches,
church repairs, doors, windows, statues of saints, murals, altars,
gravestones. Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Folk Art. Approximately 40 black and
white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled, of painted chapels,carvings,
details of buildings, windows, painted fire hydrants, altars, weather
vanes. Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Santa Fe Fiesta. Approximately 10 black
and white prints, 5x7" and 8x10", some labeled, of fiesta parade, food
booth, pinata. Manilla Folder labeled Warren-Taos. Six black and white prints,8x10",
some labeled. Taos pueblo, native Americans, dancer in costume.
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