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An Isleta woman sells fruit to a soldier on a passenger train
An Isleta woman sells fruit to a soldier on a passenger train
An Isleta woman sells fruit to a soldier on a passenger train

An Isleta woman sells fruit to a soldier on a passenger train

Photographer (1866 Reedsville, West Virginia - 1913 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
DateSeptember 12, 1912
Locale
MediumAlbumen silver print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of H. Leonene Smith
Terms
    Object numberPA1994.010.010
    DescriptionAn Isleta Pueblo woman sells fruit to African-American soldiers on a passenger train stopped in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The woman wears traditional Isleta clothing with white linen wrapped around her legs, and a woven blanket covering her hair. She is reaching toward a soldier who is reaching toward her hand. A basket of fruit is at her feet. Another soldier stands near the entrance to the train cabin and watches.

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