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Stringing Chile in Chamita
Stringing Chile in Chamita
Stringing Chile in Chamita

Stringing Chile in Chamita

Dateca. 1950
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.1 × 23.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Terms
    Object numberPA1982.181.815
    DescriptionA family works at stringing chiles into ristras in the yard of a house in Chamita, New Mexico. Four adults and four children are in front of an adobe house with ristras hanging off the flat roof. A wooden ladder leans against the house and pumpkins are on top of the roof. Three children sit near the base of the house and play with more squash and pumpkins while two adults and a girl work with chile ristras. Two adults work at pulling water from a well to the right of the frame.
    A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, " An old hand well lends a quaint touch to the riot of color brought to New Mexico's Spanish-American villages during chili harvest in autumn. After the harvest, the chili is strung over the buildings to dry and cure in the sun. This picture was taken near Chamita, 30 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico."
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