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Allen Red Hair Moves a Railroad Tie
Allen Red Hair Moves a Railroad Tie
Allen Red Hair Moves a Railroad Tie

Allen Red Hair Moves a Railroad Tie

Photographer
Dateca. 1950
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions9 5/16 × 7 5/8 in. (23.7 × 19.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Terms
    Object numberPA1982.181.1709
    DescriptionAllen Red Hair uses a metal tie tong to move a railroad tie in the railyard in Gallup, New Mexico. He is wearing blue jeans and a jacket with a kerchief around his neck. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and smiling toward the left of the camera. There are railroad tracks and cars to the left.
    A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Allen Red Hair, Navajo track worker, using a pair of tie tongs to move a tie into position near Gallup, N.M. station."
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