Sotela Garcia Jaramillo sells piñon and gum on the sidewalk

Photographer Walter McDonald (born 1942 Orange, Texas)

DateAugust 1969

Medium35 mm slide

Dimensions1 7/16 × 1 in. (3.6 × 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum

Object numberPA1996.006.662

DescriptionSotela Garcia Jaramillo sits on a metal chair on the sidewalk near Central Avenue in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is wearing a brown patterned dress and a brown coat. The top of her head and eyes are covered in a black scarf. She wears a sign around her neck that reads "I am blind and sell piñon and gum for my living. Thank you." Pedestrians stand around her. A corrugated metal wall is behind her.

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