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Boy sitting in chair lift at Raton Pass
Boy sitting in chair lift at Raton Pass
Boy sitting in chair lift at Raton Pass

Boy sitting in chair lift at Raton Pass

Dateca. 1961
Medium35 mm slide
Dimensions13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (2 × 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Caroline Bowdish
Object numberPA2021.049.003
DescriptionYoung boy sitting on chair lift at Raton Pass in New Mexico. The chair lift is a while metal chair attached to thick cables. A dirt platform with cement block retaining walls is in the foreground. Hills in the middleground are marked by areas of green foliage and sand. Mountains sit in the background beneath a hazy blue-white sky.
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