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Raton Water Polo Games
Raton Water Polo Games
Raton Water Polo Games

Raton Water Polo Games

DateJune 1932
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (16.3 × 11.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Fire Department
Object numberPA1976.062.046
Description3rd Annual Fire School in Raton, New Mexico on June 13-15, 1932. In a game of "water polo" these two groups of men are keeping a ball in the air using their fire hoses. Each hose is held by two men. In the foreground is dirt and some hoses. In the background is a large tree next to one group of men and a telephone pole next to the other group of men. To the far left is a man with a hat seemingly involved.
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