Children on Horseback and Taking Photos

Dateca. 1900

Mediumglass plate negative

Dimensions6 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (16.2 × 21.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

Object numberPA1990.013.346.A

DescriptionTwo children are outdoors in New Mexico on the edge of a wooded area and fenced field. One stands barefoot in a knee length dress, holding a large camera at the waist, looking down into it. The camera faces another adolescent posing on a horse, dressed as a cowboy. The horse is prepared with a lasso, leather saddle, bags and holsters. The child wears a large brimmed hat, dark scarf around the neck, has knee high leather boots and wears a holster around the waist with a pistol inside.

The top right corner is cracked and broken in two pieces. Emulsion is flaking and deteriorating around the edges.

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