Christening a New Train

Dateca. 1945

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.181.104

DescriptionFour men from Taos Pueblo in ceremonial dress stand in front of the Santa Fe's Super Chief in Gallup, New Mexico. One man holds on to the front of the train and is standing on a step above the tracks. Print on the back of the photograph reads, "Taos Indians christening Santa Fe's new Diesel-electric freight locomotive - "Lightning Wagon" - at Gallup, New Mexico."

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