Christmas Play
Date1961
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.1 × 24 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.394
DescriptionThis image depicts a scene from a Christmas pageant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A nativity scene can be seen in the background. On either side of the nativity people can be seen standing in rows holding tall wooden staffs with curved tops. In the center of the two rows, a man dressed as an angle is holding a fake sword down to a man dressed as the devil who is laying prone on the floor. In the foreground, a man is laying on a stripped blanket near the right side of the frame while a man reading from a book can be seen near the left.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
ca. 1940
