Pulling Water from a Well

Dateca. 1935

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.9 × 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.181.1281

DescriptionA man works to pull water from a well in the yard of an adobe house in New Mexico. Chile ristras hang from the flat roof of the house. The well is surrounded with wooden walls and a small peaked roof that has chile ristras hanging from it. There are small trees and plants in the foreground. The yard is dirt.

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