Allen Red Hair Moves a Railroad Tie

Dateca. 1950

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions9 5/16 × 7 5/8 in. (23.7 × 19.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Object numberPA1982.181.1709

DescriptionAllen Red Hair uses a metal tie tong to move a railroad tie in the railyard in Gallup, New Mexico. He is wearing blue jeans and a jacket with a kerchief around his neck. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and smiling toward the left of the camera. There are railroad tracks and cars to the left.
A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Allen Red Hair, Navajo track worker, using a pair of tie tongs to move a tie into position near Gallup, N.M. station."

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