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Rain priest of San Ildefonzo kodaking his mother-in-law
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Call Number
P-1448
Creator
Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Date
1910
Summary
Native American (Tewa) man, the Rain Priest, and woman on a roof in the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. The man sits on a bench and looks down into the viewfinder of a hand held camera with a bellows; he wears a shirt and overalls. His subject kneels over a tin washtub; she wears a blouse and a manta. Behind them is a round pot and a grinding stone; adobe buildings in the distance.
Physical Description
1 photonegative : glass ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog
Analog
Subject
Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso
Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso
Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso
Cameras--New Mexico--San Ildefonso
Photographers--New Mexico--San Ildefonso
Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700171448
Type of Material
Glass negatives
Photographic prints
Black & white photographs
Original Material Found in Collection
C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Notes
Etched on negative: "10."; Title from label in negative. R7001714482
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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley),
Rain priest of San Ildefonzo kodaking his mother-in-law
(1910). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/06/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1039257