Call NumberZ-6681Date1930-1940SummaryView of a Penitente wooden cross wedged in a pile of stones (a descanso) on the site of an abandoned town, Clover (Huerfano County), in the San Isabel National Forest in Colorado. The cross marks a point where a funeral procession stops on the way to a graveyard. A barbed wire fence is near the cross.Physical Description1 photographic print ; 14 x 8 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectHermanos Penitentes--Rites & ceremoniesClover (Huerfano County, Colo.)San Isabel National Forest (Colo.)Crosses--Colorado--CloverCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711006681Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesFormerly F28705; Inked on original and reproduced in photographic print: "178175."; Number "89" stamped on verso. Title inked on verso of photographic print. R7110066813
Mexican death crosses, Clover, Colo. San Isabel Forest (1930-1940). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 19/06/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1126021
