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Navajo Pete, portrait photo: In the glow of the campfire
Date/circa:  1920? - 1925?
Photographer: Pennington Studio (Durango, Colo.)
Subjects: Navajo Pete--Portraits; ; ; Navajo Indians--Portraits;
Summary note: "In the glow of the campfire" is one of Pennington’s favorite poses. Will Evans said, "the simple dignity of this old man tells a story of himself and his people, proud of themselves and their culture, and strong enough to withstand the changes of time."
Other notes: The following phrase must be used whenever and wherever this photograph is displayed or exhibited: From the Tom O. and H. Lucille Kimball Indian Collection.
Photoprint#: P051004

Original photos from the Tom O. and H. Lucille Kimball Indian Collection. 
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