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| Title: | Two men at a quarry or mining site |
| Date/circa: | 1939/1949 | |
| Photographer: | Ellison, Eddie Boyden (Santa Fe, N.M.) | |
| Subjects: | Quarries and quarrying--Photographs; | |
| Notes: | Image of two men standing at the narrow entrance to an adit with a set of rails leading from the foreground into the adit. The men could possibly be working at a small quarry or mining site. One of the gentleman is a Native American who is wearing a turquoise necklace, holding a basket with rock samples in his left hand while holding a stone axe in his right hand. The other gentleman is holding a rock sample and appears to be talking to the other man about the rock. At right side of image there appears to be tools used at the site. This negative was in Drawer 1 labeled "Indians." | |
| Negative#: | 12405 |
This photo is part of the Ellison family collection, donated to the Center by Gary Ellison, son of Betty D. and Edward H. "Rocky" Ellison and grandson of Eddie Boyden Ellison.
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