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| Title: | Native American man demonstrating mining techniques |
| Date/circa: | 1939/1949 | |
| Photographer: | Ellison, Eddie Boyden (Santa Fe, N.M.) | |
| Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources--New Mexico--Pictorial works; | |
| Notes: | Image of a Native American man using a stone hammer and woven basket to demonstrate ancient mining techniques. He is holding a stone hammer in his right hand and pretending to hit a rock wall and near his left knee is a woven basket to catch the rock material. This negative was in Drawer 1 labeled "Indians." | |
| Negative#: | 12416 |
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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