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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of a cemetery light up at night by candles placed at graves. The crosses are wooden and a taller cross is in the middle of the cemetery. According to Davis, this event is part of La Noche De Las Velas, or The Night of the Candles on November 2 (All Souls Day).
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 12550-95/ 86:15750-95/ GRAVE LIGHTS/ 1904/ 34/
Image 2: [Same as Image 1]/ (DUPLICATE)/ IN REF BOOK
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of a church cemetery lit up at night by candles placed at graves. A tall wooden cross is near the center of the cemetery and a wreath is draped over it. This location may be Mesa Grande rather than Santa Ysabel.
Notes on verso of print:
Image 1: OP 12550-96/ 86:15752-96/ SANTA YSABEL/ IN REF BOOK/ [Possibly Written by Davis:] For picture postal/ Engraving to be 3′ x 4 2”
Image 2: OP 12550-96 (DUPLICATE)/ 86:15752-96/ GRAVELIGHTS, NOV. 2, 1903/ SANTA YSABEL/ 36
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of ‘War Dancer at night.’ Image is of five men behind a fire, turning away from the camera. They appear to be wearing feather headdresses or scarves tied around their heads, long-sleeve shirts, and pants. They are closely grouped together and slightly bent over. Photographed at night.
Inscription in lower right corner of image: 37
Notes on verso of print:
OP 12550-97/MN 86:15752-97/ WAR DANCER AT NIGHT, 1903/ MESA GRANDE/ 37
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of two elderly women, (L-R) Juana and Guadalupe (also spelled Guadaloupe) sitting in front of the doorway of a wooden structure. Juana holds a stone pestle over her head to grind acorns in a stone mortar while Guadalupe looks on.
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Four b/w photographic prints of a San Ysidro Indian baby (identified as Lorencia (Lorencio) Panchito’s baby in print OP 125752-110) wrapped in a light-colored blanket and on a cradleboard leaning upright against branches and reeds.
