Detail View: Image Archives: Rafaelita Vicenti with her baby, mother, and grandmother.

File Name: 
73-006.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.73-006.P
collection: 
Image Archives
title: 
Rafaelita Vicenti with her baby, mother, and grandmother.
creator: 
Gertrude Van Roekel
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Clayton Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
This is a four generation picture with the three women wearing calico dresses. On the left is Rafaelita holding her baby Lois, her grandmother in the middle, and her mother Henrietta is on the right. Gertrude Van Roekel noted that the four types of wraps worn by each generation shows the changes over time. The grandmother is wearing a wool Pendleton blanket which served as padding when riding in a wagon and as a covering at night. The mother has on a brightly colored light weight rayon shawl with fringe. Rafaelita has on a plaid light weight woven woolen shawl. The baby has on modern clothing including a coat, short dress, white stockings and leather shoes. Rafaelita is wearing oxford shoes which reflects her schooling.
date: 
1943
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Dulce
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
4.23MB
source: 
3x4 black and white photographic print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 1000dpi, 16-bit grayscale.
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science