Detail View: Image Archives: Vigil family

File Name: 
83-032.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.83-031
collection: 
Image Archives
title: 
Vigil family
creator: 
Hendrina Hospers
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Photo of 3 Vigil brothers -Tommy, Lewis, and Philip and cousin Eva Vigil (left) taken in Stone Lake area. The smallest boy, Tommy, is wearing a necklace of beads. According to Gertrude Van Roeket, there was another brother, Charlie, not shown, who became the president of the tribe and often went to Washington, D.C. on tribal business. The Vigil's were one of the more affluent families because of their care of their sheep and cattle.
date: 
1926
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Dulce
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.06 MB
source: 
3.5 x 5 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 1000XL at 2000dpi, 16bit grayscale saved as 8bit
rights: 
Use with Permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science