Detail View: Image Archives: Sheep Shearing Time
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File Name:
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80-007.jpg
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catalog number:
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IV.80-007.P
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collection:
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Image Archives
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title:
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Sheep Shearing Time
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creator:
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Hendrina Hospers
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Clayton Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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According to Gertrude Van Roekel the sheep shearing was done by professionals by hand. In this picture, Ed Ladd Vicenti (left) is preparing to pack the wool into sacks for marketing. His brother Christian (center) is in the process of shearing a sheep by hand. Mexican Traveling Shearer Antonio Martinez is holding the lamb until the mother sheep can be released.
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date:
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1925
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Dulce
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modified:
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no
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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3.21MB
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source:
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5x7 black and white photographic print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 500dpi, 16-bit grayscale.
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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