Navajo Indians Spinning Yarn for Rugs

Name/Title

Navajo Indians Spinning Yarn for Rugs

Description

Navajo family seated around a storm pattern rug. Two women in the foreground are processing wool into yarn. A baby in a cradleboard is leaning against the rug between them. Two children are on the right side, one seated and the other laying on the ground. Another is standing on the left. Another woman is visible standing in the left background behind what is possibly a hanging sheepskin.

Subject

Native Americans with children, Navajo Rug

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Linen (1930-1945)

Publisher

Frasher’s Foto

Place Published

City

Pomona

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1930 - 1933

Photographer

Burton Frasher

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

July 18, 1933 5-PM

Postmark Place

National Park

Yellowstone National Park

State/Province

Wyoming, Montana, Idaho

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Notes

Marked, “Yellowstone Park, Wyo.”

Stamp

1 cent, green depicting 1933 Chicago Century of Progress, Fort Dearborn

Addressee

Name

Miss Jean Nelson

Address

Street
2336 So. 21st St,
City
Philadelphia
State/Province
Pa

Primary Language

English

Transcription

Dear Jean, We finished our visiting in Texas and Arizona and had some extra time so we are taking a little trip through Yellowstone then to Chicago. I don’t think we will be able to go to C.M. this year. Moxie