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Photograph of six young men posing in front of a bandstand

ca. 1923

Las Animas County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A sepia toned photograph of six young men in western wear posing in front of a bandstand. The young man at the front of the group, Sam Colletti, is seated on the bottom step of the bandstand with his elbows resting on his knees. The man is wearing light-toned trousers, a white shirt, and a kerchief tied around his head. He also has a light-toned cloth draped over his shoulder. He holds a hat in his proper left hand and he holds an item in his proper right hand. Three other young men stand on the same step. The young man on the far left, Paul Butero, is looking in the distance towards the left edge of the photograph. His proper right hand is resting on the holster of his belt and holds a coiled rope with his proper left hand.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.36.7

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