Russell Lee: New Mexico Photographs
The high-desert towns and homesteads of New Mexico that Lee photographed for the FSA.
Orchestra with traveling show (Spanish-American). Penasco,…
1940
Marker of accident on highway in Bernalillo County, New…
1940
Marker of accident on the highway in Bernalillo County, New…
1940
Tailings at abandoned copper mine at Leopold, New Mexico
1940
Navajo hogan. Datil, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American grave in rural section of the Bernalillo…
1940
Town hall. Cimarron, New Mexico
1939
Church of the Twelve Apostles, Trampas, New Mexico
1940
Town of Escabosa, New Mexico
1940
Cafe and filling station of U.S. Highway 66, east of…
1940
Sign, Taos, New Mexico
1940
Indian, Isletta, New Mexico
1940
Grave in the cemetery at Santa Rita, New Mexico. Santa Rita…
1940
Switchboard at gold mine and mill, Mogollon, New Mexico
1940
The mill. Gold mine at Mogollon, New Mexico
1940
Sons of Mr. Leatherman in burro-drawn cart, Pie Town, New…
1940
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo display in front of a…
1939
Apples are one of the main fruit crops along the Rio Pueblo…
1940
Postmaster and his wife. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Chilili, New Mexico
1940
Post office. Costilla, New Mexico
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Adobe house with…
1940
Spanish-American women making plaster of straw and mud to…
1940
Mixing plaster for house, Chamisal, New Mexico.…
1940
Row of adobe dwellings in Costilla, New Mexico. Well in…
1940
Lodge building. Costilla, New Mexico
1940
Irrigated Spanish-American farm. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Apples are one of the…
1940
Orchard. Dixon, New Mexico
1940
Farmstead of Spanish-American farmer at Amalia, New Mexico
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Spanish-American…
1940
Poles used for vigas (roof construction) and adobe house…
1940
Spanish-American acrobat of traveling show. Audience in…
1940
Audience of Spanish-Americans at traveling show. Penasco,…
1940
Orchestra with traveling show (Spanish-American). Penasco,…
1940
Spanish-American couple preparing fruit for canning.…
1940
Penasco, New Mexico. Spanish-American clowns at a…
1940
Farmstead of Spanish-American farmer. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Barn and chicken coop of Spanish-American farmer. Chamisal,…
1940
Entrance to Spanish-American house. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Old schoolhouse. Penasco, New Mexico
1940
Hay barns of Spanish-American farmer at Llano, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American farmer pitching hay. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American girl pitching hay. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Audience of Spanish-Americans at traveling show. Penasco,…
1940
Orchard of farmer at Dixon, New Mexico
1940
Peaches are grown at Dixon, New Mexico
1940
Homemade adobe cupboard in Spanish-American farm house.…
1940
Spanish-American farmstead with stream running past.…
1940
Irrigated bean field. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
Diversion dam in the Rio Grande, Taos County, New Mexico
1940
Procession of Spanish-American Catholics in honor of a…
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Blacksmith shop.…
1940
Vigas in Spanish-American home. This is regular ceiling…
1940
Spanish-American farmer fitting floor step into place.…
1940
Spanish-American farm family. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
Wood supply of Spanish-American farmer. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American farmer with his daughter. Chamisal, New…
1940
Home of Spanish-American farmer. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Acrobat and audience at Spanish-American traveling show.…
1940
Acrobat and audience at Spanish-American traveling show.…
1940
Orchestra and audience at Spanish-American traveling show.…
1940
Spanish-American boy eating sweet corn which he has roasted…
1940
Spanish-American farmers watching show. Penasco, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American children watching show. Penasco, New Mexico
1940
Garden and orchard of Spanish-American farmer. Notice…
1940
Home of Spanish-American farmer. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American farmer and his daughter. Chamisal, New…
1940
Front of Spanish-American house, Penasco, New Mexico.…
1940
Young Spanish-American girls pitching hay. Chamisal, New…
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Pitching hay on…
1940
Pitching hay on Spanish-American farm. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Wife of Spanish-American farmer with canned fruit and…
1940
Players and audience at traveling Spanish-American show.…
1940
Spanish-American farmer on his horse. Rodarte, New Mexico
1940
Traveling clinic of Presbyterian hospital at Embudo. Clinic…
1940
Spanish-American women waiting to see doctor at the…
1940
Spanish-American farmer and his family. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Procession of Spanish-American Catholics to honor a saint.…
1940
Young Spanish-American child. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
At the women's extension club meeting. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Secretary of the women's extension club. Pie Town, New…
1940
Farmers at Farm Bureau meeting. Mr. Craig is on the right.…
1940
Farmer in the cafe. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Mother and daughter working in the kitchen of the cafe at…
1940
Mr. and Mrs. Caudill milking. They have six cows, two…
1940
Refreshments at Forty-two party. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
A hand of poker at the Forty-two party. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Josie Caudill asleep at Forty-two party. Pie Town, New…
1940
Homesteaders playing Forty-two. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Dike near Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Fence made of dead trees and brush. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Uncle Bill, old…
1940
Abandoned well on farm at Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Farmer coming across stile on his farm. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Farmer and his younger brother with tractor which has been…
1940
Farm boy drinking at the well. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Homemade harrow on farm. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Bedroom in homesteader's loghouse. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Farmer and his brother making music. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Uncle Bill, old character living at Reserve, New Mexico. He…
1940
Store and post office at Reserve, New Mexico, county seat…
1940
House in Mogollon, New Mexico
1940
Street scene, Mogollon, New Mexico, second largest gold…
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mill and office…
1940
Company housing at Tyrone, New Mexico
1940
Mill and office buildings with tailings in foreground.…
1940
Friendship quilt. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader's wife, putting the coffee on…
1940
Farmers and their families enjoying the literary society…
1940
John Adams reading his part of the program at the literary…
1940
Farmers and wives singing at the literary society. Pie…
1940
Homesteader's daughter giving a recitation at the literary…
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Farmers and their…
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Farmer and his…
1940
Mrs. Bill Stagg drawing water from her well, which is in…
1940
Sunday school in the Farm Bureau building. Pie Town, New…
1940
Mr. Whinery, homesteader and licensed preacher, reading the…
1940
Reading part of a lesson at Sunday school. Pie Town, New…
1940
Mr. Leatherman, homesteader from Texas, leading the singing…
1940
Sunday school singing. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Singing at Sunday school. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Youngsters modeling in clay at the private school in the…
1940
Calves in the slab barn of homesteader. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Gold mill and tailings. Mogollon, New Mexico
1940
Fence, gate, and barn made of slabs on homesteader's farm.…
1940
Home of the George Huttons, homesteaders, from Maud,…
1940
Mrs. George Hutton putting the food on the table for…
1940
The Huttons' grandson putting on the table cloth. Pie Town,…
1940
Mrs. George Hutton feeding her chickens. Pie Town, New…
1940
On the farm of the Huttons. Notice the seed bed by the…
1940
Schoolchildrens' band. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
The school day opens with prayer at private school at the…
1940
Farmers and their wives eating ice cream. Pie Town, New…
1940
Mrs. Holley, Sr., dishing up ice cream. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Singing at church services. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Sunday school. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
School in the Farm Bureau building. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Schoolchildren. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Jack Whinery fencing with handsplit rails on his homestead…
1940
Daughter of homesteader getting chicken feed in slab shed.…
1940
George Hutton working at the small sawmill which he built…
1940
George Hutton examining ground to see if beans are…
1940
George Hutton with his tractor. He is one of the few…
1940
George Hutton Sr., in the machine shop on his farm. Pie…
1940
Postmaster at Pie Town, New Mexico, taking a mail sack from…
1940
Stage in front of the post office at Pie Town, New Mexico.…
1940
Mr. Keele, merchant and president of the Farm Bureau,…
1940
The gasoline pumps at Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Garage owner and farmer working on a car. Pie Town, New…
1940
Garage owner and farmer working on a car. Pie Town, New…
1940
Jack Whinery's young son coming down the steps into the…
1940
Mrs. Hutton in her storage cellar. Mrs. Hutton said, "You…
1940
George Hutton, Jr., papering the kitchen for his mother.…
1940
Mr. and Mrs. George Hutton, Sr., homesteaders from…
1940
Women fix each other's hair in the absence of a beauty shop…
1940
Jack Whinery fencing. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Shed made of slabs and parts of an old automobile. Pie…
1940
Equipment of Spanish-American farmer. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American boy playing. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American farmer and his wife. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
Children of Spanish-American farmer. Amalia, New Mexico
1940
Daughter of Spanish-American putting dishes into cupboard.…
1940
Players of Spanish-American show. Penasco, New Mexico
1940
Monument in Catholic cemetery, Penasco, New Mexico. The…
1940
Catholic church at Llano de San Juan, New Mexico
1940
Large barn belonging to prosperous farmer. Penasco, New…
1940
Catholic church, rectory and barn. Penasco, New Mexico
1940
Entrance to the cemetery at Penasco, New Mexico
1940
Filling station is only building of modern design in the…
1940
Truck and filling station, Penasco, New Mexico. All…
1940
Grade school at Penasco, New Mexico
1940
Campers in the aspen groves of Santa Barbara Canyon, near…
1940
Grove of aspens in Santa Barbara Canyon in Carson National…
1940
Barns and outbuildings of Spanish-American farmer.…
1940
Spanish-American women waiting to see doctor at the…
1940
Old Spanish-American man in his home at Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American farmer and his daughter seated on couch…
1940
Pushing cars back from hoist to working level. Mogollon,…
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mucking gold ore at…
1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Gold miner operating…
1940
Mucking gold ore at mine. Mogollon, New Mexico
1940
Character of farming country and distant view of Chilili.…
1940
Door and window in Spanish-American home. Costilla, New…
1940
Outdoor adobe oven of Spanish-American family. Chamisal,…
1940
Spanish-American boy with chest which he carved. These…
1940
Spanish-American man with chest which he carved. He hopes…
1940
Spanish-American children at the dinner table. Chamisal,…
1940
Spanish-American baby in its crib. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Flower garden. Dixon, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American woman stirring pan of cooking beans. Small…
1940
Old runabout. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Catholic church. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Spanish-American adobe house. Chamisal, New Mexico
1940
Hollowed-out logs used for transporting irrigation waters…
1940
New adobe house of homesteader at Pie Town, New Mexico.…
1940
Mrs. Bill Stagg exhibiting a quilt made from tobacco sacks…
1940
Quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Group at the literary society. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Mr. Besson, president of the literary society holds the…
1940
Singing at the literary society meeting. Pie Town, New…
1940
Farm boy reading jokes as his part of the program at the…
1940
Farmer, his wife, and brother in close harmony. Pie Town,…
1940
In the farm home of Bill Staggs. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Jack Whinery leading the Sunday school discussion. Pie…
1940
Sunday school in the Farm Bureau building. Pie Town, New…
1940
Youngsters' Sunday school class at the Farm Bureau…
1940
Farmer and his wife leading the singing at Sunday school.…
1940
Dugout home of Faro and Doris Caudill. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Mrs. Faro Caudill settling out cabbage plants in her…
1940
Mrs. Holley Sr. eating ice cream from the dasher. Pie Town,…
1940
Farmers eating ice cream. Pie Town, New Mexico
1940
Farmers freezing ice cream. Pie Town, New Mexico. There is…
1940
Pushing a car load of gold ore along track in mine.…
1940