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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  Original Caption: El Cerrito, San Miguel County, New Mexico. Rooms in all these houses differ considerably as to furniture, arrangement and shape, but almost all of them are surprisingly clean and well kept. The influence of the church on the lives of these people is very strongly reflected in the decorating to be seen on the walls of their homes. Notice that nearly every one of these pictures shows some sort of religious symbol. This was taken in one of the best furnished dwellings in the village - one of the few whose walls are papered. Like quite a few other individuals here this man has definitely Spanish features without apparent Negroid or Indian admixture. Note the chest of drawers whose top is covered with family photographs. This is particularly interesting because it is an indication of a well-known fact that to the people of El Cerrito and other Spanish - American villages the family - extended and immediate - is an extremely important institution.</li></ul></div>
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Irving Rusinow, Photographer (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://research.archives.gov/person/5307166">NARA record: 5307166</a>)<br></div>
April 1941<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1941-04-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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