Description
A wide painted scene shows a ceremonial dance in an open plaza, with many figures in colorful native dress. Several people stand or sit along the roofline of a long adobe-style building, some holding umbrellas. The foreground dancers move across a sandy ground under a pale blue sky. The card is dated 1907.
Front Text (verbatim):
H-2416 THE CORN DANCE, PUEBLO OF SANTO DOMINGO, N. M.
COPR. FRED HARVEY
Back Text (verbatim):
"PHOSTINT"
TRADE MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.
MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.
The Corn Dance at Santo Domingo takes place
August 4th each year, and is a thanksgiving
ceremonial. The performance, preceded by three
days of sacred rites, lasts from early morning until
late at night, and consists of a series of dances in
the plaza by two alternating groups of about 100
men, women and children, all gaily and pictur-
esquely attired in native costume. In addition to
the dancers in each group there are about 50
musicians or singers. Of great interest are the
antics of several fantastically dressed men who
are termed clowns.
THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE.
THIS SPACE FOR THE ADDRESS
