Christmas Party -- Heflin's, December 21, 1946, Navajo women inside trading post. Reuben Heflin Trades in Navajo rugs

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Title Christmas Party -- Heflin's, December 21, 1946, Navajo women inside trading post. Reuben Heflin Trades in Navajo rugs
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Trading posts; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Clothing and dress; Indian blankets; Trading posts--Photographs; Indians of North America--Photographs; Navajo blankets--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Social life and customs--Photographs; Navajo women--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America; Navajo women weavers
Keywords Western clothing; Western hats; Oljato Trading Post (Utah); Diné culture; Native Americans
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name P0092n02_15_356.tif
Tribe Navajo Nation
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
Description Color photograph of Navajo women standing on one side of the counter at the trade store. They are trading a rug. Cans and other goods are on the shelves in the back and a man is holding the rug and talking to the women. Reuben Heflin trades in Navajo rugs. Some information about the trade store follows. Originally built in 1921, "the subsequent history of Oljato (trading post) has been molded by a long list of interrelated or well-acquainted Indian traders. Heffernan kept the Oljato post until 1936 when he sold it to John Taylor who kept it for two years more and then moved on to the trading post at Red Lake, Arizona (also known as Tonalea). George Pearson owned the Oljato post from 1936 to 1938, after which he sold it to Reuben Heflin, brother-in-law to the present owner, Mrs. Virginia Smith. Heflin had already been trading for a number of years, including a stint at the Shonto Trading Post in northeastern Arizona. In 1944 he was succeeded by Fred Carson who was joined by his cousin, O.J. Carson, in 1948." -- National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form, viewed on internet on June 5, 2012
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Rights
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s6768bg6
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Date 1946
Spatial Coverage Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah); Kayenta (Ariz.); Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Setname uaida_main
ID 388088
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6768bg6
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