Black Rock, NM

The caption reads: FULLBLOOD NAVAJO INDIANS OPERATING STEAM DRILL ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ZUNI DAM, BLACKROCK, NEW MEXICO

This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 1 (September 1911): 31.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: The face may look like the same old Bessie

Here are my little boys and our watch dog. with my best wishes to you. Remember me to Elizabeth Baird.

Bessie Gotholda Thompson holding a small dog with a group of boys in the Black Rock Boarding School in…