Hopi Family at Home

This image shows several members of Hopi Native Americans in front of their home, with a ladder about to be climbed by a woman with a baby on her back.

H.H. Tannen Co.

The caption states:

IN HOPILAND
In order to enter a Hopi house, one takes a ladder, which leads to the roof of the first story. Then another ladder to the second story or terrace, and another to the third. The first story is used as a store room and the roof as a yard where the family may bask and sun themselves in security.

— The colors of the card and the focus is in the original. The quality of the card is not good.

This card likely dates from the 1950s.

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