Drawing depicting Mexican Americans washing laundry in a stream, ca.1850

Photograph of a drawing depicting Mexican Americans washing laundry in a stream, ca.1850. A rough-hewn wooden cart is pictured in the foreground at left, dominating much of the image, while in the background right a woman in what appears to be a linen dress is scrubbing clothes against a rock. Other garments are hung on the branches above her. A second individual can be seen on the rocks farther left, looking out towards the cart. Picture file card reads "Contemporaneous sketch".

本图像为一幅素描作品的照片，该素描描绘了约1850年墨西哥裔美国人在溪流中洗衣的场景。画面左侧的前景区域停放着一辆粗制木车，占据了图像的大部分视觉空间；画面右侧背景中，一名身着疑似亚麻面料长裙的女子正对着石块搓洗衣物，其头顶上方的树枝上晾晒着其他衣物。更靠左的岩石上还可见另一人，正望向这辆木车。图片档案卡标注有“同期素描”字样。