1935 Exposition Southwest Indian Fair ( Indian Market ) Indian Art Santa Fe NM

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"INDIAN ART of the SOUTHWEST  ~~  AN EXPOSITION OF METHODS AND PRACTICES  ~~  PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BY  THE  SOUTHWEST  INDIAN  FAIR ".
It is a wonderful and rare and authentic
booklet about Old Santa Fe , New Mexico and the early beginnings of the current Indian market Fair held each August. It was written by author and early Fair and art colony organizer  Raymond Otis.
The 32 page booklet is a RARE bit of Santa Fe , New Mexico history.
It features descriptions and organizational history illustrated with  black and white photographs.
Raymond Otis (1900-1938) was a novelist who resided in Santa Fe, New Mexico for the last ten years of his life. The New Mexican landscape was the setting for his novels ( Fire in the Night, Miguel of the Bright Mountain, and Little Valley ). Otis was involved in many civic activities. He volunteered for the Santa Fe Volunteer Fire Department, worked for the Indian Arts Fund, and worked with the League of Spanish-Speaking workers (la Liga Obrera de Habla Espa?ol). Marta Weigle, in her introduction to Otis' novel Miguel of the Bright Mountain, writes that "Ray Otis was briefly but vitally a part of the New Mexico literary scene." He formed part of the Santa Fe arts colony of the late 1920s and early 1930s as well as being an associate of Writers' Editions (a local cooperative publishing venture) and participating in the Federal Writers' Project as an editor. In addition to his novels, Otis published three short stories. He also published Fire Brigade, Indian Art and the Southwest: An Exposition of Methods and Practices, and The Santa Fe Volunteer Fire Department: a History of its Life and Reputation . He died of chronic nephritis at age 38 in Santa Fe.
It measures 6 1/2" by 9".  Please feel free to ask any questions about this most rare New Mexican book and photographic gem by the noted contributors.
Please feel free to ask any questions or request closeups  !!!!
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