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Chapel in the Sky: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 2:19pm.
Spring 1943. Church at Cerros [Cerro], near Costilla, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier.
Cerro, NM
Submitted by Lazlo_Nibble on Sat, 05/26/2007 - 2:29pm.
The actual town name is Cerro, not Cerros. It's in Taos county just south of the Colorado border.
both
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 9:09pm.
The stucture probably served both purposes....church and school.
Schoolhouse?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 3:14pm.
Looks more like a church to me, with a steeple topped by a cross at the far end.
[You're absolutely correct. Thanks! I should have blown this one up. Anyone familiar with where this is? - Dave]
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