
Historical Highlights for Santa Fe’s Zozobra
The image of Zozobra in 1942 was a political comment that would not be appropriate today. That year Zozobra had squinty eyes to resemble a
The image of Zozobra in 1942 was a political comment that would not be appropriate today. That year Zozobra had squinty eyes to resemble a
Now that we’re officially in summer the monsoon has arrived and lightening will soon follow. More than 40 million lightening strikes hit the earth each
Created by the artist Will Shuster, Zozobra “Old Man Gloom” has kicked off the Santa Fe Fiesta with the burning of his marionette effigy to
From the late 19th century until 1940 tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the United States. Many people suffering from the disease came
Bambi Ellis was born on May 12, 1922, at the family home on Camino del Monte Sol. She was the daughter of the artist Fremont
Ford Ruthling’s was a student of the artist Jozef Bakos, one of Los Cinco Pintores, who taught art at Santa Fe High School. Ruthling remembered
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