Posted by Bruce Berman

Lois Stagg who, with her husband, rents and runs the cafe. Both she and her husband came to New Mexico with their families from Texas. She won the 4-H awards shown. Pie Town, New Mexico, June 1940 by © Library of Congress/Russell Lee

Ashlea Young, the new 2010 Heritage Days Princess, with her prizes, at the Heritage Days Festival, Portales, New Mexico, June 2010.

©Bruce Berman

My mother, Pauline Lucile Farley, 17, Dalhart, Texas 1934

(photographer unknown)

Tags: 1930’s Photography, Festivals, New Mexico, Russell Lee, Small Town contests, U.S.60