Boys in Fiesta Costumes
July 1940
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Boys in fiesta costumes, Taos, New Mexico, July 1940. Held in late July, the Fiestas de Taos is a community celebration honoring the two patron saints of Taos, Santa Ana and Santiago (Saint Anne and Saint James.) Taos Fiestas is a time for locals to put aside their labor for two days and bask in the leisure of the holy days.