Collection of photographic postcards of Mexico: Finding Aid photCL 683
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
October 2022
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Collection of photographic postcards of Mexico
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 683
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1920s-1950s
Abstract: 139 photographic postcards of Mexico depicting points of interest and people in everyday activities.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Collection of photographic postcards of Mexico, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Globus Books LLC and The Wayfarer's Bookshop, July 2022.
A collection of 139 photographic postcards featuring Mexican cities, landmarks, and people, collected by American tourists
during the first half of the twentieth century. The postcards are almost all captioned and many include the copyright of Mexican
photography studios such as Fidel Figueroa, M.R. Martinez, Kodak Mexicana Ltd., Navarro Fot., Sabino Osuna, Hugo Brehme, and
others. The postcards depict market and street scenes, portraits of Mexican farmers and vendors, churches and monuments, hotels,
restaurants, musicians, bull cart drivers, and children, in locations such as Mexico City, Taxco, Acapulco, Monterrey, Cuernavaca,
and Tijuana. There are also a few images of house interiors, showing furnishings and artwork. Twenty of the postcards were
mailed from Mexico to family and friends in New York, and include cancelled stamps and handwritten notes from visiting Americans.
Processed by Suzanne Oatey in October 2022.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agriculture -- Mexico
Tourism -- Mexico
Mexico -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
Mexico -- Description and travel
Mexico -- Photographs
Photographs
Photographic postcards
Postcards
Box 1
Collection of photographic postcards of Mexico