Photographs of Rural Mexico: Finding Aid photCL 713
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
November 2023
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Title: Photographs of rural Mexico
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 713
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1930s-1940s
Abstract: Photographic postcards and snapshots of
people and towns in rural areas of Mexico.
Language of Material: Materials are in
Spanish.
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[Identification of item]. Photographs of rural Mexico, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Max Rambod Inc., July 2023.
A group of 13 photographs (small snapshots and photographic postcards) depicting life in
rural Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s. The five small photographs (3 x 3.5 inches) are scenes
from a parade in a small town on September 16, 1938, Mexican Independence Day. Children are
seen carrying a Mexican flag, a decorated truck has a banner that reads "Viva Mexico," and
boys and girls are dressed in traditional vaquero attire. They were taken by an unknown
photographer and have identifications in Spanish on the back. The eight commercially-made
photographic postcards include scenes in Guanajuato; packed burros on narrow cobblestone
roads; rows of clay pots, plates and cups alongside buildings; a woman making tortillas; and
vaqueros loading hay on a donkey. There are two portraits with captions reading "Tipos
Mexicanos," most likely made for the tourist trade. One shows a young man and woman posed
next to a large cactus, holding hands, and the other is of a barefoot man wearing a straw
poncho around his shoulders.
Processed by Suzanne Oatey in November 2023.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexico--Photographs.
Mexico -- Social life and customs
Parades -- Mexico
Tourism -- Mexico
Photographic postcards
Photographs
Box 1
Photographs of rural Mexico