Regina Fuchs photographs and travel ephemera from Guatemala, 1936
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Fuchs, Regina
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of Regina Fuchs' holiday in Guatemala in November and December of 1936 and features numerous snapshots of locals and scenery.
- Extent:
- 1 box (1.25 linear feet)
- Language:
- The material is in English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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The travel ephemera included in this collection consists of brochures, menus, luggage tags, and postcards primarily produced by United Fruit Company. The photographs show villagers in native attire, some are indigenous people. Of the photographs, approximately sixteen are small snapshots taken primarily aboard ship. The rest of them depict the countryside, villages, villagers, and the hotels and haciendas, in which Fuchs stayed. Some photographs have locations and are identified as Chichicastenango, Momostenango, Huitan, and Lake Atitlan. There are also images of Fiesta de San Isabel, an "Indian Market," the All Saints procession, a local flour mill, dancers, women and children, women rolling tortillas in a plaza, Mayan ruins, and other local sights. There are photographs of three women travelling together; one is presumably Regina Fuchs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Regina Fuchs was from Allentown, Pennsylvania. She set sail from Philadelphia aboard the S.S. Tela, part of the United Fruit Company's Great White Fleet, in November and December of 1936. A note on the back of one of the photographic postcards is in German, suggesting that Fuchs was ethnically German.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from McBride Rare Books, February 2019.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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- Contact:
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