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[Photographs of Otomi people of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico].
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Title:

[Photographs of Otomi people of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico]

Abstract:

Portraits and other photographs depicting the indigenous Otomi people of Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico. A few views also include markets, forests, a river and Otomi homes. Also includes scenes of anglos working, cooking and eating with locals, and dining in a local restaurant. A calendar on the wall in one scene is dated 1963.

Date:

1963 (issued)

Subject:

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Otomi Indians -- Photographs
Otomi Indians
Ixmiquilpan (Mexico) -- Photographs
Mexico -- Ixmiquilpan

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer unknown.
Pencil annotation on back of one print: "Ixmiquilpan, 1963". No other descriptions present.
Also includes a business card for Paul Resnikoff ("Furniture, refrigerators, television, radio, household goods") of Albany, Calif.
Purchase from Caroliniana ; 2020.
John V. Hitchcock -- a teacher based in Chula Vista, California, and a member of the Foreign Relations Department of the California Teachers' Association -- was known to have spent the summer of 1963 teaching English in Ixmiquilpan (Cf. Chula Vista Star News).
Photographs of Otomi people of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico, BANC PIC 2021.065, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Portraits.
Portraits.

Physical Description:

photoprint
35 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 26 x 20 cm (8 x 10 format)

Language:

Spanish

Origin:

California