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[Leonides Andreu Almazán photograph album].
BANC PIC 2014.073--ffALB box 1
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Title:

[Leonides Andreu Almazán photograph album]

Creator/Contributor:

Vázquez, A. D., creator, photographer.

Abstract:

Photographs chiefly depict scenes of a large demonstration held in Puebla, Mexico on December 27, 1931. Banners appearing in images contain text protesting against the Leonides Almazán administration's unfair treatment of Puebla's campesinos, and calling for land reform. One image depicts a souvenir ribbon from a celebration held in honor of Almazán on the same day as the demonstration. Another image depicts a distant view of the city Puebla.

Date:

1931 (issued)

Subject:

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Almazán, Leonides Andreu
Demonstrations -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza -- Photographs
Peasants -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza -- Photographs
Land reform -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza
Puebla (Mexico : State) -- History -- Pictorial works
Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico) -- Pictorial works

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer's name written in negative on most prints: A.D. Vázquez, Puebla.
Received bound in album with cover label: Jalapa Films, Jalapa, Ver. Photographs have been removed from album; album covers stored in box with photographs.
Leonides Andreu Almazán photograph album, BANC PIC 2014.073, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase; from Libros Latinos ; 2014.

Type:

graphic
Photograph albums.

Physical Description:

photoprint
8 photographs in 1 box : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 35 x 51 cm

Language:

Spanish

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2014.073--ffALB box 1

Origin:

California