Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of about fifty mummies standing along the sides of a sunny corridor awaiting burial, ca.1905. A long corridor runs from the foreground to the background at center and dried mummies can be seen leaning against the stone walls on left and right. When the poor of Mexico were unable to pay the fees for burial, the bodies were kept as shown for a fixed period of time and marked for identification. The dryness of the air prevented decay. If the fee was not paid within the necessary time, the bodies were finally buried promiscuously.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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