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Title
Couple carrying palm fronds, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1946
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1946
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of an older couple carrying palm fronds on their backs. The woman wears a traditional dress with floral embroidery around the neckline and hemline. She has her hands clasped in front of her. The man wears a large woven hat, a long-sleeve shirt and pants rolled to his knees. In the background is a tall stone wall. To the right of the couple are two girls wearing white dresses. "Grandma and grandpa come in from jungle with repaids for roof. Q. Roo mission '46."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
8 x 10.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64238 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Mexico-Groups-013
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64238
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Mexico-Groups-013.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
General views
Time Period
1946
Place
North and Central America
Quintana Roo
nation: Mexico
Source
MFB/Mexico/Groups/013 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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