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Title
Two men constructing a new house, Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1947
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1947
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
"New house goes up in Carrillo Puerto while old waits to be knocked down." In this photograph two men build the new house's stone walls. One man wears a sleeveless shirt and holds a shovel with his right hand. The other man works on the wall with a trowel. In the background is the old house, a hut with a thatched roof and stick walls.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
6.5 x 9.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64310 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Mexico-Buildings-002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64310
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Mexico-Buildings-002.jpg
Subject
Housing construction
General views
Time Period
circa 1947
Place
North and Central America
Quintana Roo
inhabited place: Carrillo Puerto
nation: Mexico
Source
MFB/Mexico/Buildings/002 [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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