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Title
Harvesting Mexico's century plant for tequila
Creator
Associated Press
Date Created and/or Issued
1964 October 8
Publication Information
Associated Press Wirephoto
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
Collection
California Agriculture: Crops
Rights Information
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by creator, was not transferred to the California Historical Society (CHS). Permission for reproduction or publication of materials in this collection beyond that allowed by fair use must be secured from the copyright holder.
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Newsprint reads: "(Advance for Sunday ams, Oct. 11, with Robert Berrellez AP Spotlight Story) (NY30-Oct. 8) Tequila in the Making -- Looking like giant pineapples or perhaps pine cones, the cores of Mexico's century plant are harvested and cooked to provide the basic juices from which the country's famous liquor-tequila-is made. A move is underway to refine the Aztec-originated drink to put in nearer on a par socially with such sophisticated liquors as Scotch. (AP Wirephoto) (f51531str)1964."
Two prints included on one sheet.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
Gelatin silver prints
2 photographs : gelatin silver prints, black and white ; sheet 24.3 x 18.3 cm
Identifier
PC-GS_00026
Subject
Agriculture
Agaves
Agricultural laborers
Tequila
Place
California
Relation
General Subjects Photography Collection, PC-GS-Agriculture-Crops-Century Plant, California Historical Society

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