Skip to main content

Image / Portrait of a mestiza standing next to a well, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, …

Have a question about this item?

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title
Portrait of a mestiza standing next to a well, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, ca. 1946
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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
Photographic postcard of "un tipo de mestiza, Merida, Yuc." The woman in this full-length portrait stands next to a well. A bucket sits on the stone edge of the well. She has her right hand behind her back and holds the end of the rosary around her neck with her left hand. She wears a two-tierd skirt, a short-sleeve shirt and a large bow in her hair. A large clay pot rests against the stone wall behind her.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
13.5 x 8.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m63830 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Mexico-Woman-005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63830
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Mexico-Woman-005.jpg
Subject
Women
Portraits
Time Period
circa 1946
Place
North and Central America
Yucatan
inhabited place: Merida
nation: Mexico
Source
MFB/Mexico/Woman/005 [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

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.

Explore related content on Calisphere: