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Title
Man plays the violin, Mexico City, ca. 1980
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1980
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A man wearing a long sleeve button up and pants in the back plays the violin. A woman sits in front of the man with a small child wrapped in a cloth and holds a smobrero hat for as she hopes for tips. The 1980s are considered the "lost decade" because of Mexico's debt crisis. This was due to the falling oil prices that left Mexico without foreign currency to pay off its $80 billion debt. This in effect, increased high levels of unemployement. In 1981, 52.5 percent of households in Mexico were considered poor. This in effect, increased high levels of unemployement, which also contributed to high levels of immigration from Mexico to the United States during that decade. In 1981, 52.5 percent of households in Mexico were considered poor.
Un edificio de gran altura en la Ciudad de México. Los vehículos debajo del edificio van en dos direcciones. Los años ochenta fueron considerados la "década perdida" debido a la crisis de deuda de México. Esto se debió a la caída de los precios del petróleo que dejó a México sin divisas para pagar su deuda de $ 80 mil millones de dolares. Esto, en efecto, aumentó los altos niveles de desempleo y contribuyó grandemente al crecimiento de la inmigración de mexicanos hacia los Estados Unidos durante esa decada. En 1981, el 52.5 por ciento de los hogares en México se consideraban pobres.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B15.07.28.027
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/4742
Subject
Documentary photographs
Street entertainers
Place
Mexico City (Mexico)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B15.07.28.027.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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