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Title
"Mexico's national amusement," composite of 14 different images of bull fighting, Mexico, ca.1905
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Composite photograph of 14 different images of bull fighting, Mexico, ca.1905. Most of the images are of matadors with bulls in the ring. A few are of parades, one of which is in Juarez, Mexico. Legible signs include: "El Paso Daily Times, The only [...], Blank book manufacturers, Times Publishing Co.", ..."Charrila y [...] Charrila Mexicano"..., ..."Juarez, $32,000.00, [...]billets, [...]quartos 50¢, octavos $2[...] Mierceles [...] Mes"..., "El Paso Glass & China Co., wholesale & retail, crockery, glass & china ware"..., "Glass, W.H. Tutt[...], Retratos y mol[...], Calle de San Antonio N"..., "T[...] P., El Paso route, Texas & Pae[...], short line to the north east and south east, pullman b[...] sleeping cars, see the [...] read Texas", "Muller & Kechler", "A. Bunsow & Cia", "Sam'l Schultz & Son[?], carpets, oil cloth, [...], shades, [...], goods and [...] wea[...] strips [...]isco"..., ..."Juarez, Mex., United States", "Cerveza de La[...], R.F. Johnson & Co.,wholesale liquor dealers, 108 San Antonio St. El Paso,"..., "A.K. Albers[...], Bronson Block"..., ..."and the very best goods at the very lowest [...], Geo. W. Hickox [...] Hix[?], jewelers [...] El Paso".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
20 x 13 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14514
USC-1-1-1-14140 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-609
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14514
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-609.jpg
Subject
Cities and towns--Texas
Mexico--General
Recreational facilities
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
Juarez
El Paso
Mexico
USA
Texas
Source
1-224- [Microfiche number]
609 [Accession number]
CHS-609 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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