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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of two women making tortillas in prepration for the family meal, Mexico, ca.1905. They are gathered about a fire beside a crude stick and grass house. At right a man is sitting on a log against a tree from which a basket hangs, looking on. A child stands behind the woman who is frying the tortillas. Another woman, beside the child, is sitting and nursing a baby. Various pots, bowls, jars, and baskets are set about the preparation area. Railroad tracks are visible behind the group.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 20 cm., 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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