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Description
Located in Series 6) Photographs, Photograph Albums subseries. Disbound photograph album originally assembled by Ed Fletcher following a trip by plane down the west coast of Mexico. The album includes both unique snapshots (created by Fletcher) and real photo postcards likely purchased on the trip. The album begins in Mazatlán. There are some aerial images of the region between Mazatlán, Tepic and Guadalajara, including volcanos and the Río Grande de Santiago through the Barranca de Oblatos. The album contains many photographic postcard images of Guadalajara. The album continues with numerous scenes of Chapultepec, Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Cuernavaca, and images of the pyramids at Teotihuacán. Finally, the album ends with scenes from a bullfight Fletcher attended, and three postcards from Arizona. From inside front cover: Photos of my Mexican airplane trip down the West Coast, December 1933, Ed Fletcher. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Ed Fletcher Papers (FB-311, Folder 3). [Title, Date]. Ed Fletcher Papers. MSS 81. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Type
image
Format
1 album (circa 120 photographs) : black and white ; 7.25 x 10 inches
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb5020598t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Photographic postcards Airplanes Travel Bullfights Aerial views Pyramids Cathedrals Photograph albums Mexico Guadalajara (Mexico) Sonora (Mexico) Cuernavaca (Morelos, Mexico) Mexico City Mazatlán (Sinaloa, Mexico) Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico) Fletcher, Ed, 1872-1955
Place
Mexico Guadalajara (Mexico) Sonora (Mexico) Cuernavaca (Morelos, Mexico) Mexico City Mazatlán (Sinaloa, Mexico) Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
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