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Title
Mayan couple standing in front of a thatched-roof building, Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1944
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1944
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
Photograph of "two Mayas, man and wife, in their traditional garb. They have come to Carrillo Puerto from their village 30 miles away. The walking is rough and muddy." The couple stands outdoors in front of a thatched-roof building. The man, left, wears a shirt and pants. The woman, right, wears a white dress with embroidery around the neckline and hem. There are white clouds in the sky.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
9 x 6 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m63817 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Mexico-Couples-005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63817
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Mexico-Couples-005.jpg
Subject
Family
Housing
Portraits
Time Period
circa 1944
Place
North and Central America
Quintana Roo
inhabited place: Felipe Carrillo Puerto
nation: Mexico
Source
MFB/Mexico/Couples/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

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