Object Details
- General
- Series III; Box 27, Portraits---General.
- Publisher
- Sonora News Company, City of Mexico
- Collection Creator
- National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Place
- Mexico City (Mexico)
- Topic
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Poor women -- Mexico
- Photography of women
- Peasants
- Maids
- Publisher
- Sonora News Company, City of Mexico
- See more items in
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 3: Subjects / Portraits -- General
- Extent
- 1 Item (color, 3.5" x 5.5".)
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Collection Citation
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, circa 1880-circa 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Color photomechanical reproduction of a photograph of a young Mexican woman wearing a shawl on her head and a white blouse with a flower print. Her black hair is pulled back and covered by the shawl. She looks off to the side, her face and body towards the camera, slightly hidden by a wall. Her features indicate Indian heritage. Translation of caption: The servant. Imprint of Dr. Samuel Macias Valadez on image size.
- Message on verso in Spanish addressed to Mr. F. Swann Harding, Washington, plus note in English: "Please send me more views of your city / Post-cards." Message dated July 11, 1917.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research use.
- Record ID
- ebl-1560368414239-1560368414432-4
