Object Details
- General
- Series III, Box 28, World's Fairs and Expositions--Chicago, 1933.
- Collector
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Names
- Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Collection Creator
- National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Place
- Yucatan (Mexico)
- Uxmal Site (Mexico)
- Topic
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Mayas -- Antiquities -- 1900-1920
- Temples -- Mexico -- 1900-1920
- Indians of Mexico -- 1900-1920
- Ruins -- Maya
- Collector
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- See more items in
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 3: Subjects / World Fairs and Expositions, Century of Progress (Chicago, Illinois, 1933)
- Extent
- 1 Item (color, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
- Date
- 1933
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Selected for blog by Allan Shulman in "Click! Photography Changes Everything" on Smithsonian Photographic Initiative website, http://www.click.si.edu/Story.aspx?story=743, Feb. 2010, but apparently not used.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards -- 1900-1920
- Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
- Scope and Contents
- A drawing depicting the front entrance of a Mayan temple at Uxmal. The image has been colored in green, red and orange to highlight designs on the temple. According to the description on the back of the card, this is an exact replica, located at the World's Fair in Chicago, of a temple in "far away" Yucatan.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research use.
- Record ID
- ebl-1560368414239-1560368414434-0
