Object Details
- General
- Series II, Box 23, Foreign--Mexico--Taxco.
- Collector
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Collection Creator
- National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Place
- Taxco (Guerrero, Mexico)
- Topic
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Silver
- Architecture -- Mexico
- Tourism
- Streets -- Mexico
- advertising -- Hotels, taverns, etc.
- Collector
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- See more items in
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 2: Geographical Locations outside the United States / Mexico / Taxco
- Extent
- 1 Item (b/w, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
- 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 -- 1900-1920
- Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
- Scope and Contents
- Reproduction of a black-and-white photograph of the arched entrance to a hotel in Taxco, Guerrero. There is a stone wall lining the driveway and a young boy walks next to the wall, into the photograph. Behind the arch are houses on a hill in the distance. Taxco is known for colonial Mexican architecture, silverwork and as an important rest point between Mexico City and Acapulco.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research use.
- Record ID
- ebl-1560368414239-1560368414398-2
