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
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Taverns (Inns)
- Cities and towns
- Labor
- Tourism
- 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 (monochrome, 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 street that leads to the Rancho Telva. Two men walk up the hill, away from the hotel. They are dressed in white clothes that have come to be seen as typical of the Tierra Fria region of Guerrero. They carry large packs on their back and one holds a long stick. Taxco is an old silver town located between Acapulco and Mexico City.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research use.
- Record ID
- ebl-1560368414239-1560368414399-0
