[American tourists amidst Native Mexicans on the streets of Mexico City]
Photograph
[American tourists amidst Native Mexicans on the streets of Mexico City]
From American Tourists in Mexico
1941
Gelatin silver print
Image: 22.7 x 16.1 cm
Gift of Mary Ittelson in memory of Marion Michelle Guyard, 2007
2007.2058.0002
Inscriptions Stamped in blue on verso, R: PHOTO MARION MICHELLE
Printed in red and blue on applied label, BC: CAUTION \ License to reproduce this photograph, on which a copyright \ is pending, will be granted upon acceptance of the terms quoted. \ If purchased it is for your publication only, and must not be \ syndicated, rented, loaned or used for advertising purposes \ without written permission. \ CREDIT MUST READ: PHOTO \ FROM EUROPEAN [crossed out in pencil]
Typed on applied label on verso, C: 18. The city of Mexico is full of amazing contrasts, and it's not \ unusual to see a barefooted peasant family dodging the sleek \ automobiles of the wealthier citizens. The influx of thousands of \ tourists has heightened the contrasts, and on the busy corner of [struck out] \ accross [extra "c" struck out] from the Palacio de Bellas Artes, barefooted Indians rub \ shoulders with elegantly dressed tourists. The Americans are \ usually in such a hurry to get someplace else that they miss the \ exciting contradictions and sights right before their eyes.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BL: 18
Printed in red and blue on applied label, BC: CAUTION \ License to reproduce this photograph, on which a copyright \ is pending, will be granted upon acceptance of the terms quoted. \ If purchased it is for your publication only, and must not be \ syndicated, rented, loaned or used for advertising purposes \ without written permission. \ CREDIT MUST READ: PHOTO \ FROM EUROPEAN [crossed out in pencil]
Typed on applied label on verso, C: 18. The city of Mexico is full of amazing contrasts, and it's not \ unusual to see a barefooted peasant family dodging the sleek \ automobiles of the wealthier citizens. The influx of thousands of \ tourists has heightened the contrasts, and on the busy corner of [struck out] \ accross [extra "c" struck out] from the Palacio de Bellas Artes, barefooted Indians rub \ shoulders with elegantly dressed tourists. The Americans are \ usually in such a hurry to get someplace else that they miss the \ exciting contradictions and sights right before their eyes.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BL: 18
