We must get something for Emily
Photograph
We must get something for Emily
From American Tourists in Mexico
1941
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 3/8 × 9 3/16 in. (18.7 × 23.3 cm)
Gift of Mary Ittelson in memory of Marion Michelle Guyard, 2007
2007.2058.0004
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TLC: 6
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: 6. "We must get something for Emily." Every place that tourists \ visit has special stalls filled with nicknacks [sic] deliberately \ fashioned for the tourist trade. Tiny wooden vases, bags that \ would fall apart if they were subjected to the heavy loads carried \ by Mexican women, native dolls for coat lapels. The prices are \ steep, but the gift problems are solved. Marjorie Merwin, home- \ economics teacher of New Milford Conn., and Opie Martin, garage \ man from McAllen, Texas, came for a ten-day trip with three car- \ loads of McAllen townsfolk, organized by the McAllen Chamber of \ Commerce. They're doing a lot of buying, but Mr. Martins says \ he's going to throw allt [t is crossed out] the stuff out when he gets home.
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: 6. "We must get something for Emily." Every place that tourists \ visit has special stalls filled with nicknacks [sic] deliberately \ fashioned for the tourist trade. Tiny wooden vases, bags that \ would fall apart if they were subjected to the heavy loads carried \ by Mexican women, native dolls for coat lapels. The prices are \ steep, but the gift problems are solved. Marjorie Merwin, home- \ economics teacher of New Milford Conn., and Opie Martin, garage \ man from McAllen, Texas, came for a ten-day trip with three car- \ loads of McAllen townsfolk, organized by the McAllen Chamber of \ Commerce. They're doing a lot of buying, but Mr. Martins says \ he's going to throw allt [t is crossed out] the stuff out when he gets home.
