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Photographs of the 1936 campaign for the governorship of Michoacán, Mexico

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Description: Five photographs documenting Gildardo Magaña Cerda's 1936 campaign for the governorship of the Mexican state of Michoacán. He is seen walking at the front of a large group of supporters who are carrying banners as they march through streets of a pueblo in Michoacán. The images also show large crowds of mostly male residents gathered to hear speeches during political rallies. The photographs are captioned in Spanish.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1936.
Call number: photPF 26015
Provenance: Purchased from Margolis and Moss, September 2022.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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Photograph album of automobile trips through the West and Mexico

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A photograph album containing 128 photographs documenting two separate excursions by automobile, one undertaken in 1937 and the other in 1939. The first trip appears to have been taken by a family group of five who may have lived in Iowa or Missouri. Their trip photographs are all captioned, and include images of their group and the car, the roads, the sights they visited, and sometimes motels or cabins. They traveled through Texas, New Mexico (including Laguna Pueblo), Arizona, and California, where they visited numerous locations. They are seen at stops in and between Los Angeles and San Francisco, including missions, Hollywood, and three snapshots taken at the Huntington Library. A typed record of the miles traveled, gas used, and cabins they stayed in is pasted to the back of the album. The 1939 trip features mostly photographs of Texas, including parks, landmarks, and visits to friends' houses. They also visited Mexico, including a bullfighting ring, and New Orleans, Louisiana. One photograph of a wooden shack in Arkansas is captioned indicating it is an African American dwelling.

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