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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 411

    Caption: "You can drive your car into the lobby of the Hotel American. Note the ornamental ceiling and colonnades - Puebla, Mex."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 410

    Caption: "This convent was operated secretly since 1857, - discovered in 1935. Garden in the Santa Monica convent which has been closed by the government and is now a museum. Puebla, Mexico." William and Grace McCarthy standing by a fountain in the garden described above.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 409

    Caption: "Street Market - Calle Norts - Puebla, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 408

    Caption: "Business district of Puebla, Mexico - view taken from the Cathedral Belfry - Easter Sunday - April 17th, 1938.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 407

    Caption: "Easter Sunday, April 17, 1938. Immense 6 foot diameter bell. San Miguel Cathedral, Puebla, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 406

    Caption: "Interior of chapel - Templo de Santa Domingo - Puebla, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 405

    Caption: "Cathedral San Miguel - Puebla. Easter Sunday, Mexico April 17th 1938," opened in 1690.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 404

    Caption: Interior of the Church of San Francisco Acatepeck [sic] - Cholula." The church's construction was begun in 1590, with elaborate Spanish Baroque decorations added during the seventeenth century.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 403

    Caption: "Avenida del Ayuntamiento - principal street of Puebla, Mexico. This is an attractive street - note the arcades on the right."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 402

    No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure, describing the towns of Cholula and Puebla.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 401

    Caption: "Men unloading cement by carrying it in baskets on their heads - building construction - Puebla, Mexico, April 18, 1938."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 400

    Caption: "Post Office Building, antique Spanish architecture, Mexico City."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 399

    Caption: Palace of Fine Arts, Interior beautiful marble effect - Mexico City." Pictured is the interior of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, with the famous mural, Man at the Crossroads, painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The work was originally commissioned for New York's Rockefeller Center in 1933 but was destroyed for its perceived anti-capitalist themes. Rivera recreated it for the Palace of Fine Arts in 1934.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 398

    No Caption: A section of an informational tourist brochure describing the Palace of Fine Arts, or National Theater in Mexico City.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 397b

    No Caption: A four-cent Mexican postage stamp.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 397a

    No Caption: A two-cent Mexican postage stamp.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 397

    Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts or National Theater [sic] - built of white marble. Work started in 1900, complete in 1935, cost 35,000,000 pesos." The Palacio de Bellas Artes, is considered the cultural center of Mexico City. It houses the Museum of Architecture, and the National Theater, a performance space for music, dance, and theatre. Murals by renown Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Jose Clemente Orozco, and others are exhibited on the top floor and other galleries throughout the building.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 396

    Caption: "Independence column, on the Avenida Paseo de la Reforma." Unofficially known as El Angel (The Angel), and officially as Monumento a la Indenpendencia (Monument to Independence), located in Mexico City.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 395

    Caption: "Paseo de La Reforma, the beautiful boulevard of Mexico City."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 394

    No Caption: A page from an informational tourist brochure describing Mexico City.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 393

    Caption: "In our flower decked tourist court, 46 Neva St. Mexico City." Grace McCarthy is seen sitting on an automobile bumper in the background of this photograph, while three Mexican men wearing sombreros and serapes pose in the foreground.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 392

    Caption: "Pan-American Highway monument marking the highway completion, July 1, 1936 Altitude 8209 feet. Highest point on route - 15 miles south of Octopan [sic], Mexico." Pictured is William McCarthy standing before the "Monument of Good Friendship (El Monumento de Buena Amistad), near Actopan, Mexico.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 391

    Caption: "Primitive method of ploughing, Tizayuca, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 390

    Caption: "Otme [sic] Indian School - these children are very scantily dressed. Their clothes are a product of the Maguey plant - Lagunilla, Mex."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 389

    Caption: "Tasquillo Canyon - Rio Tula, in vicinity of Zimipan, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 388

    Caption: "Maguey, a most useful plant from which is made paper, rope, twine, cloth, vinegar, molases [sic], medicine and native drinks, pulque, mezcal & tequila."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 387

    Caption: "Winding highway in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains - Zimipan, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 386

    Caption: "Old Otomie [sic]Indian lady and her son. She is spinning twine from Maguey fiber onto a spool as she trudges the highway barefooted, Zimipan, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 385

    Caption: "Thatched hut Indian village, near Tamazunchale, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 384

    Caption: "Highway leaving Tamazunchale where the real climb into the Sierra Madre mountains begins - 170 miles to highest point - 8200 ft. elevation."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 383

    No Caption: A section of a tourist brochure describing the route and road conditions from Tamazunchale to Mexico City.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 382

    Caption: "Huasteca Indians transporting pottery - Tamazunchale, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 381

    Caption: "Huasteca Indian and their thatched hut, one tiny room. Tamzunchale, Mexico." **PLEASE NOTE: The electronic image derived from Album 10, Photograph 381 of the William McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08-alb10-381) contains content that may not be appropriate for online distribution, and has therefore been withheld. The image has also been removed from the Secretary of State’s digital storage systems, including hard drives, shared drives, cloud and other online storage, and digital backup systems. To view the original photograph, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 380

    Caption: "Little girls who live in Mexico are always fully clothed but, this is not a little girl. OH! OH!" Image of a young boy in a small Mexican village. **PLEASE NOTE: The electronic image derived from Album 10, Photograph 380 of the William McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08-alb10-380) contains content that may not be appropriate for online distribution, and has therefore been withheld. The image has also been removed from the Secretary of State’s digital storage systems, including hard drives, shared drives, cloud and other online storage, and digital backup systems. To view the original photograph, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 379

    Caption: "Hermoso [sic] Dorothy Gandy. A youthful Mexican beauty."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 378a

    Caption: "We stopped at Gandy Courts." A section of a tourist informational brochure describing the village of Tamazunchale, in "the heart of the Huastecan Indian country."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 378

    Caption: "Sam Browns [sic] botanical garden, Huichihuayan, Mexico. Coffee, vanilla, bananas, and many tropical fruits are grown in this garden."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 377

    Caption: "Entering the Tropic of Cancer, fifteen miles south of Victoria, Torrid Zone, Mexico," shows William McCarthy standing beside a sign reading: Tropico de Cancer.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 376

    Caption: "A Spanish type home - Valles, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 375

    Caption: "A natural palm grove on the highway near Villa Juarez, Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 374b

    No Caption: A section of a tourist informational brochure describing the Pan American Highway from Victoria to Tamazunchale.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 374a

    No Caption: A section of a tourist informational brochure describing the road from Monterrey to Victoria.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 374

    Caption: "Mexican home and family - Bozo, near Monterey [sic], Mexico." Six children of the Bozo family standing outside their home near Monterrey. ** PLEASE NOTE: The electronic image derived from Album 10, Photograph 374 of the William McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08-alb10-374) contains content that may not be appropriate for online distribution, and has therefore been withheld. The image has also been removed from the Secretary of State’s digital storage systems, including hard drives, shared drives, cloud and other online storage, and digital backup systems. To view the original photograph, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 373

    Caption: "Arco de Independencia, on Avenda [sic] Francisco I. Madero, Monterey [sic], Mexico," shows the Arco de Independencia (Arch of independence) on Avenida (Avenue) Francisco I. Madero, in Monterrey, Mexico.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 372

    Caption: "One of the many beautiful homes, in Monterey [sic], Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 371

    Caption: "The bull charging while the Matador stands motionless. Bull fight - Monterey [sic], Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 370

    Caption: "The bull turns for another charge at the Matador. Bull fight at Monterey [sic], Mexico."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 369

    Caption: "Bull Fight, Monterey [sic] Mexico. Cuadrillas entering the arena - Matadores Garcia and Ramirez."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 368

    Caption: "Avenda [sic] Morelos, Monterey [sic], Mexico," shows a busy street scene on Avenida (Avenue) Morelos, Monterrey, Mexico.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 367

    No Caption: A page from a tourist brochure detailing how to travel from Laredo to Monterrey, Mexico.