Postcards from San Antonio ~ No 9
"Los Hombres y sus Sombreros"
Edition limited to 25 prints, $70 each
Image size: 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches
Early 1900s' postcard labeled "Mexican Lover" combined
with late 1800s' Underwood stereoview of a Mexico City sombreria.
Copy taken from back of stereoview card: In Mexico, only the men wear hats,
and they are a very valued possession. Sometimes a man will invest his
entire fortune of thirty or forty dollars in his sombrero. They are
frequently of vast dimensions."
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Postcards from San Antonio ~ No
10
"Tiene el Mas Grande"
Edition limited to 25 prints, $70 each
Image size: 8 1/4 x 6 inches
Early 1900s' postcard labeled "Mexican Street
Peddlers"
combined with late 1800s' Underwood stereoview of a Mexico City sombreria.
Copy taken from back of stereoview card: "The larger the sombrero, the
greater its aesthetic value is in the eye of the average Mexican. The
flourish with which he doffs it in salute is something never to be forgotten
by the unaccustomed foreigner."
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Postcards from San Antonio ~ No
11
"Luna de Miel"
Edition limited to 25 prints, $70 each
Image size: 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches
Early 1900s' postcard labeled "Mexican Lover"
ironically combined with "Greetings from the land of..." and photos of milk
and honey, or miel. Title of print means honeymoon.
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Postcards from San Antonio ~ No
13
"They Remember San Jacinto"
Edition limited to 25 prints,
$70 each
Image size: 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches
Early 1900s' miniature souvenir folder with the Alamo on
the cover and inside picture of "Typical Mexican Home and Family."
Copy drawn from actual printed copy inside folder: "Historically San Antonio
boasts that 'Thermopylae had is messenger of defeat, but the Alamo had
none.' Many notable and historic buildings and quaint customs of 'Long ago'
mingle with the beautiful romantic aspects of the past." | | |