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Mexican Photographs, Part I

Mexico Photo Page

During the years I went to Mexico to do research, I was taking photographs for personal pleasure and to use in classes. Unfortunately, most people in the United States have erroneous visual images of Mexico; that has certainly been true of my students. So, I began to take photos that would help them better understand the country and its people. Some of the photos are of traditional subjects, of course. The collection certainly does not represent the rich, fascinating variety of sights/images in the country. In fact, they tend to be photos taken in and around Mexico City, where, as a historian, I spent most of my time in archives and libraries. I own the copyright to all of these photos except the ones copied from books.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS--1969, MEXICO CITY, PASEO DE LA REFORMA

For the Christmas and New Year's season of 1969-70, businesses and the Mexico City government decorated the Paseo de la Reforma with a wonderful display of lights. Below are some of those decorations. 

PEOPLE

These are some of my favorite people photos, taken during various visits to Mexico.

Amiguitos
Delivery man on bicycle, Mexico City (1970)

    Shoppers at a tianguis, Cuernavaca, 1983   

    People in the Zona Rosa, Mexico City, 1983

Friends in Cuernavaca, 1969

    School children in Cuernavaca, 1969

    Man driving cart in northern Mexico

    Boy and a burro near railroad tracks, northern Mexico

    The Moreno brothers in Mexico City

Street band in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, 1983

Ice cream vendor, Mexico City, 1969

    Girl eating cotton candy, south Mexico City, 1969
 

    Cotton candy vendor, south Mexico City, 1969

    Waiting for the bus, Mexico City, 1974

    Man in San Luis Potosí street

Customers of a tortillería, Mexico City

    Man and burro, Taxco

    Pilgrims to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City

    Street sweepers, Mexico City, 1970

    Street photographer (1966)

    Bullfighters, Mexico City, 1970

    Apollo 11 astronauts at the Monument to Independence, September, 1969