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MEXICO 1938 by GREATER UNIVERSITY of TOURS (With a series of 27 Mexico City bull fight photos)

MEXICO 1938 by GREATER UNIVERSITY of TOURS (With a series of 27 Mexico City bull fight photos)

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MEXICO 1938 by GREATER UNIVERSITY of TOURS (With a series of 27 Mexico City bull fight photos)

by [bull fighting] 07d

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FINE b/w photos. About 250 4"x3" of Mexico, in worn photo album
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FINE b/w photos. About 250 4"x3" of Mexico, in worn photo album. 1938. Hardcover. FINE photos. 4to 44 leaves.(3) 4"X3" photos glued on each side. First 27 photos of a bull fight in Mexico City's El Torco ring. . Bullfight photos from prelims, to the sword thrust, to the dead bull being dragged away. The Greater University of Tours photo (the first page in the album) was likely a commercial tour group. The group numbered about 20, aged from 30 to 50, with just a few men. There is a photo of the bus and a few pictures of the group but there are no names or personal information of any kind. Photos of Rio Frio, volcanos, Puebla, tree where Cortez wept, Topoztlan, Tasco, Tepozteco, cathedrals, convents, San Juan Teotihuacan, Chapultepec Castle, Pyramid of Tenayuca, Guadalupe shrine, Quetzalcoati temple, Teotihuacan and many other locales. 3 leaves with b/w post cards, 3 others of photos taken in the US. Pix glued to black paper leaves, all(save bullfight sequence) with neat annotation in white ink. Album bound in either crocodile or alligator. .

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Bookseller
Quiet Friends US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
001284
Title
MEXICO 1938 by GREATER UNIVERSITY of TOURS (With a series of 27 Mexico City bull fight photos)
Author
[bull fighting] 07d
Illustrator
About 250 b/w 4"x3" photos.
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - FINE b/w photos. About 250 4"x3" of Mexico, in worn photo album
Date Published
1938
Keywords
FINE photos. 4to 44 leaves.(3) 4"X3" photos glued on each side. First, 27 photos of a bull fight in Mexico City's El Torco ring., mexico, bull ring, bull fight, photos, travel
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Travel;

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