[Man in Indigenous Attire]
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1940
Material: height: 11 x width: 14 inches Dimension:
dimensions of matted photo; size of print unknown.
Creator: Márquez, Luis, 1899-1978
Identifier: aql:2221 2012.12.2WF39 QMOA
Description: Black and white view of man in traditional dress of the indigenous Huichol people of Mexico in front of the General Motors Pavilion. Photo by photographer, folklorist, and filmmaker Luis Marquez, who was invited by the Mexican government to participate in the 1940 season of the New York World's Fair.
Creator :
Márquez, Luis, 1899-1978
Date :
1940
Summary/Description :
Black and white view of man in traditional dress of the indigenous Huichol people of Mexico in front of the General Motors Pavilion. Photo by photographer, folklorist, and filmmaker Luis Marquez, who was invited by the Mexican government to participate in the 1940 season of the New York World's Fair.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Locomotives; Pavilions; Railroad trains; Indigenous peoples; Transportation Zone
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Coverage :
Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Mexico
Type :
Digital Photographs
Format :
height: 11 x width: 14 inches; dimensions of matted photo; size of print unknown.
Identifier :
aql:2221 2012.12.2WF39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Locomotives; Pavilions; Railroad trains; Indigenous peoples; Transportation Zone
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Locomotives; Pavilions; Railroad trains; Indigenous peoples; Transportation Zone
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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