Children with Carved Tablet in Mexico
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Creator: Matteson, Sumner W
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: June 1907
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7084, Box 3, Folder 11
Two native children standing next to an ancient carved stone tablet on Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico. Picture taken on W.H. Holmes' (1846-1933) study trip. Holmes was then Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Head Curator of the National Gallery of Art, now the National Museum of American Art.
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On the back of photo, under the photographer's name is says, "Chi Psi Lodge, Minneapolis, Minn."
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7084, Box 3, Folder 11
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 1907
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Mexico
96-555
Color: Black and White; Size: 5 x 6 3/4; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print