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A pulque shop in Tacubaya, Mexico – Antique Wall Art

A pulque shop in Tacubaya, Mexico, [1884 or 1885] — historic photograph
A pulque shop in Tacubaya, Mexico, [1884 or 1885]. Historic photograph from the Latin America collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: A pulque shop in Tacubaya, Mexico, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A pulque shop in Tacubaya, Mexico

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A pulquería in Tacubaya, then a town on the southwestern edge of Mexico City, is the subject of this print, dated 1884 or 1885. Pulque, a milky drink made by fermenting the sap of the agave plant, had been a staple of working-class life in the Valley of Mexico for centuries, and shops like this one served as gathering places for laborers and street vendors. The Detroit Photographic Company, which issued views of places around the world, made the image, so it offers an outsider's record of everyday urban life in late nineteenth-century Mexico.

Created / published[1884 or 1885]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1890.
NotesDetroit Photographic Co., 08618.
SubjectsBars--Mexico--Mexico City--1880-1890. City & town life--Mexico--Mexico City--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 980 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167007

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