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El Paso de Los Angeles, "The Pathway of the Angels" [picture postcard]
- Notes
- Series I, Box 1, U.S.A.--California--Los Angeles
- Summary
- Illustrated color postcard that depicts a street where vendors sell Mexican wares to tourists. In addition to tourists, we can see the back of a Mexican man wearing a shirt with some sort of decoration and a hat
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1910
- 1930
- collector
- Blenkle, Victor A. Dr (physician) 1900- 1978
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Cafe of the World--America's Exposition at San Diego, California [picture postcard]
- Notes
- Series III, Box 28, World's Fair and Exposition--Panama--California--San Diego
- Summary
- A colorful drawing (reproduction?) depicting two women in early California Mexican/Spanish costumes, each with a hand on her waist and looking flirtatiously at a man who stands across the plaza
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1916
- collector
- Blenkle, Victor A. Dr (physician) 1900- 1978
- Subject
- Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916 : San Diego, Calif.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Calif. [picture postcard]
- Notes
- Series I, Box 1, U.S.A.--California--Los Angeles
- Summary
- A drawing of the plaza at Olvera street in Los Angeles. There are two women in "Mexican" dress sitting at a fountain. Both wear straw sombreros, white blouses, and dark skirts. One has a red rebozo (shawl) around her neck. Behind them are the outdoor market in the plaza, and behind this, rising above is the top of City Hall, probably the tallest building in Los Angeles at that time
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1900
- 1930
- collector
- Blenkle, Victor A. Dr (physician) 1900- 1978
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Street of Mexican Bazaars, "Olvera Street," Los Angeles, California [picture postcard]
- Notes
- Series I, Box 1, U.S.A.--California--Los Angeles
- Summary
- Illustrated postcard that depicts a night-time street scene at Olvera Street. In the center is a group in folk costume: Two women curtsey, a child with a sombrero in her hand, and a man wearing a sombrero and holding a guitar. Around them are stands where people sell their goods, including food, candles, and sombreros
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- collector
- Blenkle, Victor A. Dr (physician) 1900- 1978
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Olvera Street, Los Angeles : picture postcard.]
- Notes
- Series I, Box 1, U.S.A.--California--Los Angeles
- Summary
- A color photograph (photomechanical reproduction?) taken in the main walkway at Olvera Street. At the far left sits a man with a sombrero that reads "Mexico"; he plays a harp. Directly in front of him are two small children sitting: the boy wears a charro outfit and the girl a typical folk costume. Two slightly older kids wear identical costumes and dance. Next to them are two adults in similar folk costume, standing next to wares for sale
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1950
- 1960
- Ca. 1950s
- 1950-1960
- collector
- Blenkle, Victor A. Dr (physician) 1900- 1978
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Santa Barbara Mission, California--Fiesta days in California [picture postcard]
- Notes
- Series I, Box 1, U.S.A.--California---Missions
- Summary
- Color illustration: man and woman sitting in front of the Santa Barbara mission. The woman wears a long red Spanish-style dress and comb in her hair and holds a fan open. She smiles at the man, who wears a red and yellow serape and Spanish/Mexican costume, including a sombrero
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 19th century
- photographer
- Olbert, Karl
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
To Call You My Own [sheet music]
- Notes
- 6.5 [?]
- Summary
- Lyrics and illustrated cover. "To Call You My Own" is from the motion picture "In Caliente" with Dolores del Rio. The illustration contains a reproduction of a photograph of her plus a drawing of Mexican musicians wearing sombreros
- Date
- 1935
- lyricist
- Dixon, Mort
- composer
- Wrubel, Allie
- Subject
- Del Rio, Dolores
- Local number
- 040300187.tif (AC Scan No.front cover)
- 040300188.tif (AC Scan No.pages 2-3)
- 040300189.tif (AC Scan No.pages 3-4)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
On The Road to Mexico [sheet music]
- Notes
- Armed Forces series
- Summary
- Lyrics and cover to "On The Road to Mexico."
- Date
- 1914
- lyricist
- Callahan, J. Will
- composer
- Van Alstyne, Egbert
- Local number
- 040300190.tif (AC Scan No., front cover)
- 040300191.tif (AC Scan No.page 3)
- 040300192.tif (AC Scan No.page 2)
- 040300193.tif (AC Scan No.page 4)
- 040300194.tif (AC Scan No.page 5)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Felix Diaz Marcha-Two-Step [sheet music]
- Summary
- Cover to Felix Diaz Marcha-Two-Step. Illus. includes portrait of uniformed man and another uniformed man placed on a pedestal
- Date
- 1907
- composer
- Preza, Velino M
- Local number
- 040300195 (AC Scan No. front cover)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Fiesta Days at Santa Barbara Mission [picture postcard.]
- Notes
- Series 1, Box 2, U.S.A.--California--Santa Barbara
- Summary
- A couple sitting beside a fountain in front of the mission. The man wears a sombrero and matching jacket with a serape over one shoulder and he plays a guitar. The woman faces the camera, wears a white dress with embroidered sleeves, and holds a fan in her hand
- Cite as
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1920-1930
- 19th century
- collector
- Blenkle, Victor A. Dr (physician) 1900- 1978
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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