Name/Title
"A Spanish Courtship"Entry/Object ID
2007.33.1.1Description
A colored real photo postcard titled "A Spanish Courtship, published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, and postmarked 22 May 1905. The view is a closeup of a man dressed in Mexican costume talking to a woman, wearing period American-style clothing, on a low balcony. There is a message in ink on the margins. On the reverse is the address, postmarks from Los Angeles and St. Louis, a one-cent stamp, and a cancellation stamp. With some soiling and stains, and denting to the edges, particularly on the right, the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity, Mexican Americans in mass media, Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles, Stereotype (Psychology) in mass media