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Throughout the Ages - Mexico

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*Aztec Sacrificial Stone of Tizoc, 1911. The Sacrificial Stone, or Sacred Stone of Tizoc, Mexico City. Photograph taken in 1911.

*Aztec Calendar Stone, 1886. The Aztec Calendar Stone, also called Stone of the Sun, Mexico City. Photograph taken in 1886.

*Image of Huitzilopochtli, Aztec God of War, circa 1900. A stone image of the Aztec God of War, Huitzilopochtli, Mexico City. Photograph taken circa 1900.

*Teotihuacan, 1928. The wall of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, or Temple of the Feathered Serpent, with the Pyramid of the Sun in the background, at the ancient city of Teotihuacan. Photograph taken in 1928.

*Mayan Temple of Kukulcan at Chichen Itza, 1925. The Temple of Kukulcan, also known as the Castle or El Castillo, at the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in the Yucatan. Photograph taken in 1925.

*Bull Ring with Crowds of People, circa 1920s. Picadores, matadores, and other participants entering a bull ring crowded with spectators in Mexico.

*Map Showing Principal Railroads, 1928. Map of Mexico showing main railroads, 1928.

*Plaza de la Constitucion, Mexico City, 1922. La Plaza de la Constitucion, or El Zocalo, in Mexico City, 1922.

*Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe in Mexico City, 1928. The old Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, or Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, in Mexico City, 1928.

*Street Corner in Mexico City, 1912. Men and women wearing sombreros and serapes on a sidewalk outside a pulque shop in Mexico City, 1912.

*Calle Muelle in Tampico, 1923. Calle Muelle, one of the main business streets in Tampico, Mexico, 1923.

*Fruit Stand at a Market in Merida, 1925. A fruit stand at a market in Merida, a large city in Mexico's Yucatan, 1925.

*San Juan Market in Mexico City, 1922. A chili stand in San Juan Market in Mexico City, 1922.

*Coffee Pickers, 1927. Two coffee pickers carrying loads on their backs in Mexico, 1927.

*Laborers Measuring Coffee Berries, 1927. Laborers measuring coffee berries in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 1927.

*Woman Making Tortillas, 1927. A woman making tortillas, Mexico, 1927.

*Water Wagon Drawn by Three Mules, 1928. A water wagon drawn by three mules in a Mexican village, January 1928.

*Homes of Lower Income Mexicans, circa 1920s. Homes of lower income Mexicans on the plain near Monterey around the 1920s.

*Children around Doorway in Jalapa, 1925. A group of children standing around a doorway in the city of Jalapa (or Xalapa), Mexico, in 1925.

*House of Sun-Dried Brick, 1904. A group of men, women, and children standing beside a house constructed of sun-dried brick and a thatched roof near Escuinapa, Mexico, 1904.