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[Taxco in Guerrero, Mexico]

Photograph of Taxco in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, taken in 1950 from the patio of Hester Beck's hotel. The hills in the background rise above the city.
Date: 1950
Creator: Beck, Hester M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Market in Mexico City]

Photograph of a market in Mexico City, taken in 1950. Vegetables are housed under an awning, and many people stand near them. A lamppost can be seen to the far left.
Date: 1950
Creator: Beck, Hester M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hester Beck and Friends in Mexico City]

Photograph of Hester Beck, second from the right, and her friends Beverely Hecks and Nancy Haurse sitting on steps leading up to a pyramid in Mexico. They have four Mexican children with them.
Date: August 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Selling Pastries in Mexico City]

Photograph of a small boy selling pastries on the street in Mexico City. A woman holding her son offers him a pastry. The boy selling pastries stands next to a row of cars parked on the street.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Beck, Hester M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oaxaca Apartment of Carlos Lastinger]

Photograph of Carlos (Charles) Lastinger's Oaxaca apartment, displaying a rectangular room with stairs leading up at right, an arched entryway at left, and a metal barricade and an open door at left. Several plants and other pieces of furniture are arranged along the right side of the wall below a window. On the back is a loose sketch of the apartment's floor plan.
Date: 19XX
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History