Beyond the Mexique BayThe author describes his experiences traveling through the Caribbean to Guatemala and southern Mexico in 1933. |
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Page 129
... blue cloth . The women wear a red bodice with full sleeves , striped in red and white , a dark - blue cotton skirt , and quantities of beads and buttons made of gold and silver glass . These last are from Woolworth's or its equivalent ...
... blue cloth . The women wear a red bodice with full sleeves , striped in red and white , a dark - blue cotton skirt , and quantities of beads and buttons made of gold and silver glass . These last are from Woolworth's or its equivalent ...
Page 182
... blue and white flowers painted on a scarlet ground ; or else there will be patterns in red , blue and yellow on shining black ; sometimes of scarlet on white . The general effect is Tyrolean or Bavarian - Al- pine . It is a typical semi ...
... blue and white flowers painted on a scarlet ground ; or else there will be patterns in red , blue and yellow on shining black ; sometimes of scarlet on white . The general effect is Tyrolean or Bavarian - Al- pine . It is a typical semi ...
Page 277
... blue or yellow glazed cupolas ; and some have panels of the same bright tiles on their façades . San Francisco Acatepec is tiled from top to bottom . Dome , belfry , pillars , cornices - every inch is covered with blue and yellow ...
... blue or yellow glazed cupolas ; and some have panels of the same bright tiles on their façades . San Francisco Acatepec is tiled from top to bottom . Dome , belfry , pillars , cornices - every inch is covered with blue and yellow ...
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