Box 27

Scope and Contents Group of 94 color postcards by Luis Márquez, published in 1937 by Eugenio Fischgrund.  Of the original 96 numbered postcards in this Arco Iris series, this collection lacks number 55 (Santo Domingo, Oaxaca) and number 82 (Governors Palace, Monterrey).  In the mid-1930s Márquez colorized his dramatic photographs into postcards that lie between two major periods in Mexican postcard making:  black and white real photos and color chromes.  Before color film was readily available in...