A set of amazing pics from Leon Reed was captured by his father Walter Reed that shows the 1958 trip to Mexico of his family by their trailer.
“Photos of the 1958 trip to Mexico. We drove in via Nuevo Laredo, drove down to (and beyond) Mexico City (including Taxco, Cuernevaca, Teotihuacan, Morelia, etc.), and returned back via Nuevo Laredo. We were in Mexico for nearly a month.
We traveled everywhere you could go by trailer in the years between 1950-1964, and Mexico was by far the most spectacular trip in every sense of the word: most fabulous sights (both natural wonders and manmade/historic stuff), most "different" place, etc.
My only regret is that we didn't get far enough south or east to see any Maya sites -- a shortcoming I need to fix in the next couple years.”
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| Mexican roadside scene |
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| Arch, Leon (Lion) on Christmas Day in Mexico |
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| Burro caravan alongside road |
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| Cuernavaca cathedral |
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| Cuernavaca street market |
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| Cuernavaca. Burros loaded with firewood |
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| Cuernavaca. Door and wall of Chapel of Third Order |
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| Cuernavaca. View of a street from balcony of Cortes Palace |
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| Cutting maguey in Mexico |
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| Guanajuato. Narrow street and stairs |
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| Mexican girls herding sheep |
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| Mexican village and banana peddler |
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| Mexico City. Basilica of Guadalupe |
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| Mexico City. Huts and apartment building |
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| Mexico City. Metropolitan Cathedral, Zocalo |
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| Mexico City. Monument to the Revolution |
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| Mexico City. National Palace, Zocalo |
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| Mexico City. Old Basilica of Guadalupe |
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| Mexico City. Pilgrims approaching the Shrine of Guadalupe |
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| Mexico City. Taxis and department store, Zocalo |
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| Mexico City. Teatro de los Insurgentes - Diego Rivera mosaic |
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| Mexico City. UNAM library |
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| Northern Mexican countryside and Joshua tree |
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| Northern Mexico. Women doing laundry in a stream |
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| Pots and kiln in Mexico |
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| Puebla. Christmas parade |
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| Puebla. Tile-fronted buildings and church |
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| Queretaro market scene |
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| Queretaro side street |
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| Queretaro street market |
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| Queretaro. “Alimentos Purina” |
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| Queretaro. Aqueduct |
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| Queretaro. Christmas floats |
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| Queretaro. Christmas parade |
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| Queretaro. Church of Santa Cruz, Plaza of Obregon |
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| Queretaro. Mexican women selling corn and other vegetables |
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| Queretaro. Pots in market |
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| Queretaro. Stands and vendors at market |
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| Queretaro. Waiting for the bus in front of Sears |
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| Saltillo street scenes |
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| Saltillo. Candy vendor during Festival of Guadalupe |
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| Saltillo. Dancers, vendors, and crowd at Festival of Guadalupe |
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| Saltillo. Mexican children with hula hoops |
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| Saltillo. Mexican men on sidewalk |
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| Saltillo. Outskirts of Saltillo |
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| Saltillo. Woman cooking tortillas at Fiesta of Guadalupe |
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| Santiago. Street scene on Christmas Day |
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| Smiling Mexican children |
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| Taxco market scenes |
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| Taxco tile roofs |
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| Taxco. Christmas decorations |
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| Taxco. Santa Prisca church |
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| Taxco. Silversmiths |
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| Taxco. Steep cobblestoned street |
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| Taxco. Water carrier |
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| Teotihuacan entrance |
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| Teotihuacan. Backyard of village |
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| Teotihuacan. Pyramid of the Sun |
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| Tepexpan. Country church |
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| Toluca street scenes |
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| Toluca. Bus with helper on top |
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| Toluca. Capitol Square |
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| Toluca. Fruit market |
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| Toluca. Market and shoppers |
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| Toluca. Selling fruit on the street |
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| Xochimilco cathedral |
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| Xochimilco floating gardens |
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| Xochimilco. Boatmen playing dominos |
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| Xochimilco. Canal (chinampa) in Xochimilco gardens |
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| Map of our 1958 trip to Mexico |
