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Calavera comercial. Estas son las calaveras de todos los comerciantes, les llegó la de deveras por tramposos y farsantes

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Calavera comercial. Estas son las calaveras de todos los comerciantes, les llegó la de deveras por tramposos y farsantes

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Broadside shows skeletons patronizing a merchant skeleton selling such items as candles and sugar skulls for the Day of the Dead celebration. The text, a calavera in verse, conveys how "la flaca" (death) is making her rounds amongst all the food vendors and taking them to the graveyard.
Images attributed to J. Cortes.
Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Calle de Santa Teresa número 1. Mexico. 1908.
This relief etching also used for "Gran bola de garbanceras que por ser muy pretenciosas..." broadsides PGA - Vanegas, no. 35 and PGA - Vanegas, no. 93.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.573).
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1908
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Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher
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