Calavera comercial,Skeletons Patronizing a Merchant,Day of the Dead,Mexico,1908

Title: Calavera comercial. Estas son las calaveras de todos los comerciantes, les llegó la de deveras por tramposos y farsantes
Title Translation: Commercial calavera. These calaveras are the real thing, meant for all tricky and fraudulent merchants
Creator(s): Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher
Date Created/Published: Mexico City : Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1908.
Summary: 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.
Notes:
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).
Subjects:
All Souls' Day--1900-1910.
Celebrations--Mexico--1900-1910.
Death--1900-1910.
Skeletons--1900-1910.
Vending stands--Mexico--1900-1910.
Food vendors--Mexico--1900-1910.
Broadsides--Mexican--1900-1910.
Bookmark /99615906/
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