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| Title | Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, Seattle World's Fair, January, 1962 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1962 |
| Notes | Typewritten on slide mount: Lp 3-Mexico's Exciting Folklorico Dancers
This slide appears to have been purchased by Alden B. Couch, Sales Director of the Puget Sound Power & Light Company, from a set of professional slides promoting the upcoming Seattle World's Fair.
PH Coll 1021.103 |
| Historical Notes | Ballet Folklórico de México is a folkloric ballet ensemble from Mexico City. For five decades it has performed dances, ballets, and musical pieces that reflect the various regions and folk music genres of Mexico, with a special emphasis on the traditions of indigenous Mesoamerican culture. The ensemble performed from August 27 through September 2 at the Opera House during the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)--People--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ballet Folklorico de Mexico--People--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Folk dancing--Mexico; Folk dancing--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Seattle Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | SEA3333
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Alden B. Couch Photographs of the Seattle World's Fair. PH Coll 1021 |
| Object Type | Slide |
| Physical Description | Color; 35 mm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2011. |
