[The First Bull Fight in Casas Grandes]

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Group portrait of nine women posing together in front of building with wood siding. Seven unidentified women standing in a line are dressed in long Spanish dresses including mantillas (traditional veils) and they are holding small bouquets; two are also holding open fans. Madelyn Hatch and Vera Pratt kneeling in front of them, wearing cowboy hats and western wear.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 47 cm.

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Fotos Soto [1946-09-15..1946-09-16].

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Group portrait of nine women posing together in front of building with wood siding. Seven unidentified women standing in a line are dressed in long Spanish dresses including mantillas (traditional veils) and they are holding small bouquets; two are also holding open fans. Madelyn Hatch and Vera Pratt kneeling in front of them, wearing cowboy hats and western wear.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 47 cm.

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Provided information: Rancho Alegre, Casa Grandes. September 15 and 16, 1946.

Additional context: Taken at the grand opening of the sports arena. Bull fighters were brought in for the event.

There is an inscription written at the bottom of the image: "Reinas en Las Corridas de Toros Los Dias 15 y 16 de Sep. 1946. Campo Deportivo Rancho Alegre N. Casas Grandes Chih." [Queens of the Bullfights, September 15 & 16, 1946. Sports arena, Rancho Alegre, N. Casas Grandes Chihuahua]

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  • Nov. 14, 2022, 12:37 a.m.

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Fotos Soto. [The First Bull Fight in Casas Grandes], photograph, [1946-09-15..1946-09-16]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1319463/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Community College.

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