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Mexico City / Pasteurizing Milk and Meat Packing Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “And indeed Mexico City is not unlike any other large place for when Sunday arrives Chapultepec Park is filled with excursionists.” Fountain, pedestrian traffic, canoes, fountain in lake. “Chapultepec Castle caps the summit of Grasshopper Hill.” Gate - castle from patio - people on long veranda - thatched hut by water - house - man poling boat. “Mexico’s most beautiful city was named after the old Moorish capital Wadal-il-harah.” City from high point. “No other city in Mexico can better exemplify the progress of this country than Guadalajara. From a sleepy village it has risen to a busy industrial city of over 135,000 population. It is also an important railroad center.” Railroad station - crowds. “On the main plaza one meets with a pleasant mannered and light-hearted people, but no wonder, for the state of Jalisco, of which Guadalajara is the capital, was settled by Spanish aristocracy in 1530.” Street scenes. “The principle streets are lined with handsome white stone buildings in which are located shops of every description, banks and commercial agencies. San Francisco is the main street.” Street from above, from in street, streetcar, pedestrian traffic - building. “Like castles in the air are Guadalajara’s beautiful homes - for the city situated at an altitude of 5,000 feet assures its population of an average climate of 70 degrees the year round.” Tree-lined streets, homes. “The National Theater.” [Mexico City] The building, automobile, pedestrian, horse-drawn vehicle traffic. “The National Pawn Shop and the Plaza de Constitucion, two of Mexico City’s landmarks.” “A short distance away from the Mexican metropolis looms the church of the sacred city of Mexico, Guadalupe.” Mexican children on dirt road, church in background - views of church. “At San Juan Teotihuacan are the pyramids resembling in many ways their Egyptian counterparts.” Views of pyramids - man sitting on huge gargoyle - museum interior, ancient Indian stone carvings. “Xochimilco Indians paddle along this canal in their clumsy crafts among the flower burdened islands which were once floating.” “The Alameda is a handsome subtropical park which is bathed daily in plenty of sunshine and beautiful music.” “The Benito Juarez monument was erected in 1910 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mexican independence.” “The Chamber of Deputies where President Obregon took his oath of office on December 1, 1920.” “The old Jockey Club is now a popular American restaurant.” Street, traffic. “Ministry de Comunicaciones, building of Public Works.” [1920] b. Workers clean and skin animal, wash hands - sterilizing machinery - thermometer, temperature at 238 degrees - workers at machinery - workers - plant interior - vats, workers, man checks temperature, drinks milk drawn from vat - sides of meat hanging from hooks. “Removing the chill, a highly favored operation.” Meat placed in pan and put into oven - industrial building complex. [1920]
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