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Men holding a seven foot python in Mexico, 1922

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004825
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Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Photograph album with 247 photographs depicting Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City; Tennessee River and other scenes in Alabama; buildings, railroad tracks, and flooding in Texas; Rio Grande in Texas; villages with huts in Mexico; Sierra Madre in Mexico; banana grove in Mexico; people in the cities of Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico; bullfight; coconut grove; El Aguila Camp near Tuxpan on the Tuxpan River; barges; vegetation and landscape views in Mexico; corn fields; Los Naranjos Camp; Walter Jones in Mexico; Las Lomas Camp; oil fires, fields, and rigs in Mexico; tankers on the Pánuco River; basalt, shale, and limestone in Mexico; and one Valentine heart.

Dates

  • Creation: 1922

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.

Extent

From the Series: 247 Gelatin Developing-out Paper Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General note

Caption: Gang with my 7 foot python (Masacuate), which we caught near El Mamey de la Mar, V. C., Mexico. This is a young specimen, the adults often attaining a length of 25 feet. Pythons swallow chickens, rabbits, deer, young sheep, calves, etc. Have 6 long fangs (no poison ones) in the upper jaw, which slides back and forth along the lower jaw. In swallowing, the animal is first crushed, then pulled inside by these fangs, the lower jaw saw-teeth holding each advance. Is a highly specialized animal. L-R. Burt Wathen, Sam (chink cook), Manuel, Native, Red Trotti, E. G. Cole, G. O. Clark.

Geographic

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

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