Market place in Mexico, circa 1940

About this postcard

A vendor in a white shirt and apron stands behind market tables heaped with produce — tomatoes, onions, greens and roots — while dozens of colorful sombreros hang in a dense cluster overhead and pottery and baskets fill the background. The card's own caption names the scene simply as a "Market Place in Mexico," a typical open-air mercado of the kind photographed for mid-century tourist cards. Such markets have long been central to Mexican town life, selling both foodstuffs and straw hats and earthenware made by local artisans.