A woman in a pale skirt and red sash stands against a paneled wall, a small child slung on her back in a blue shawl. She carries a woven basket on one arm and a green jar in her hand. The printed caption reads "India con su nino," and the sender describes the scene as "the typical way of carrying the Mexican indian children." The image is a portrait of an Indigenous Mexican mother, the kind of view sold to travelers and correspondents in the early 1900s.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Charlotte this is the typical way of carrying the
Mexican indian children. Mrs. Lou. Briggs. Merry Xmas.
Undivided-back era card with a white border; handwritten message in ink/pencil across the lower margin over the picture ("Charlotte this is the typical way of carrying the Mexican indian children. Mrs. Lou. Briggs. Merry Xmas."); light edge wear and a few surface spots.
Receiving mark: AMESBURY DEC 25 5-PM 19 07 (a receiving mark, not a Veracruz postmark). Mexican government postal card ("REPUBLICA MEXICANA — REPUBLIQUE MEXICAINE / TARJETA POSTAL / CARTE POSTALE"), undivided back with "Lado reservado á la dirección (Côte reserve à l'adresse)"; "UNION POSTAL UNIVERSAL / UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE"; 2-centavos CORREOS MEXICO adhesive stamp; series 533; printed captions "Mexico" and "India con su nino"; publisher J. C. S.; addressed to Miss Charlotte Hassett, Highlands, Amesbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; light edge wear and a few creases.
Cite this card
Mexican Indian mother carrying child on back, Mexico, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mexican-indian-mother-carrying-child-on-back-mexico-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
