Mother with son carrying goods to the market of Chichicastenango, Guatemala, 1961

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© Estate of Paul Almásy / Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
Mother with son carrying goods to the market of Chichicastenango, Guatemala, 1961
© Estate of Paul Almásy / Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
Artist/Maker (French-Swiss, born Hungary, 1906 – 2003)
Date1961
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 13/16 × 9 3/16 in. (30 × 23.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.24
Not on view
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Markings Verso, bottom middle, (stamp): "ALMASY"
Inscribed Verso, top left, (pencil): "PAL-1140"
Verso, top left, sideways (red pen): "2-29"

Verso top right (pencil): "2025.30.24"

Verso, middle, sideways, (pencil): "A1"

Verso, bottom, left (pencil): "LVIVX - ALMASY - 29."

Verso, bottom, red (blue pen): "GUATEMALA" (small piece of tape residue)

Verso, middle bottom, (pencil): "3"
Guatemala - Rural health: The villager meets 20th Century: San Jorge (Guatemala) with its 800 inhabitants is a village like 10,000 others in Latin America (65% of the population is rural in Central America, 58% in South America). From the health point of view, rural populations present a complex problem and in most countries rural health services are only now taking root, San Jorge.
Guatemala - Rural health: The villager meets 20th Century: San Jorge (Guatemala) with its 800 inhabitants is a village like 10,000 others in Latin America (65% of the population is rural in Central America, 58% in South America). From the health point of view, rural populations present a complex problem and in most countries rural health services are only now taking root, San Jorge.
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960-1969
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.168
Camels on their way to market, Middle East
Camels on their way to market, Middle East
Paul Almásy
Date: mid 20th century
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.14
© Estate of Paul Almásy / Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
Maria Luisa Learns and Teaches: Despite the tremendous development of tourism over the past ten years, despite the experiences and impressions of millions of people who visit foreign countries and sometimes foreign continents every year as tourists, students, for business, scholars or journalists are our knowledge of everyday life of people living in distant countries is still poor. Could the traveler who sees the mountains of wonderful vegetables on the market of a large South American city imagine vegetable growers who do not know how to prepare carrots, peas or spinach; six-headed families who own a large house but only a drinking glass, because no one has ever drawn their attention to the harmful effects of health when six people drink from the same glass at meal time; women who don't know how to cook rice, etc... There are countle...
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.29
Camel market, Djibouti, Africa, 1939
Camel market, Djibouti, Africa, 1939
Paul Almásy
Date: 1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.60
© Estate of Paul Almásy / Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
Father and son, Texas, USA
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.32
Mother bathing her infant, Latin America, 1950s
Mother bathing her infant, Latin America, 1950s
Paul Almásy
Date: 1950
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.54
Mothers bathing their babies at a baby care course at the Red Cross, Leopoldville, the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1957
Mothers bathing their babies at a baby care course at the Red Cross, Leopoldville, the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1957
Paul Almásy
Date: 1957
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.73
A mother and student in conference with her university professor, Ivory Coast or Nigeria, c. 1960
A mother and student in conference with her university professor, Ivory Coast or Nigeria, c. 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.77
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years, this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors have worked closely together, first to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health; then to prevent the town from being invaded by diseases of the bush and forest. Immigrants' health are checked systematically on the roads in order to discover possible sources of dangerous disease.
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years, this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors have worked closely together, first to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health; then to prevent the town from being invaded by diseases of the bush and forest. Immigrants' health are checked systematically on the roads in order to discover possible sources of dangerous disease.
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960-1969
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.169
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors worked closely together, first of all to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health, then to prevent the town from being invaded by the diseases of bush and forest. Immigrants' health is checked systematically on the road into Brasilia, while specialists study the flora and fauna of the environment in order to discover possible sources of dangerous diseases. The cathedral under construction. Ca. 1960s
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors worked closely together, first of all to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health, then to prevent the town from being invaded by the diseases of bush and forest. Immigrants' health is checked systematically on the road into Brasilia, while specialists study the flora and fauna of the environment in order to discover possible sources of dangerous diseases. The cathedral under construction. Ca. 1960s
Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.170
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years, this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors have worked closely together, first to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health; then to prevent the town from being invaded by diseases of the bush and forest. Immigrants' health are checked systematically on the roads in order to discover possible sources of dangerous disease.
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years, this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors have worked closely together, first to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health; then to prevent the town from being invaded by diseases of the bush and forest. Immigrants' health are checked systematically on the roads in order to discover possible sources of dangerous disease.
Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.172
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors worked closely together, first of all to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health, then to prevent the town from being invaded by the diseases of bush and forest. Immigrants' health is checked systematically on the road into Brasilia, while specialists study the flora and fauna of the environment in order to discover possible sources of dangerous diseases. Building sights in the center of town.
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors worked closely together, first of all to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health, then to prevent the town from being invaded by the diseases of bush and forest. Immigrants' health is checked systematically on the road into Brasilia, while specialists study the flora and fauna of the environment in order to discover possible sources of dangerous diseases. Building sights in the center of town.
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960-1969
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.174