(Documentary Artifact): Three b/w photographic prints of a man and three children in a newly dugout boat on the side of a dirt road at Lake Patzcuaro. Blankets, a basket, and metal can are nearby. A second dugout boat lies behind the first. According to notes on the verso of the prints, the boats were hewed from a single log to be used by Tarascan fisherman on Lake Patzcuaro.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-854/ 88:17050-854/ JANITZIO ISLAND/ LAKE PATZCURO/ MICHOACAN/ PUREPECHA INDIANS/ DEC. 1945/ New dug out boats at Lake/ Patzcuaro – Dec 12 1945/ Mexico/ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
Image 2: OP 14961-854/ 88:17050-854/ JANITZIO ISLAND/ LAKE PATZCURO/ MICHOACAN/ PUREPECHA INDIANS/ DEC. 1945/ TWO NEW DUGOUT BOATS HEWED FROM/ A SINGLE LOG TO BE USED BY TARASCAN/ FISHERMEN ON LAKE PATZCUARO/[Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
Image 3: [Same as Image 2]
