OP 15362-350

(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of Antonio Cuevas stripping the leaves from a mescal plant.

Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 15362-350 (subst)/ 86:15900-1314/ APR 9-13/ 1919/ ANTONIO CUEVAS STRIPPING/ LEAVES FROM MESCAL TRUNK/ IN REF BOOK
Image 2: [Same as Image 1]

According to additional information provided by the community on 8/2011: Antonio Cuevas was adopted by the Cuevas family. He was white and half Indian. San Diego de Alcala would have records. His family was killed by Mexicans. His little brother drowned in a rain barrel. His father was a travelling salesman from Texas. His mother was from Laguna Mountain.