Mexican mourners
Anonymous, Mexican
real photo postcard

A real photo postcard showing Mexican mourners standing behind an open coffin containing a dead man dressed as Cristo El Rey [Christ the King], his costume including a cloak and a paper crown.

Photographer unidentified.

The postcard measures 3.4" by 5.4" (8.7 cm by 13.7 cm), including a white border not shown in the scan. The reverse of the postcard shows a 1927-1940 AZO back; it is printed in Spanish, with a credit to Kodak Mexicana Ltd. along one edge.