Shortridge High School--Students--Yearbooks; Shortridge High School--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
Holidays -- Mexico; Mexico -- Social life and customs; All Souls' Day; Sculpture; Skeletons
Skeleton sculptures like this one can be seen in Mexico and in parts of the United States during the Mexican celebration, Días de los Muertos (Days of the Dead). Celebrated from October 31 - November 2, the holiday is a special time when it is...
Holidays -- Mexico; Mexico -- Social life and customs; All Souls' Day; Sculpture; Skeletons
Who is this stylish lady? According to Mexican sculptor, Pablo Morales, she is Catrina--based on artist Jose Guadalupe Posada's character, la calavera Catrina. Catrina represented high society women and later parodied lower class women who dressed...
Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Students--Yearbooks; Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
Holidays -- Mexico; Mexico -- Social life and customs; All Souls' Day; Skeletons; Sculpture; Aztecs; Aztecs -- Religion; Aztecs -- Social life and customs
This skeleton, dressed in the clothing and accessories of an Aztec warrior, honors the roots of the Mexican celebration, El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This unique celebration grew from the blending of Aztec beliefs about death with...
Anubis (Egyptian deity); Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C.; Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.; Egypt -- Antiquities
Ancient Egyptians believed in an elaborate set of Gods, all interrelated in complex stories and events. These Gods often appeared in human form with characteristics of a specific animal or in half human/half animal form. They also had the power to...
Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Students--Yearbooks; Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
Fire fighters--Indiana--Indianapolis; Indianapolis (Ind.). Fire Dept.--Periodicals; Indianapolis (Ind.). Fire Dept.--History; Indianapolis (Ind.)--History
Issue of The Helmet, a magazine published by the Indiana Firemens Assn., Indianapolis Local.
Free Soil Party (U.S.); Democratic Party (U.S.); Whig Party (U.S.); Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862; Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886; Presidents--United States--Election--1848; Slavery--United States; United States--History--1815-1861; Antislavery...
Issue of The Free Soil Banner, a newspaper published by the Free Soil Party in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1848.
Wagoner, Jean Brown, 1896-1996; Women authors--Indiana--Indianapolis; Brown, Hilton U. (Hilton Ultimus), 1859-1958; Irvington (Indianapolis, Ind.)--History; Indianapolis (Ind.)--History
Thomas Carr Howe High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Students--Yearbooks; Thomas Carr Howe High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
Egypt--Civilization -- To 332 B.C.; Jewelry, Ancient -- Egypt; Amulets
Ancient Egyptians adorned themselves with beautiful jewelry. Often, it included protective amulets, worn during life and during one's journey into the afterlife. An ordinary Egyptian woman probably would have worn this faience, glazed earthenware,...
Papier-mâché; Mexico; Art -- Mexico; All Souls' Day; Folk Art -- Mexico; Skull; Mexico -- social life and customs
Artist Pedro Linares revolutionized the art of papíer mâche in Mexico with his mythical monster-like creatures, called alebrijes. Pedro's three sons, Enrique, Felipe and Miguel, and his grandson, Ricardo, have followed in his footsteps. Their...
Papier-mâché; Mexico; Art -- Mexico; All Souls' Day; Folk Art -- Mexico; Skeleton; Mexico -- social life and customs
Skeletons like the ones in this wedding scene are created by Mexican artists to make people laugh and to poke fun at death. During the Mexican celebration, El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), artists create skeletons from all walks of life to...
Holidays -- Mexico; Mexico -- Social life and customs; All Souls' Day; All Souls' Day -- Mexico; Saints; Mexico -- Religious life and customs; Christian art and symbolism
When the Conquistadors, 16th-century Spanish explorers who came to the New World, arrived in the Americas, they brought with them many of the traditions of Spain, especially those having to do with religion. It was customary in Colonial homes to...
Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Students--Yearbooks; Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Students--Yearbooks; Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Ind.--History; High schools--Indiana--Indianapolis; School yearbooks--Indiana--Indianapolis.
