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Spotlight Exhibit — Building A Colonial Mexican Tavern: Archive of the Pulquería El Tepozán

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 – Friday, December 1, 2017

Monday — Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm Saturday – Sunday: Closed

Rare Books and Special Collections, Hesburgh Library

Exhibit Overview

The spotlight exhibit highlights a manuscript archive for the pulquería El Tepozán, which includes real estate, licensing, and planning documents, and was recently acquired by Special Collections. On display is large-format plan depicting the proposed location and orientation of a Mexican tavern (pulquería). The plan is for one of four such establishments built by nobleman don Pedro Romero de Terreros, the Count of Regla, in Mexico City, beginning in the final years of the 1770s.

This exhibit is curated by: Erika Hosselkus, Curator, Latin American Collections

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