Guided Primary Source Analysis: Los sueños de las posadas

Los sueños de las posadas o un magnífico aguinaldo
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher. “Los sueños de las posadas o un magnífico aguinaldo.” Mexico City, 1903.

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Los sueños de las posadas - reverse

What can you discover about the content of this broadside just by looking at the illustrations? Explain your discoveries using specific details from the images to support your responses. front side larger image | back side larger image

Now review the bibliographic record, paying particularly close attention to the summary. In what ways were your discoveries similar to what the text reported? What more did you learn?

Conduct some more research on las posadas and share your findings.

What other observations, reflections or questions does this source inspire? Let us know!