Happy Cinco de Mayo! For more vivid photos of Mexico, check out: (📷 John Dominis / LIFE Picture Collection)
John Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockJohn Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockIn 1968, in advance of the Olympic Games which would take place that summer in Mexico City and draw many international travelers, LIFE dispatched photographerto craft a portrait of Mexico. The photographs celebrated the country’s diverse ethnic makeup, its fiestas and its food, as well as its modernizing urban centers.
John Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockJohn Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockJohn Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockJohn Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockMarket children, San Miguel de Allende.John Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockHammock seller, Oaxaca.John Dominis The LIFE Picture Collection/ShutterstockHatful of onions, Vera Cruz.
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