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| Picture No | 11802869 |
| Date | 1901 |
| Description | Posada, The Dance of the Forty-One, Mexico |
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The Dance of the Forty-One, Mexico -- a notorious society scandal uncovered by a police raid on a private residence on 17 November 1901, where a group of men were dancing, many of them in women's clothing. It resulted in the number 41 being avoided in everyday life.
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| Source | Engraving by Jose Guadalupe Posada in Posada, Printmaker to the Mexican People, Art Institute of Chicago, 1944 (Plate XXIV) |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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