The Snapshots in Time Collection

Matador Executing a Low Pass on the Bull, Mexico City Bullring, 1949

Matador Executing a Low Pass on the Bull, Mexico City Bullring, 1949

This photograph shows a matador executing a low, controlled pass with the bull during a 1949 corrida in Mexico City, while fellow bullfighters wait along the barrera. The dense advertising along the ring's perimeter and the capacity crowd reflect the commercial and cultural prominence of bullfighting in postwar Mexico. The image is preserved in a personal photo album documenting General Jonathan M. Wainwright's travels. Project: 218339