Arthur Rothstein: Death in Matamoros


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Bullfight, Matamoros, Mexico

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A picador

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A picador

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Capework

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Capework

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Placing the sword for the kill

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Death of the bull

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the end

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Photos by Arthur Rothstein, February 1942 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)