Postcard Mexico: Palacio de Bellas Artes Exterior, Mexico City, WB 1920's For Sale

Description: Exterior view of the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Teatro Nacional de Mexico) in Mexico City, D.F., showing its distinctive faience-tiled domes — a large golden central dome topped with a sculptural figure and a smaller orange dome — above a neoclassical white Carrara marble facade. The foreground features period automobiles parked along the street and lush trees, with additional city buildings visible to the right. Construction of the palace took approximately 24 years, from 1910 to 1934, at a cost of over 20,000,000 pesos (6,000,000 USD).

Publisher: Fotocolor, Aptdo. 1832, Mexico D.F. — Tostado Grabadores, A. Casas e Hijos Imp. Copyright 1937.