
Piñatas
Author: Agustín Víctor Casasola
Location: Historic centre of Mexico City
Date: Early 20th century
Collection: INAH (Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History)

Sale of traditional piñatas made with ollas piñateras
Author: Hugo Brehme
Location: Mexico city
Date: Early 20th century
Collection: Public domain

Piñatas for sale in La Alameda
Author: Unknown
Location: Mexico city
Date: Early 20th century
Collection: Unknown

Mexican girl about to break a piñata
Author: Unknown
Location: Mexico
Date: 1900-1910
Collection: Imago History Collection / Alamy

Mexican girls
Author: Unknown
Location: México
Date: 1910s
Collection: SMU Central University Libraries

Making traditional piñatas with clay pots, paste and tissue paper
Author:: Agustín Víctor Casasola
Location:: Mexico
Date: 1928
Collection: Casasola Collection. Secretary for Culture INAH

Making traditional piñatas with clay pots, paste and tissue paper
Author: Agustín Víctor Casasola
Location: Mexico
Date: 1928
Collection: Casasola Collection. Secretary for Culture INAH

José Mojica with swan piñata
Author: Dick Whittington Studio
Location: Southern California, USA
Date: 1932
Collection: University of Southern California

Breaking the piñata, Las Posadas
Author:: Alma Overholt
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Date: 1940
Collection: California Digital Library

Beating Hitler
Author:: Bettmann
Location: Mexico city
Date: 1941
Collection: Bettmann via Getty Images

Blindfolded child tries to hit clay pot with stick
Author: unknown
Location: Gombong, Dutch East Indies, Indonesia
Date: 1947
Collection: Alamy photo

Sant Roc Festival in Plaza Nueva
Author: Carlos Pérez de Rozas
Location: Barcelona. Spain
Date: 1955
Collection: Barcelona's Photographic Archive

Sant Roc Festival in Plaza Nueva
Author: Carlos Pérez de Rozas
Location: Barcelona. Spain
Date: 1955
Collection: Barcelona's Photographic Archive

Pentolaccia´s play, Castelo
Author: Unknown
Location: Cittá de Castelo, Umbría, Italy
Date: 1959
Collection: Private Collection, Tifernate Photographic Centre

Pentolaccia´s play
Author: Unknown
Location: Civita di Cascia. Umbria, Italy
Date: 1960s
Collection: Association of Valnerina Municipalities

Piñata dance
Author: Unknown
Location: Íscar, Valladolid, Spain
Date: 1960s
Collection: Unknown

Sábado de piñata
Author: Unknown
Location: Torrellano Alto. Elche. Spain
Date: 1963
Collection: José Manuel García

Piñata dance in Villena
Author: Fina Vicente Navarro
Location: Villena, Alicante, Spain
Date: 1965
Collection: Villena cuéntame

Children with elaborate pinata
Author: Unknown
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Date: 1965-1968
Collection: El Pueblo Monument Photo Collection

Children reach for piñata
Author: Valley Migrant League
Location: Oregon, Estados Unidos
Date: 1965-1968
Collection: Oregon Historical Society. Library

High Chaparral. The Promise Land. Episodio 6
Author: Frank Carroll
Location: Arizona. Estados Unidos
Date: 1968
Collection: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images

Pedro González Martín with his piñata
Author: Unknown
Location: Teno Alto, Tenerife, España
Date: Años 70
Collection: Bienmesabe magacine

Isaiah Zagar and Warren Muller get the giant fish piñata fiesta
Author: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Location: Philadelphia, USA
Date: 1978
Collection: George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection

Piñatas on the streets
Author: Duane Howell
Location: Denver, USA
Date: 1980
Collection: The Denver Post via Getty Images

Enrique Tierno Galván breaking a piñata
Author: Unknown
Location: Madrid, España
Date: 1981
Collection: Agencia Efe

Girl breaking a piñata
Author: Desconocido
Location: Texas, USA
Date: 1985
Collection: Texas Cultures Online , Mexic-Arte Museum to The Portal to Texas History, UNT Libraries

Piñatas apiladas
Author: Mariana Yampolsky
Location: San Juanico, Mexico
Date: 1988
Collection: PDNB Gallery

Chimpanzees celebrating Mexican Independence Day with piñatas
Author: Dan Callister / Equipe
Location: Los Ángeles, USA
Date: 2000
Collection: Hulton Archive. Getty Images

Chimpanzees celebrating Mexican Independence Day with piñatas
Author: Dan Callister / Equipe
Location: Los Ángeles, USA
Date: 2000
Collection: Hulton Archive. Getty Images