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

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