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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: March 9, 2017
Caption: An anti-Communist marker from 1955, declaring the Virgin of Guadalupe as the "Queen of Work"
Additional Description: This marker is to the right of the entryway to the Capilla Real o de Naturales, just north of the convent. It reads:

Virgen Santísima de Guadalupe.
Recive la corona que Cholula te ofrece como
Reina del Trabajo
Defiéndela del peligro comunista y
conservale el tesoro de la fé católica.
Siendo Parroco de San Pedro Cholula.
El Ilustrísimo Sr. Abad de la Colegiata de Ocotlán,
Bachiller Don Salvador Mastachi Parra.
y Mayordomo: José Ma. Juarez Soto.
La Coronaron:
Felipe Ramírex. (obrero) Julian Tlapa. (carpintero)
La Comision de la Coronación:
Miguel Campos Espinosa. Pánfilo Toxqui Romero.
Miguel Tecualt Gómez y Francisco Espinosa Asomoza.
Dedican el presente a los venideros.
Cholula, 12 de Diciembre de 1955
Submitted: June 8, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p385033
File Size: 1.910 Megabytes

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