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There are many images of temples and other ruins in this series on the Yucatán Peninsula. A handful of negatives bear location captions, which appear as Ixil Cenote, Xtoloc, Santa Ana Cenote, Cerro Isla, Tizamin, Motul, Mukuyche Cenote, Calcetok, Dzadz Cenote, and others; the modern spellings may differ significantly from these labels.

Although this original folder was labeled "Yucatán (Caves)," there are many images of the caves, or cenotes, in the other folders of Yucatán negatives.

Yue Fenglian (b. 1932) is a resident of Sanqu Village, Shaanxi Province. In this interview, Yue talks about the starving life in 1961 and 1962. Due to the lack of grain, the villagers bought bran and chaff to eat, or dug wild vegetables and vegetable roots, or picked tree leaves, or ground corncobs into starch. Many villagers also went to other places to beg for food.