Antarctica -- October-November 2010

Buenos Aires. Argentina. She was interred here around1974, over 20 years after her death. Her body had an interesting journey post-life (in part, due to Argentine politics, coups, etc.). Duarte is her father's surname (and apparently hers for a time -- she was one of five children born to her father's mistress; he had another family by his legal wife). It wasn't clear how many years she actually used her father's surname prior to her marriage.

(18 Nov 2010)

This is the mausoleum where Eva Perone was finally interred, more than 20 years after her death (her embalmed body had quite an adventure, which I don’t have time or space to describe here). Duarate is her father’s name, which she did not use as a child. She was one of several children in a “second” (unacknowledged) family her father had by a servant. I imagine once her husband became president, she could use any name she wanted.

The date on this photo (and several others) seems to be at a bit of an angle. I’ve had some problems holding this camera parallel with the ground. This was corrected with a photo editing program, but that leaves the date at a bit of an angle.