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Juan Lockett von Wittelsbach

Born Lima, 3 May 1953

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A life in time

  1. 3 May 1953

    Born in Lima

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During his lifetime

He has lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Lima.

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The 1950s · Juan is born in Lima

In the news1950–1959

Pan-American Highway Paved in 1950s

The Pan-American Highway was completely paved by the 1950s, replacing coastal shipping and causing the decline of several traditional port cities.

Getting around

Ten-hour train journey with oxygen onboard

During the mid-20th century, passengers traveling the 346 km route between Lima and Huancayo by train spent ten and a half hours on the journey. The train was equipped with nurses carrying oxygen bottles to assist passengers suffering from altitude sickness.

Around the world1955

The polio vaccine

Jonas Salk’s vaccine was declared safe; polio, which paralysed thousands of children a year, began to retreat.

Daily life

Rural school hygiene and agriculture training

Clustered peasant schools, or núcleos escolares, taught indigenous children modern agricultural techniques and hygiene habits like using soap and getting regular haircuts.

What people wore

Layering polleras for festivals

Women would wear multiple colorful, handwoven wool skirts called polleras, sometimes wearing up to 15 layers for special festivals.

Music

Huayno music played at home celebrations

In the Callejón de Huaylas, the huayno was the most popular music and dance, often played at home during birthdays, weddings, and baptisms using harps and violins.

At the table

Street-sold tamales for twenty centavos

In Lima, people could buy tamales from street vendors for twenty centavos each during the mid-20th century. Vendors often carried these popular corn-based snacks in buckets to sell to customers in the streets.