Before hotels and mass tourism arrived on Spain’s magical Balearic Islands in the 1950s, Mallorca's unique culture had changed very little over the centuries. This 1930s photo shows women dressed in traditional costume with striped shawls and ‘rebozillo’ headscarves, a common sight until tourism began to develop on the island under Spain’s fascist regime as a much-needed source of revenue.

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