Mexico mining album, circa 1890-1895
File — Small-Collections-Box: 10, Folder: PICT 996-009
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection consists of card-mounted photographs of mining subjects in Mexico from circa 1890-1895, on printing-out paper. Includes views of mine sites of San Augustin, La Luz and Portrero in mountain valleys, miner beside tin ingots at Pittsburg and Mexican Tin Mining Co., and a campsite there, stage coach and mine in Durango, interior of a furniture making shop in Zacatecas, mining sites in Sonora (La Barranca, La Dura, Minas Prietas and Trinidad). Also includes Teatro Juarez, a Neo-Classical building in Guanajuato, and cityscape showing decorative ironwork portals.
Dates
- circa 1890-1895
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: uncounted items (1 folder) : 1 album, uncounted photographs
Language of Materials
From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451