Mexico: Nineteenth Century Views Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: PICT-986-014
Scope and Content
This souvenir album from Mexico contains photographs of the best-known and most distinctive sights that a collector or traveler in the late nineteenth century might consider representative of that country. The photographs are well-composed and captioned in Spanish and English. Views include governmental and religious buildings, monuments, avenues, and parks in Mexico City, street vendors and their wares, cityscapes and village views, peasants and their labors (including extraction of pulque), agriculture, bullfights, an Independence Day celebration, village and town views, agriculture, and landscapes with the volcano, Popocatepetl.
Many of the photographs are by A. Briquet, a French photographer who worked in Mexico, and are part of his "Vistas Mexicanas" series. Some photographs are by the Original Hole in the Wall Studio in Mexico City. Prints are in a black leather album.
Many of the photographs are by A. Briquet, a French photographer who worked in Mexico, and are part of his "Vistas Mexicanas" series. Some photographs are by the Original Hole in the Wall Studio in Mexico City. Prints are in a black leather album.
Dates
- 1880-1899
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Extent
27 items (1 box ) : 1 photograph album, 27 photographic prints ; 18 x 30 cm
Abstract
This souvenir album from Mexico contains photographs of the best-known and most distinctive sights that a collector or traveler in the late nineteenth century might consider representative of that country. The photographs are well-composed and captioned in Spanish and English.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
- Albumen prints
- Architecture -- Mexico -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- Briquet, Abel
- Bullfights -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- City and town life -- Mexico -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- Cityscape photographs
- Indian children -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Landscape photographs
- Landscape photography -- Mexico -- 19th century
- Mexico City (Mexico)
- Photograph albums
- Popocatépetl (Mexico)
- Pulque industry -- Pictorial works
- Street photography -- Mexico -- 19th century
- Street vendors -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Mexico: Nineteenth Century Views Photograph Album, 1880-1899
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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