C. B. Waite Mexico Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: PICT-996-003
Scope and Content
Views of Mexico made by C.B. Waite, who worked in Mexico at the turn of the 20th century. These printing-out paper photographs are captioned and depict a variety of views that might be sold to travelers and tourists. They include markets, monuments, churches and altars, government buildings (the Capitol in Chihuahua), religious processions, popular celebrations and folk art ("judases" in Mexico City), Chapultepec Castle, harbor at Veracruz, the aqueduct at Chihuahua, boats at Xochimilco, formations of "Rurales" militia, the Borda Gardens in Cuernavaca, Reproductions of paintings of Maximillian and Carlotta, their imperial coach, volcanoes, and a curious photo of the American Piano Co. in Mexico with movers carrying a piano (stamped C.B. Waite on verso). Prints are 5 x 8 in.
Dates
- 1900-1910
Creator
Language of Materials
Spanish
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
69 items (1 box) : 1 album, 69 photographic prints
Abstract
Views of Mexico made by C.B. Waite. They include markets, monuments, churches and altars, government buildings, religious processions, popular celebrations and folk art ("judases" in Mexico City), Chapultepec Castle, harbor at Veracruz, the aqueduct at Chihuahua, boats at Xochimilco, formations of "Rurales" militia and the Borda Gardens in Cuernavaca.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
- Business enterprises -- Mexico
- Church buildings -- Mexico
- Cityscapes -- Mexico
- Cuernavaca (Mexico)
- Folk art -- Mexico
- Landscapes (Representations) -- Mexico
- Markets -- Mexico
- Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867
- Memorials -- Mexico
- Mexico -- Militia
- Monuments -- Mexico
- Photograph albums -- Mexico
- Processions, Religious -- Mexico
- Public buildings -- Mexico
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid of the C. B. Waite Mexico Photograph Album, 1900-1910
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2008
- 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