Hugo Brehme Mexico Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-996-018
Scope and Content
The photographs in this collection include views taken in the following identified locations: Amecameca, Atzcapotzalco, Cuernavaca, Mexico City, Los Mochis, Paricutin (Michocan), Sinaloa, Salina Cruz, Uruapan, Michoacan, El Valle (Sinaloa), Xochimilco.
Subjects include: agriculture, agricultural laborers and peasants, washerwomen, pottery making and pottery, street scenes, markets (flower market in Mexico City), carts and wagons, the pelota game being played in Sinaloa, traffic in Mexico City, Indians and mestizos working and at their homes, and women working. Notable are two large images (in oversize box) of Parícutin volcano erupting in Michoacán in 1943, and photos of women: in an outdoor painting class, doing drawn work embroidery, and selling flowers.
Subjects include: agriculture, agricultural laborers and peasants, washerwomen, pottery making and pottery, street scenes, markets (flower market in Mexico City), carts and wagons, the pelota game being played in Sinaloa, traffic in Mexico City, Indians and mestizos working and at their homes, and women working. Notable are two large images (in oversize box) of Parícutin volcano erupting in Michoacán in 1943, and photos of women: in an outdoor painting class, doing drawn work embroidery, and selling flowers.
Dates
- 1903-1943
Creator
- Brehme, Hugo (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Photographs by German photographer Hugo Brehme Wick (1882-1954, known as Hugo Brehme) who immigrated to Mexico around 1903 and worked there for the remainder of his life. Best known as a photographer of Mexican landscapes, especially of the volcanoes outside the Valley of Mexico, Brehme also photographed people and places throughout the country, much as other photographers did to sell primarily to the tourist market. He also made a few notable photographs during the Revolution, including the famous photograph of Emiliano Zapata distributed by the Casasola Agency. Some photographs in this collection are stamped on back "negative by Sumner W. Matteson."
Extent
uncounted items (2 boxes) : uncounted photographic prints
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
Photographs by German photographer Hugo Brehme Wick (1882-1954, known as Hugo Brehme). The photographs in this collection include views taken in the following identified locations: Amecameca, Atzcapotzalco, Cuernavaca, Mexico City, Los Mochis, Paricutin (Michoacán), Sinaloa, Salina Cruz, Uruapan, Michoacán, El Valle (Sinaloa), Xochimilco.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by geographic location.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number. Oversize box shelved in Big Box location by Pictorial Number.
Creator
- Brehme, Hugo (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Hugo Brehme Mexico Photograph Collection, 1903-1943
- 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