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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.

Dates

  • 1903-1943

Creator

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

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