J. Murray Jordan West Indies Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2023-003
Scope and Contents
A group of eighteen photographs showing town views, genre scenes and landscapes. Views include Nassau, Cuba, Martinique, Barbados, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. Fifteen of the photographs are by J. Murray Jordan, with his captioning and numbering, including ten images with his dated copyright. Several ofthe images are dated 1897-1903.
The toned silver gelatin photographic prints measure 6x8 inches and are tipped onto album leaves. This bound collection is extracted from a larger album.
The toned silver gelatin photographic prints measure 6x8 inches and are tipped onto album leaves. This bound collection is extracted from a larger album.
Dates
- c. 1900
Creator
- Jordan, J. Murray (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Biography
J. Murray Jordan (1861-1909) was an American photographer, trained as a medical doctor. During extensive travels 1885-1909, he photographed many locations in and around the Caribbean, as well as throughout the United States. He established a publishing House, World Post Card Company in 1903, producing postcards and booklets. (The Caribbean Photo Archive, via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/caribbeanphotoarchive/albums/72157611221358769/)
Extent
18 items (1 album) : 18 photographs ; album 12.75x10 inches; prints 6x8 inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs from locations in the Cuba and West Indies, circa 1900, many by J. Murray Jordan.
Creator
- Jordan, J. Murray (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the J. Murray Jordan West Indies Photograph Album
- Subtitle
- Photographed by J. Murray Jordan and others
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Cindy Abel Morris
- Date
- © 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu