Scope and Contents / Alcance y Contenido This series includes 59 albumen photographs from Mexico during the late 19th century. The subjects of these photographs include portraits, churches, plazas, views of towns and villages, landscapes, and Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl volcanoes. Most of these photographs were taken by Abel Briquet except for two boudoir cards that are attributed to James Woodsey. Some of these photographs may belong to Briquet’s albums “Vistas Mexicanas”, “Tipos Mexicanos”, and “Antiguedades Mexicanas”. ...

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Collection contains views of Mexico from the series "Vistas Mexicanas" by Abel Briquet, a French photographer who worked in Mexico at the turn of the century.

Scope and Contents / Alcance y Contenido This series consists of 44 card-mounted photographs of Mexico, 1 photograph of Cuba, and 1 photograph of Jamaica. The photographs of Mexico were taken by Charles B. Waite during the early 20th century and include subjects such as churches, street views, presidents of Mexico, archeological ruins, and portraits. Esta serie consiste de 44 fotografías de México montadas en cartón, 1 fotografía de Cuba, y 1 fotografía de Jamaica. Las fotografías de México fueron tomadas por Charles...

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This collection consists of mounted photographic prints taken in Mexico between approximately 1895 and 1909.

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The collection consists of photographs, postcards, photomechanical prints, and a scrapbook, ranging in date from 1910 to circa 1970s. The bulk of the collection is related to France V. Scholes, his family, and his time in Mexico.

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The collection contains photographs and field sheets that document the anthropological and archaeological studies carried out in Mexico by pre-Columbianist Frederick Peterson as well as some lecture images and personal photographs of pre-Columbian sites and Indigenous communities.

Scope and Content / Alcance y Contenido This series consists of 25 photographs from different places of Mexico and of various subjects such as churches, views of cities and towns, portraits of Porfirio Díaz, plazas, and military parades. These photographs were taken in Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Cuernavaca, Puebla, Mexico City, Oaxaca and other unidentified places during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Some of the authors of these photographs are Pablo Villanueva, Jacob Granat, Charles B. Waite and Winfield...

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Album contains photographs made in Mexico by A. Briquet and in the Southwestern U.S. by William Henry Jackson. Subjects include: city and village views; railroads in landscapes; dwellings; civic, religious, and commercial buildings; historical sites; occupations (some cartes de visite of street vendors); markets; Precolumbian art; trees and plants.