Popocatépetl (Mexico) -- Pictorial works

Abstract 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 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...