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Cabinet card views of Mexico

Title
Cabinet card views of Mexico [graphic] / W. H. Jackson.
Author
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Publication
Denver, Col. : W. H. Jackson & Co., 1883?-1891?

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Description
33 photographic prints : albumen, b&w; 11 x 18 cm. or smaller on mounts 12.5 x 20.3 cm or smaller.
Summary
Views of rural, village and town life in Mexico, including woman making tortillas; men and women with goods for sale, including pottery; a sugar mill; man and woman on porch of thatched house, woman with jug on head; children in market, San Luis Potosí; street scene, Cuautle; men and women at tables of veranda of a hotel in Puebla; ground around fountain of San Domingo; Guadalajara street and the penitentiary there; palace at Aguascaliente; men and women by railroad near Rascan; groups in the village of Abra; Mt. Popocatapetl; soldiers and others at Hacienda Peoticlos; group of women doing laundry, other hanging out wash; hats and other goods in portals of a market; flat boat in Canal de la Vica; old bridge at Hercules; soldiers in front of Cortés Palace, Coyoacán; bales of [cotton], Teoloyucan; views in Mexico City: grove of Chapultepec; Cinco de Mayo celebration; man with jugs in Alameda.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Albumen prints.
  • Cabinet card photographs.
  • Photographic prints.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Albumen photographic prints mounted on cabinet cards. Negative numbers and titles in negatives. Photographer's name printed on mounts, variously: "W. H. Jackson & Co.," and "W. H. Jacskon Photograph & Publishing Co., Denver Col."
  • Some views with manuscript inscriptions on verso.
  • Collection stamps on verso.
  • Views are numbered: 5231, 5238(?), 5267, 5275, 5276, 5617, 5622, 5628, 6201, 6203, 6215, 6226, 6227, 6229, 6238, 6239, 6243, 6244, 6250, 6278, 6282, 6283, 6405, 6421, 6432, 6445, 645(?), 6461, 6474.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Provenance (note)
  • Picture Collection transfer, Picture Collection #10690.
Call Number
MFZ (Jackson) 93-6256
OCLC
NYPG93-F180
Author
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer.
Title
Cabinet card views of Mexico [graphic] / W. H. Jackson.
Imprint
Denver, Col. : W. H. Jackson & Co., 1883?-1891?
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Provenance
Picture Collection transfer, Picture Collection #10690.
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Research Call Number
MFZ (Jackson) 93-6256
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