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Guide to the Mexican Carte-de-Visite portrait collection: photographs of Mexican political and military leaders
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Collection Title: Mexican Carte-de-Visite portrait collection: photographs of Mexican political and military leaders
Dates: 1860-1870
Identification: MISC000018
Physical Description: 1.00 folder
Language of Materials:
Spanish;Castilian
Repository:
Sutro Library, California State Library
1630 Holloway Avenue
5th floor
San Francisco, CA, 94132-4030
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/about/sutro_main.html
Email: sutro@library.ca.gov
Phone: 415-469-6100
Abstract: A collection of 53 black and white, carte-de-visite cards (photographic prints) of prominent Mexican military and political
figures from the mid 19th century measuring approximately 100 mm x 64 mm each.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Albumen prints -- Mexico -- 19th century
Cartes-de-visite -- Mexico -- 19th century
Studio portraits -- Mexico -- 19th century
Querétaro (Mexico) -- History -- Siege, 1867
Albumen prints--Mexico--19th century
Carte de visite photographs--Mexico--19th century
Diplomats--Mexico--Portraits
Executions and executioners -- Mexico -- Querétaro
Generals--Mexico--Portraits
Mexico--History--1821-1861--Portraits
Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867--Portraits
Photographs--Original
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please email sutro@library.ca.gov .
The collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov
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[Identification of item] Mexican carte-de-visite portrait collection: photographs of Mexican political and military leaders,
MISC000018, Sutro Library, California State Library, San Francisco, Calif.
The collection is arranged in a single series and consists of one folder. Within the folder there are 18 mylar sleeves housing
3 cards each; with the exception of the last sheet which only contains 2 cards. The bulk of the collection is arranged alphabetically
by subject's last name while the remaining cards are of unidentified subjects.
The collection consists primarily of portraits of Mexican political and military leaders between the years of 1860 and 1870.
Most cards were printed in Mexico by Fotographia Aubert y Cia, while some cards were printed by other printers in Mexico as
well as Paris, Stockholm, and some unknown. Included are some collage style images of individuals grouped together, unidentified
women and children, as well as personnel surrounding the execution of President Maximilian.