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Hispanic culture in the Southwest (photographs)
BANC PIC 2010.007
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English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Photographs of Hispanic culture in the Southwest
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2010.007
Physical Description:
99 photographs
: albumen and gelatin silver or collodion prints, chiefly on card mounts
; 21 x 26 cm or smaller.
Date (inclusive): approximately 1870-1910
Abstract: Photographs documenting various aspects of Hispanic culture in the Southwest, as well as northern Mexico, during the late
19th and early 20th centuries.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
Organization of the Collection
This collection was organized by the seller into topical series:
- Church Exteriors
- Church Interiors
- Adobe Homes and Domestic Scenes
- Plazas and Street Scenes
- Hornos (adobe bake ovens)
- Occupations and Crafts
- Addenda: Santa Fe
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[Identification of item], Photographs of Hispanic culture in the Southwest, BANC PIC 2010.007[:item number], The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Photographs of Hispanic culture in the Southwest were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Almagre Books in 2009.
Photographs, chielfy by professional photographers of the region, documenting various aspects of Hispanic culture in the Southwest,
as well as northern Mexico, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Subjects inlcude churches, adobe houses, streets,
plazas, adobe ovens, and donkeys used as pack animals. Regions depicted include Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque and other New
Mexico locations; Arizona; Ciudad Juárez (Mexico); and unidentified areas of southern Colorado. Also depicted are individuals
and groups from these regions, many identified in captions as "Mexicans".
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2009.
Items numbered 1-98, with two versions of number 44 present (a photographic print and a color postcard).
Item titles derived from listing created by seller. Transcribed text is given in quotation marks, and other text is presumably
supplied by the seller.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Southwest, New -- Photographs
Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Photographs
Arizona -- Photographs
Colorado--Pictorial works.
Albumen prints
Card photographs