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MS 019
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Title: Hugo Brehme photographs of Mexico
Date (inclusive): circa early 20th century
Collection Number: MS 019
Creator:
Brehme, Hugo
Extent:
0.46 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains photographs of various people and landscapes of Mexico taken by Hugo Brehme, a German-born photographer
that moved to Mexico in 1905.
Languages: The collection includes some captions in Spanish.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Hugo Brehme photographs of Mexico, (MS 019). Special Collections & University
Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
Processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Hugo Brehme photographs of Mexico was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California,
Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project
was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Hugo Brehme was a German photographer, considered to be one of the founders of Mexican pictorialist photography. After traveling
to Mexico in 1905, he began photographing the Mexican Revolution, and after the Revolution turned to capturing the Mexican
landscape and its people. He created tourist postcards for a living using his photographs, and published several photograph
collections that became internationally known in the 1920s and 1930s.
The collection consist of photographic postcards, photographs, and negatives of various people and landscapes of early 19th
century Mexico taken by Hugo Brehme, a German-born photographer that moved to Mexico in 1905. Photographs in the collection
include depictions of buildings, monuments, wildlife, ancient ruins, pueblos, and cities, along with photographs of Mexican
people in their daily life.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Landscapes
Mexico
Mexico -- History -- 20th century
Photographic postcards
Photographs