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Mexican travel album /
BANC PIC 2001.147--fALBLOCAL
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Title:

Mexican travel album

Creator/Contributor:

Corkran, C. C., creator

Abstract:

Scrapbook containing photographs, postcards, clippings and ephemera which document the travels of Corkran in Mexico. Pages are illustrated in white with sketches reflecting the themes of the photographic images. Initially, pages are arranged and labelled thematically: money, gateways, agua caliente (women), natives, beauty (women), homes, phases of life, travel, farming, sports (bullfighting and cockfighting), and mummies (Guanajuato). Other pages are arranged by geographic location: Monterey, Irapuato, Querétaro, Mexico City, Teotihuacan, Ixtaccihuatl, Xochimilco, Cuernavaca, Puebla, Atlixco, Pachuca, Manzanillo, Guadalajara, Mazatlan, La Cruz, Culiacán, San Blas, Los Mochis, Topolobampo, Guaymas, and Tiburon, among others. Includes several group portraits of workers in a mine, agricultural views, landscapes, town views, antiquities, and other sites. One multi-part panorama of Los Mochis was laid-in the album. Some snapshots of Corkran and companions are present.

Date:

approximately 1927-1929 (issued)

Subject:

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Cities and towns -- Mexico -- Photographs
Agriculture -- Mexico -- Photographs
Miners -- Mexico -- Photographs
Villes -- Mexique -- Photographies
Agriculture -- Mexique -- Photographies
Mineurs -- Mexique -- Photographies
Agriculture
Cities and towns
Miners
Sightseers -- Mexico
Mexico -- Pictorial works
Mexico

Note:

compiled by C.C. Corkran of San Francisco, Calif.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Various photographers, chiefly unidentified.
Bound-in pages of ephemera (menues, guest passes, postage stamps, notes, business cards, lottery tickets, etc.) removed and foldered separately.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Postcards.
Photograph albums.
Panoramic photographs-Mexico.
Scrapbooks.
Menus.
Ephemera.

Physical Description:

drawing
photoprint
picture
1 album (approximately 230 photographic prints, approximately 200 postcards, drawings, clippings and ephemera) : black and white and color ; album 29 x 38 cm

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2001.147--fALBLOCAL

Origin:

Mexico