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Gove y North Photographs of Mexico
MSS.PHOTO.0196
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Gove y North photographs of Mexico
source:
Harper, Ida Husted, Mrs.
source:
Plumb, Edward Lee
Creator:
Gove y North
Creator:
North, F.E.
Creator:
Gove, Otis M. (Otis Meader), 1851-1931
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0196
Identifier/Call Number: 27195
Physical Description:
.5 Linear Feet
(63 prints)
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-1884
Language of Material: Most images contain printed captions in Spanish. English captions written in ink on reverse.
63 cabinet cards produced by the firm of Gove y North. Otis M. Gove and F. E. North operated a photography studio in Mexico
City from about 1870 to 1884, although about half of these prints contain an imprint crediting North alone.
Each mounted albumen print measures 5"x 8.5" with gold edges and the studio's imprint (along with "Fotografia Americana")
stamped on the reverse. There is some variation in printed caption handwriting and a few are uncaptioned. All have handwritten
descriptions/translations on reverse - these have been transcribed in brackets. Most cards are warped due to the print seizing
up.
About fourteen images depict completed railroad construction projects such as bridges, trestles, and stations. This collection
was received in 1915 in the papers of Edward Lee Plumb but were cataloged separately. Plumb was a diplomat, railroad promoter,
and vice president of the Mexican International Railroad Company.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Edward Lee Plumb Papers, 1856-1912 (M0149):
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf0779n4bf/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads -- Mexico -- History
Mexico -- History -- Photographs
Harper, Ida Husted, Mrs.
Plumb, Edward Lee