Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album, circa 1860s

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Title:
Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album
Dates:
circa 1860s
Abstract:
Photograph album of cartes-de-visite from Mexico, most likely during the period of the French intervention in Mexico, when the French invaded and installed Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, as Emperor of Mexico. The photographs include images of Maximilian and members of his family; various Mexican nobility, both male and female; Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie and their children; Mexican heads of state and military figures. The majority of the photographs are identified, although some are not, and some are hand-colored.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
1 linear foot. 1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album, Collection no. 0700, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

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Scope and content:

Photograph album of cartes-de-visite from Mexico, most likely during the period of the French intervention in Mexico, when the French invaded and installed Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, as Emperor of Mexico. The photographs include images of Maximilian and members of his family; various Mexican nobility, both male and female; Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie and their children; Mexican heads of state and military figures. The majority of the photographs are identified, although some are not, and some are hand-colored.

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Collection Guide Author:
Sue Luftschein
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-01-23 13:29:18 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album, Collection no. 0700, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
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specol@usc.edu
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