Finding aid for the Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album 0700
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2023 January
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album
Identifier/Call Number: 0700
Physical Description:
1 linear foot.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 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.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
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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[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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diplomats -- Mexico -- 19th century -- Photographs
Generals -- Mexico -- 19th century -- Photographs
Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867 -- Photographs
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867 -- Photographs
Carlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1840-1927 -- Photographs
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, III, 1808-1873 -- Photographs