Recuerdo de Montevideo / por Bate y Ca., Calle 33, ns. 170 y 172, [1860-1867?]

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Summary

Creators:
Bate y Ca.
Abstract:
Album containing ten photos of streets, market place, and special buildings of Montevideo, Uruguay, issued by Bate y Ca. during the 1870s.
Extent:
1 album (10 photographs) : albumen prints ; 11 x 14 cm.
Language:
Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in Spanish.

Background

Scope and content:

Album containing ten photos of streets, market place, and special buildings of Montevideo, Uruguay, issued by Bate y Ca. during the 1870s. Photographs are mounted on cardboard supports, hinged with green cloth binding, and arranged accordion-style. Verso of last photo contains a copy of a newspaper clipping describing the operations of the firm Bate y Ca., initially founded in Montevideo in 1860 by pioneering photographer George Thomas Bate (1835-1882). The firm was purchased by Juan Van der Weyde in 1867, and operated thereafter as "Bate y Cia. W".

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Physical facet:

Spec. Coll. copy: green cloth binding, blind-embossed, with gold-stamped cover title "Recuerdo de Montevideo"; lower cover gold-stamped "Bate y Ca. Fotografos y Retratistas." In modern beige cloth clamshell box, with velcro closure; box label "Recuerdo de Montevideo 94/247."

Title from illustrated label, printed in brown and white, affixed to inside front cover.

Possible range of dates based on publisher's history.

Each image identified with captions.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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