Finding Aid for Portraits of Peruvians, circa 1855-circa 1939 96.R.85
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2007
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Portraits of Peruvians
Creator: Ugarte, Luis S.
Creator: Correa
Creator: Castillo, Rafael, active 1867-1898
Creator: Courret Hermanos
Creator: Barraza, Alberto
Creator: La Torre
Identifier/Call Number: 96.R.85
Physical Description: 396 items(glass negatives, film negatives, photographic prints)
Date (inclusive): circa 1855-circa 1939
Abstract: A collection of negatives for formal studio portraits, mainly of middle- and upper-class Limeños, taken in Peru.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in Spanish.
Biographical/Historical note
The collection of glass negatives by various makers was compiled by an unidentified collector.
Arrangement
Arranged in two series: Series I. Glass negatives; Series II. Prints from negatives not in the collection.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers. Boxes 1, 2, and 5 are restricted. Box 4 contains use copies.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises formal studio portraits, mainly of middle and upper class Limeños. Formats include wet collodion,
gelatin silver, and black & white glass negatives; duplicate gelatin silver film negatives; and gelatin silver prints. The
photography studios for 55 of the 116 glass plate negatives have been identified as follows: Barraza (1); Rafael Castillo
(27); Correa (3); Courret Hermanos (2); La Torre (1); Ugarte (21). Included are individual and family portraits; portraits
of babies, children, and young boys in military uniform; young women; young men; married couples; children in carnival costumes;
and soldiers and officers. The portraits depict people of various races and ethnicities including Black Peruvians and Chinese
immigrants.
The studios for 61 images taken between the 1860s and the 1920s havew not been identified. In addition to the types of sitter
mentioned above this group also includes several occupational portraits of rabanas (female camp followers), nuns, mercachifles
(street vendors), musicians, and mendicants. There are also views of Lima and environs (the Plaza de Armas; the fashionable
neighborhood of Rimac; the port of Callao). Street scenes and public gatherings include a procession of the Señor de los Milagros,
and a military procession.
The collection also contains 46 modern photographic prints made from glass plate negatives not found in the collection, and
two photographic prints made from plates in the collection. The sitters in these images are unidentified; the types of sitters
represented are similar to those mentioned above.
Processing History
Processed by Beth Ann Guynn and Lynn Tapia in 1996. Cataloged by Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding
from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Preferred Citation
Portraits of Peruvians, circa 1855-circa 1939, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 96.R.85.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa96r85
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1996.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Studio portraits -- Peru -- 19th century
Gelatin silver prints -- Peru -- 20th century
Studio portraits -- Peru -- 20th century
Occupations -- Peru
Indigenous peoples -- Peru -- Portraits
Peru -- Social life and customs
Peru -- Portraiture
Gelatin dry plate negatives -- Peru -- 20th century
Wet collodion negatives -- Peru -- 19th century
Streets -- Peru -- Lima
Processions, Religious -- Peru -- Lima
Glass negatives, Series I.
1858-1940
Physical Description: 1.6 Linear Feet(4 boxes)
Scope and Contents
The series comprises 116 glass plate negatives: the photographers have been identified for 55 of the negatives, while the
photographers for the remaining 61 negatives have not been identified. Titles are from the original Spanish inventory that
accompanied the collection; some titles may include language now considered to be racist or biased.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by photographer.
By photographer
Physical Description: 45 items
box 1
Barranza, Alberto: Reunión familiar. Fiesta de cumpleaños, 96.R.85-1
1930s
Scope and Contents
Family party, birthday celebration.
Castillo, Rafael, 96.R.85-2 - 96.R.85-28
1860-1889
Physical Description: 27 items
box 1
Tapada limeña de sayo y manto, 96.R.85-2
1860
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 2114.
box 1
Señoras Garroza, 96.R.85-3
1870
Scope and Contents
Women of the Garroza famlily, standing.
box 1
Una dama de pie y caballero sentado, 96.R.85-4
1876
Scope and Contents
Standing woman and seated gentleman.
box 1
Un niño de pie, 96.R.85-5
1877
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 30117.
box 1
Un niño chico, sentado en una silla colonial, 96.R.85-6
1877
Scope and Contents
Baby boy seated on a colonial chair.
box 1
Sra. de Baquijano, con sombrero capota y sombrilla, 96.R.85-7
1877
Scope and Contents
Mrs. de Baquijano with a bonnet and an umbrella.
box 1
Una niñita con sombrero, 96.R.85-8
1877
Scope and Contents
Little girl wearing a hat.
box 1
Niña de pie, mano en la mejilla, 96.R.85-9
1877
Scope and Contents
Girl standing, with her hand on her cheek. Negative number: 30117.
box 1
Señora O. Pelegrini, 96.R.85-10
1878
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 23093
box 1
Un ciudadano, 96.R.85-11
1878
Scope and Contents
Townsman standing, full-figure. Negative number: 16110.
box 1
Ciudadano negro de apellido Elias, 96.R.85-12
1878
Scope and Contents
Black townsman with the surname of Elias. Negative number: 18995.
box 1
Niño sobre un simulado barco velero, 96.R.85-13
1878
Scope and Contents
Boy on a studio prop sailboat. Negative number: 34917.
box 1
Teniente Coronel Oficial Juan P. Ayllón, 96.R.85-14
1879
Scope and Contents
The Chilean War. Battle of Arica. Negative number: 31166.
box 1
Sra. Petronila Vega de Antay, 96.R.85-15
1879
Scope and Contents
Wearing a mantle, leaning on balustrade.
box 1
El Mercachifle, 96.R.85-16
1880
Scope and Contents
The Peddler. Man and boy, both standing, full-figure. Negative number: 24217.
box 1
Oliver, 96.R.85-17
1880
Scope and Contents
Bust portrait of a boy. Negative number: 7.
box 1
Grimaneza Gonzales, 96.R.85-18
1880
box 1
Una negrita (busto), 96.R.85-19
1880
Scope and Contents
Bust of a Black woman. Negative number: 35003.
box 1
Cuidadano chino con sombrero, 96.R.85-20
1880
Scope and Contents
Chinese Peruvian wearing a hat. Negative number: 30129.
box 1
Sr. Juan Sardi, 96.R.85-21
1881
box 1
Un hombre con un perro raro, 96.R.85-22
1882
Scope and Contents
Man with a large dog.
box 1
Sra. M. Reid o M. Reit, 96.R.85-23
1883
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 38005.
box 1
Victor Montero, 96.R.85-24
1883
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 37141.
box 1
Un ciudadano Masón con banda y mandil, 96.R.85-25
1880
Scope and Contents
Portrait of a Mason wearing Masonic sash and apron. Negative number: 33522.
box 1
Matrimonio de cuidadanos chino con una chola perunana, e hijo, 96.R.85-26
1880
box 1
Ciudadano chino con su hija zambita, 96.R.85-27
1880
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 80840.
box 1
Pareja de ciudadanos chinos, 96.R.85-28
1889
Correa, 96.R.85-29 - 96.R.85-31
1900-1929
Physical Description: 3 items
box 1
Una dama limeña, 96.R.85-29
1920-1929
box 1
Un limeño con tarro, 96.R.85-30
1900
box 1
Cuatro limeñas con sombreros, acompanadas de un caballero, 96.R.85-31
1900
Courret Hermanos, 96.R.85-32 - 96.R.85-33
1887
Physical Description: 2 items
box 1
Soldado Pacifico Castro, 96.R.85-32
1880
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 77229.
box 1
Salomon Marquez, 96.R.85-33
1887
Scope and Contents
With his family. Negative number: 80336.
box 1
La Torre, Señora con su hijo en caballito de juguete y su empleada con trenzas, 96.R.85-34
1920-1929
box 1
Ugarte, 96.R.85-35 - 96.R.85-55
1880-1939
Physical Description: 21 items
box 1
J. Bernales, 96.R.85-35
undated
box 1
Alison, 96.R.85-36
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1148.
box 1
Dos niños uniformados de militares, 96.R.85-37
undated
box 1
Juan Guillén, 96.R.85-38
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 904.
box 1
Un niño montado en su caballo de juguete, 96.R.85-39
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1426.
box 1
Una dama acompañada de su perro y su gato, 96.R.85-40
undated
box 1
Alcorta, Sr y Sra., 96.R.85-41
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1451.
box 1
Alcorta, Sr y Sra., 96.R.85-42
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1452.
box 1
Un hermosa dama morena, 96.R.85-43
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 12705.
box 1
Un niñito parado en una silla, 96.R.85-44
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 2223.
box 1
Paquita Benavides, 96.R.85-45
undated
Scope and Contents
With an unidentified woman. Negative number: 148.
box 1
Militar, un oficial con su hermano, con tongo, 96.R.85-46
1880
box 1
Un elagantón, 96.R.85-47
1900
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1474.
box 1
Un niño disfrazado de actor de teatro, 96.R.85-48
1920-1929
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 2132.
box 1
Un niño disfrazado de Pierrot, Carnaval, 96.R.85-49
1930
box 1
Hermanas Silva Patrón, 96.R.85-50
undated
Scope and Contents
Four sisters.
box 1
Otto Reheder, 96.R.85-51
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1605A.
box 1
Caballero con tongo, lo acompaña un niño, 96.R.85-52
undated
box 1
Carnaval, niño desfrazado con su caballito de juguete, 96.R.85-53
undated
box 1
Niña con sombrero y con su aro de jugete, 96.R.85-54
undated
box 1
Niña pequeña con sombrero, sentado en un velocipedo, 96.R.85-55
undated
Photographer unknown 96.R.85-56 - 96.R.85-116
Physical Description: 61 items
box 1
Dama con sombrero, 96.R.85-56
1890
box 1
Personaje artista (?) con sombrilla y jaula, 96.R.85-57
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 2115.
box 1
Sra. Peschiera, 96.R.85-58
undated
box 1
Miraflores. Concentración de publico, 96.R.85-59
1920
box 1
Procesion del Señor de los Milagros, Calle Cueva, Iglesia de la Encarnación, 96.R.85-60
undated
box 1
Georgina Valderrama, 96.R.85-61
undated
Scope and Contents
Portrait taken on her patio.
box 1
Hermosa dama con sombrero, 96.R.85-62
undated
box 2
Senorita L. Rodriguez Dulanto, 96.R.85-63
undated
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1197.
box 2
Senoritas L. Rodriguez Dulanto, 96.R.85-64
undated
Scope and Contents
The L. Rodriguez Dulanto girls dressed as Japanese women and reclining on cushions.
box 2
Plaza de Armas y Palacio Gobierno de Lima, epoca de la remodelación, 96.R.85-65
undated
box 2
El Negro Tizanero, 96.R.85-66
1860
box 2
Una dama limeña, bonita y elegante, 96.R.85-67
1872
box 2
Zamba con mantilla, 96.R.85-68
1872
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 24195.
box 2
Una monja, sentada. Sobre la mesa, un crucifijo, 96.R.85-69
1878
box 2
Eleuterio Sandoval, 96.R.85-70
1879
Scope and Contents
With another sergeant and a camp follower taken at the time of the Pacific War.
box 2
Señora Beatriz de Echenique y hija, 96.R.85-71
1880
box 2
Emilio Munoz. (Chalán), 96.R.85-72
1880
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 73814.
box 2
Sargento Carlos A. Cavero, 96.R.85-73
1880
Scope and Contents
At time of the Pacific War. Negative number: 401.
box 2
Puente de Piedra, 96.R.85-74
1885
Scope and Contents
View on the bridge.
box 2
La chola frutera, 96.R.85-75
1889
box 2
El Mercachifle, 96.R.85-76
1890-1899
box 2
Rimac, Plaza de Acho (hermosa corrida), 96.R.85-77
1900
box 2
Niña con sombrero de capota, 96.R.85-78
1900
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 1386.
box 2
Grupo de limeñas en una calle central, 96.R.85-79
1900
box 2
Barranco, ocal de baños, 96.R.85-80
1906
Scope and Contents
Public baths.
box 2
Desfile militar por las calles de Lima, 96.R.85-81
1907
box 2
Esquina del Portal de Botoneros y la Plaza de Armas de Lima, 96.R.85-82
1908
box 2
Calle Comesebo, 96.R.85-83
1908
Scope and Contents
Now called Tacna Avenue.
box 2
Un grupo de tres mujeres en el interior de una casa pobre, 96.R.85-84
1920-1929
box 2
Pareja de mendigos en las cercanías del Molino de Santa Clara, 96.R.85-85
1920-1929
box 2
Callao, muelle desembarque, 96.R.85-86
1920-1929
box 2
Conjunto de musica vernacular (arpas), 96.R.85-87
1920-1929
box 2
Una dama con vestido largo y sombrero, 96.R.85-88
1930-1939
box 2
Señora con ocho niños disfrazados, Carnaval, 96.R.85-89
undated
box 2
Señora y niños disfrazados tomando el te, 96.R.85-90
undated
box 2
Niño Alberto, 96.R.85-91
1924
box 2
Margarita Lopez Aliaga, 96.R.85-92
undated
box 2
Niña López Aliaga, con sombrero, 96.R.85-93
undated
box 2
Sr. Hernández y familia, 96.R.85-94
undated
box 2
Carmela Gómez Carrillo, 96.R.85-95
undated
box 2
Carmela Gómez Carrillo, 96.R.85-96
undated
Scope and Contents
Wearing mantilla.
box 2
Matrimoni (Bernales), 96.R.85-97
undated
box 2
Niños Bernales, 96.R.85-98
undated
box 2
Niño Bernales, 96.R.85-99
undated
box 2
Señora Freundt, 96.R.85-100
undated
box 2
Hacendado: Sr. de Obregoso, 96.R.85-101
undated
box 2
Hacendado: Sr. de Obregoso, 96.R.85-102
undated
Scope and Contents
Full-length portrait.
box 2
Niña pequeña, 96.R.85-103
undated
Scope and Contents
Wearing coat.
box 2
Niña pequeño, 96.R.85-104
undated
Scope and Contents
In sailor suit.
box 2
Niño Schettini, 96.R.85-105
undated
box 2
El Niño Schettini, con aro de juguete, 96.R.85-106
undated
box 2
Señora Teresa K de Cavallie, 96.R.85-107
undated
Scope and Contents
Three-quarter-length portrait.
box 2
Señora Teresa K de Cavallie, 96.R.85-108
undated
Scope and Contents
Bust portrait.
box 2
Señora Teresa K de Cavallie, 96.R.85-109
undated
Scope and Contents
Bust portrait; wearing feathered hat.
box 2
Señora Teresa K de Cavallie, 96.R.85-110
undated
Scope and Contents
Standing; wearing walking outfit.
box 2
Señora Teresa K de Cavallie, 96.R.85-111
undated
Scope and Contents
Standing; wearing walking outfit and with parasol tucked under arm.
box 2
Señora Teresa K de Cavallie, 96.R.85-112
undated
Scope and Contents
Standing in front of a screen.
box 2
Diez personas, 96.R.85-113
undated
Scope and Contents
Group of theater players.
box 2
Dama sentada, 96.R.85-114
undated
box 2
Dos niños y una niña simulando navegar en un bote, 96.R.85-115
undated
box 2
Un niña y dos niños, 96.R.85-116
undated
box 4
Photographic prints made from glass negatives in boxes 1 and 2
Physical Description: 116 items
box 5
4 x 5 copy negatives made from glass negatives in boxes 1 and 2
Physical Description: 116 items
Prints from negatives not in the collection, Series II.
circa 1860-circa 1900
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet(1 box)
Arrangement
No discernable order; arranged by cataloger.
Scope and Contents
Modern prints from 19th century glass plates.
Titles devised by cataloger.
box 3
[Couple Wearing Dance Costumes], 96.R.85-117
undated
box 3
[Woman with Limb Deficiency] 96.R.85-118
undated
box 3
[Man Seated with Woman with Limb Deficiencies in His Lap], 96.R.85-119
undated
box 3
[Couple Standing by a Pedestal, Displaying a Photograph Album], 96.R.85-120
undated
box 3
[Couple; Woman Standing, Man Seated], 96.R.85-121
undated
box 3
[Seated Woman with Young Child Leaning against Her], 96.R.85-122
undated
box 3
[Family Portrait], 96.R.85-123
undated
Scope and Contents
Older man and two children flanked by a couple; a maid wearing braids crouches to one side.
box 3
[Woman in Profile, Leaning against a Full-length Mirror], 96.R.85-124
undated
box 3
[Three-quarter-length Portrait of a Woman], 96.R.85-125
undated
box 3
[Ballerina], 96.R.85-126
undated
box 3
[Young Black Man in Military Uniform], 96.R.85-127
undated
box 3
[Black Boy Standing by a Rock], 96.R.85-128
undated
box 3
[Seated Black Woman Wearing a Shawl over Her Head and Shoulders], 96.R.85-129
undated
box 3
[Black Woman Standing by Table], 96.R.85-130
undated
box 3
[Black Woman Standing with Elbow Resting on Back of Chair], 96.R.85-131
undated
box 3
[Small Black Boy Standing with Arm Resting on Back of Chair], 96.R.85-132
undated
box 3
[Young Black Man Seated on a Chair], 96.R.85-133
undated
box 3
[Boy Dressed as Sailor, Standing next to a Rock], 96.R.85-134
undated
box 3
[Small Boy in Embroidered Suit Standing on a Chair], 96.R.85-135
undated
box 3
[Woman Wearing Shawl Holding a Baby Girl on a Chair], 96.R.85-136
undated
box 3
[Tapada Holding a Young Girl on her Lap], 96.R.85-137
undated
box 3
[Woman Standing with her Arm Resting on a Man's Shoulder], 96.R.85-138
undated
box 3
Castillo, Matrimonio de cuidadanos chino con una chola perunana, e hijo, 96.R.85-139
1880
Scope and Contents
This photo is from negative 96.R.85-26 (Box 1).
box 3
[Full-length Portrait of a Chinese Man in Western Dress], 96.R.85-140
undated
box 3
[Young Chinese Man in Chinese Dress, Seated and Holding a Fan], 96.R.85-141
undated
box 3
[Chinese Family in Western Dress], 96.R.85-142
undated
box 3
[Young Chinese Man in Chinese Dress Seated with His Legs Apart], 96.R.85-143
undated
box 3
[Young Chinese Man in Western Suit, Seated], 96.R.85-144
undated
box 3
[Young Man in a Suit with a Scarf Knotted over his Shoulders], 96.R.85-145
undated
box 3
[Amazonian Man in Feathered Skirt and Hat], 96.R.85-146
undated
box 3
[Seated Gentleman Flanked by Two Standing Men in Military Uniform], 96.R.85-147
undated
box 3
[Four Gentlemen Grouped around a Square Pillar], 96.R.85-148
undated
box 3
[Man in Military Frock Coat Leaning against an Urn], 96.R.85-149
undated
box 3
[Man in Military Uniform Leaning against a Square Pillar], 96.R.85-150
undated
box 3
[Standing Man in Military Uniform and Holding a Saber], 96.R.85-151
undated
box 3
[Bearded Military Man Seated on a Rock and Holding a Saber], 96.R.85-152
undated
box 3
Man standing in military uniform, hand hooked into waistband, 96.R.85-153
undated
box 3
[Two Men: One Leaning against and One Seated on a Rock], 96.R.85-154
undated
box 3
[Man Standing in Military Uniform Holding a Cap in One Hand and a Saber in the Other], 96.R.85-155
undated
box 3
[Man in Military Uniform and Wearing a Cap with a Cockade], 96.R.85-156
undated
box 3
[Man Standing by a Table and Holding a Bottle and a Glass], 96.R.85-157
undated
box 3
[Full-length Portrait of a Heavily Bearded Man], 96.R.85-158
undated
box 3
Castillo, Un ciudadano Masón con banda y mandil, 96.R.85-159
1880
Scope and Contents
Negative number: 33522. This photo is from negative 96.R.85-25 (Box 1).
box 3
[Three Children in a Studio-prop Boat], 96.R.85-160
undated
box 3
[Mother, Baby, and Child in a Studio-prop Boat], 96.R.85-161
undated
box 3
[Two Girls in a Studio-prop Boat], 96.R.85-162
undated
box 3
[Man with Mutton Chop Whiskers Reclining in a Studio-prop Boat], 96.R.85-163
undated
box 3
[Couple Standing with Their Arms Linked], 96.R.85-164
undated