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Crosby, Harry W. [Photographs from the Harry W. Crosby papers].
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[Photographs from the Harry W. Crosby papers]Creator/Contributor:
Crosby, Harry W., 1926-, creator, photographer.Abstract:
Archive of Harry W. Crosby's photographs pertaining to his travels throughout Mexico, containing portraits, views and everyday
scenes taken in various locations, including Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Baja California, Colima, Nayarit, Michoacán, Chihuahua,
Zacatecas, Durango, Guanajuato, Pinacate, Trincheras, Batuc, Los Alamos and elsewhere. Broad range of subject matter includes
individuals and families, social events, landscapes, urban views, architecture, animals, traditional artisans and handicraft,
among other topics. Photograph album (vol. 1) contains a representative selection of highlights of Crosby's photography in
Mexico. Contact prints (PIC box 1), representing only a small percentage of the negatives present in collection, contain images
of various locations, and also include files for "San Diego" and "Portraits". Slides (LAN box 1) contain images taken in the
regions of Lake Patzcuaro, Uruapan, Jalisco, Guanajuato (including Hacienda Belloli), Zacatecas, Mexico City, Sinaloa, Acamos
and Sonora.
Date:
1960 (issued)Subject:
n-mx---Mexicans -- Portraits
Architecture -- Mexico -- Photographs
Handicraft -- Mexico -- Photographs
Mexicains -- Portraits
Architecture -- Mexique -- Photographies
Artisanat -- Mexique -- Photographies
Handicraft
Architecture
Mexicans
Mexico -- Photographs
Mexico
Crosby, Harry W -- 1926- -- Archives
Crosby, Harry W -- 1926-
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographed and collected by Harry W. Crosby.
Format extent summary: approximately 5,250 negatives, 300 slides and 450 prints.
NEGATIVES (NEG(strip) boxes) and SLIDES (LAN box): RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be
submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.
Transferred from the Harry W. Crosby papers (BANC MSS 2018/279).
Gift ; Of Harry W. Crosby ; 2018.
Harry W. Crosby: born 1926 in Seattle, Washington; family moved to La Jolla, California in 1935; graduated La Jolla High School
in 1944; studied pre-med and psychology at Occidental College; worked as a science teacher until 1967, when he became a professional
photographer upon being hired to illustrate book Call to California, on Portolá's 1769 expedition; later became a published
scholar of cave paintings of Baja California and of the early history of Alta California.
Photographs from the Harry W. Crosby papers, BANC PIC 2019.014, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicArchives.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Portraits-Mexico.
Photograph albums.
Slides.
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
slide
approximately 6,000 photographs in 6 boxes and 1 album : chiefly black and white film negatives, with gelatin silver prints
and color film slides ; various sizes
Language:
Spanish
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NEGATIVES (NEG(strip) boxes) and SLIDES (LAN box): RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be
submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.