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[Carte-de-visite portrait photographs from San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato, Mexico].
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Title:
[Carte-de-visite portrait photographs from San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato, Mexico]Abstract:
Carte-de-visite portrait photographs of individuals and families residing in San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato and perhaps other
locations in Mexico. Nine photographs are inscribed to Celina Carre de Ricard; five by members of the Aguerre family (Luis,
Luisa, a mother and daughter each named Carlota, and G. Aguerre); others by Nicanor M., Virginia Macias, A. Facon (or A. Faron?).
All other subjects are unidentified.
Date:
1865 (issued)Subject:
n-mx---Mexicans -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Identified photographers include Ybarra y Contreras (Guanajuato), J. González and P. González. Most are unidentified.
Backs of some mounts include hand-written inscriptions, most in Spanish, one in French.
Carte-de-visite portrait photographs from San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato, Mexico, BANC PIC 2023.063, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase from Daniel / Oliver ; 2023.
Type:
graphicPortraits-Mexico.
Cartes-de-visite.
Physical Description:
photoprint
32 photographs in 1 folder : albumen prints on card mounts ; sheets chiefly 11 x 7 cm (carte-de-visite format).
Language:
English