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[Uribe y Girón photographs of Guatemala City].
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Title:

[Uribe y Girón photographs of Guatemala City]

Creator/Contributor:

Uribe y Girón, creator, photographer.

Creator/Contributor:

Uribe, Alberto, photographer.

Creator/Contributor:

Girón, Manuel Maria, photographer.

Abstract:

Professional views of Guatemala City, taken from various vantage points. Among the points of interest depicted are Castillo de San José (or Fuerte de San José), the Central Penitentiary and El Calvario (Church of Our Lady of the Remedies), all of which were later demolished and/or rebuilt.

Date:

1891 (issued)

Contents:

1. Terrenos oriente del castillo -- 2. Terrenos del "mercadito" -- 3. Terreno nor-este del castillo y vista general de la ciudad -- 4. Terrenos sud-este lindantes con el castillo -- 5. Castillo de San José -- 6. Castillo de San José y las dos lagunitas -- 7. Terrenos entre la penitenciaría y al calvario y castillo y linea del ferrocarril que pasa al medio -- 8. Terrenos sud-oeste del castillo -- 9. Penitenciaría y jardín -- 10. Terrenos nor-este tomados del calvario -- 11. Terrenos entre la penitenciaría y el calvario -- 12. Vista general tomada del "cielito" -- 13. Terrenos entre la penitenciaría y la parte sud este del castillo -- 14. Terrenos sud del castillo tomados del mismo -- 15. Terrenos sud-este del castillo y lineas del ferrocarril que pasan por la penitenciaría -- 16. Terrenos frente al calvario y el castillo

Subject:

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Guatemala (Guatemala) -- Photographs

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Dated photographer's stamp on back of each mount: Uribe y Girón, Guatemala, Dic. 21 1891.
Hand-written descriptive captions on backs of mounts.
Uribe y Girón photographs of Guatemala City, BANC PIC 2019.079, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic

Physical Description:

photoprint
16 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints on card mounts ; prints 18 x 24cm, mounts 26 x 31 cm

Language:

Spanish

Origin:

California