Title:
Ray Hammond and Grace Misener Peru photograph albums, 1932-1940
Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of California
Abstract:
Two albums with more than 200 black and white snapshots, many with captions in English, most in and around Casapalca (known
for its silver and zinc mines) where Ray apparently worked for a mining concern. Includes many images of family, friends,
and colleagues mostly engaged in social activities, Casapalca population, street scenes, and views, llamas, San Juan mine
camp, other areas including Tarma, San Ramon, Rio Blanco, San Mateo, Huanaco, and Ayachucho; also biplanes (1932 - Condor
Peruana de Aviacion SA), trips to Machu Picchu, Cuzco (town and Quichua Indians), Lake Titicaca, Braden Copper Mine (Sewell,
Chile), Mina Sol de Oro (Nazca, Peru), Lomas (beach and shoreline), 1938 Lima earthquake, and trip home on Japanese boat "Heiyo
Maru" in Nov. 1940.
Date:
1932 (issued)
Note:
The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Ray Hammond and Grace Misener Peru photograph albums, Bernath Mss 362. Department of Special
Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Copyright Note:
The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.