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Souvenirs de la campagne du Mexique de 1861 a 1867.
BANC PIC 2001.095--ffALB; BANC PIC 2001.095--ffALB
Collection Overview

Title:

Souvenirs de la campagne du Mexique de 1861 a 1867

Creator/Contributor:

Louet, Ernest, 1831-1888, creator

Abstract:

Views of cities and villages on the route of the occupying forces of Emperor Maximilian. Pictured are streets, plazas, aqueducts, monuments, churches, and other buildings. Occasionally wagons appear in the images. More infrequently, human figures are present. Locations include Vera Cruz, Orizaba, Puebla, Mexico City, Queretaro, Aguas Calientes, Leon, Zacatecas, Sombrerete, Guadalajara, Durango, Maravatio, Allende (Chihuahua), Parral, Tepic, San Francisco, San Miguelito, Dolores Hidalgo, and Rio Florido.

Date:

1861-1867 (issued)

Subject:

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Cities and towns -- Mexico -- Photographs
Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867 -- Photographs

Note:

Cover title.
Photographer's initials and numbers in negative on most prints: E.L.
Tentative attribution to Ernest Louet, the chief paymaster of Maximilian's forces in Mexico. Louet, however, is not known to have been a photographer.
Captioned in manuscript on album pages.
RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.

Type:

graphic
Albumen prints.
Photograph albums.

Physical Description:

photoprint
1 album (51 photographic prints) : albumen ; prints 17 x 22 cm

Language:

French

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2001.095--ffALB
BANC PIC 2001.095--ffALB

Origin:

Mexico

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.