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Robert McF. Doble photograph collection [graphic].
BANC PIC 19xx.085--NNEG box 4; BANC PIC 19xx.085--NNEG box 5; BANC PIC 19xx.085--NNEG box 6; BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 7 (LAN);
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Title:
Robert McF. Doble photograph collectionCreator/Contributor:
Doble, Robert McF., 1863-, creatorAbstract:
Includes photographs of engineering projects to which Robert McF. Doble contributed: the Guanajuato Canal Project in Mexico,
the New New Century Dam and Gore Canyon project in Colorado, the San Miguel Canal Project (also in Colorado), and various
other hydro-electrical power plants. Views include the building of power plants and the specific equipment and machinery used
in them as well as Mexican laborers digging trenches, laying pipe, raising transmission lines, and transporting materials
to sites. The collection also includes prints from Doble's trips around Mexico, including city scenes most prominently of
Mazatlan and Guadalajara. Many of the city scenes depict busy city streets and open markets, monuments, bullfights, and broad
town views.
Date:
ca. 1902-1923 (issued)Subject:
n-mx--- -- n-us-coHydroelectric power plants -- Design and construction -- Colorado -- Photographs
Hydraulic engineering -- Photographs
Hydroelectric power plants -- Design and construction -- Mexico -- Photographs
Cities and towns -- Mexico -- Photographs
Blue collar workers -- Mexico -- Photographs
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering) -- Photographs
Pipelines -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Electric lines -- Photographs
Guanajuato (Mexico : State) -- Pictorial works
Mexico -- Pictorial works
Mazatlán (Sinaloa, Mexico) -- Pictorial works
Guadalajara (Mexico) -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collection compiled by Robert McF. Doble and presumably photographed by him. One image by F.A. Thompson.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
LANTERN SLIDES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via
the Reference Inquiry form.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Finding aid available in the library.
Transferred from the Robert McF. Doble papers (BANC MSS 70/61)
Type:
graphicLantern slides.
Cyanotypes.
Panoramic photographs-Mexico.
Physical Description:
graphic
photonegative
photoprint
slide
20 boxes (962 photographic prints, 266 negatives, 91 lantern slides, and 2 magic lantern slides) : b&w, cyanotype ; 10 x 31
cm or smaller.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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BANC PIC 19xx.085--NNEG box 4
BANC PIC 19xx.085--NNEG box 5
BANC PIC 19xx.085--NNEG box 6
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 7 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 8 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 9 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 10 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 11 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 12 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 13 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 14 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 15 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 16 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 17 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 18 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 19 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 Box 20 (LAN)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 box 1 (--A)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 box 2 (--A)
BANC PIC 19xx.085 box 3 (--A)
BANC PIC 19xx.085
BANC PIC 19xx.085
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
LANTERN SLIDES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via
the Reference Inquiry form.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.