- Additional Authors
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Albums.
- Group portraits.
- Albumen prints.
- Photographic prints.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Albumen prints mounted in half-leather bound album, spine missing. Some views mounted on board with letterpress captioning. Many captioned in negative; some captioned in Spanish, most in English. Photographers include: Mexico: A. Briquet; Alaska: Partridge (of Portland, Or.); Hawaii: J. A. Gonsalves; Florida: H. A. Abercromby; California: Charles Taber & Co. Includes views by unidentified photographers.
- Access (note)
- Provenance (note)
- Transferred from Rare Books & Manuscripts(?), 1987; gift of Wayne Shirley, 19[6]2.
- Call Number
- MFY 95-25
- OCLC
- NYPG95-F29
- Title
[Album of photographs of Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, California and Florida] [graphic].
- Imprint
188-?
- Description
1 album (50 albumen prints) : 22 x 28 cm.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
- Summary
Views of various locations, perhaps compiled as record of travels. Mexico: Mexico City: Cathedral, and Juarez Ave.; general view of villages; pulque gatherer; group [of tourists] on steps, Maximillian Monument; man and woman carrying bales; street in Patzcuaro (Micohoacan); court of Hotel Inturbide, Mexico; plaza with arched arcades; burros; people getting water at public fountain, Queretaro; Indian water carriers; fruit vendors at a railroad station; boats on La Vica canal; "Floating gardens" with tourist group in boats; maguay plants; women doing laundry, Aguas Calientes; public fountain, Zacateca; large tree, Chaputepec. Alaska: Fort Wrangel: Native American homes and totem poles, other views including Native American graves with carved figures; ship in harbor, Sitka; Muir Glacier; sidewheeler "Ancon" and icebergs, Takou Inlet; general view of Juneau; Treadwell gold mines, general view of building and interior view of machinery.
Hawaii: group of native Hawaiians and grass house; forest along road to volcano; lava flow and crater near Hilo; plants, avenue of palms, Ainahau, Waikiki. Group with a fawn under palm trees, Orlando; Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, California.
- Provenance
Transferred from Rare Books & Manuscripts(?), 1987; gift of Wayne Shirley, 19[6]2.
- Added Author
Abercromby, H. A. Photographer
Briquet, A. Photographer Vistas Mexicanos. 122, 146, 164, 185, 196, 251.
Gonsalves, J. A. (Joaquin A.) Photographer
Partridge. Photographer
Charles Taber and Co. Publisher
- Research Call Number
MFY 95-25