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Mexico City (Mexico)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n79093328

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Briquet, Granat, and Waite Album of Commercial Photographs of Mexico City and Its Environs

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-005
Abstract

One photographic album containing fifty-eight black-and-white photographs of turn of the century Mexico taken by three photographers: Abel Briquet, Jacob Granat, and Charles Betts Waite.

Dates: circa 1890s-1905

C. B. Waite Mexico in 1904 Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-010
Scope and Contents

The collection is 36 5x8” photographs of Charles Betts “C. B.” Waite’s work through urban and rural Mexico during 1904. Scenes depicted are of local laborers, street views including architecture and vendors, Mexican cities, and agricultural scenes. One photograph is of the catacombs of Guanajuato. A few photographs are captioned in Spanish on the print.

Dates: 1904

Chapultepec Castle and park in Mexico City, Mexico, 1922

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004955
Scope and Contents note From the Series: Photograph album with 247 photographs depicting Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City; Tennessee River and other scenes in Alabama; buildings, railroad tracks, and flooding in Texas; Rio Grande in Texas; villages with huts in Mexico; Sierra Madre in Mexico; banana grove in Mexico; people in the cities of Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico; bullfight; coconut grove; El Aguila Camp near Tuxpan on the Tuxpan River; barges; vegetation and landscape views in Mexico; corn fields; Los Naranjos Camp;...
Dates: 1922

Commercial and Vernacular Photographs of Mexico City and Its Environs

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-003
Abstract

One photographic album containing 124 silver gelatin prints depicting a trip to Mexico City and the surrounding area by an unknown photographer.

Dates: circa 1900

German Residents in Mexico Photographic Album

 Collection — Box 2022-008: [Barcode: 1005697228]
Identifier: 2022-008
Scope and Contents This collection is a photo album of 26 card stock leaves containing 197 mounted gelatin silver photographs from approximately the 1910s depicting daily life of German residents in Mexico City, Mexico. Photographs are mostly uncaptioned, except for 2 captioned in the German language, and measure approximately 3¼” x 4½”. The images feature shops and markets, families partaking in various forms of recreation, and some national landmarks such as the National Palace and Basilica de Guadalupe....
Dates: circa 1910s

Hiking near Mexico City in 1922-1924 Photographic Album

 Collection — 2022-023: [Barcode: 1005680713]
Identifier: 2022-023
Scope and Contents

One photographic collection of 39 stereoviews of hikers, hiking trails, and outdoor activity areas near Mexico City and Toluca, Mexico, between 1922 and 1924. Some of the locations captured are rivers, hills, and Nevado de Toluca. Most of the photographs are captioned in Spanish and some include location and date information.

Dates: 1922 - 1924

Meat Regulations in 1818 Mexico Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4332
Scope and Contents

One broadside published in 1818, by Viceroy Juan José Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza in Mexico City, Mexico, legislating the transportation, sale, and slaughter of meat by individuals and meat markets. The broadside dictates the animals and sexes that could be slaughtered, the weight and price of meat for sale, and sanitation practices for meat markets. There are two signatures and two ink stamps near the bottom of the broadside with some wear throughout the broadside.

Dates: 1818

Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City, 1922

 Item — Box 5942: [Barcode: 1006235682]
Identifier: 2011.004.005344
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Three photographs of the Nelson sisters, Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City, and new building construction.

Dates: 1922

Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City, Mexico, photo 1, 1922

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004739
Scope and Contents note From the Series: Photograph album with 247 photographs depicting Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City; Tennessee River and other scenes in Alabama; buildings, railroad tracks, and flooding in Texas; Rio Grande in Texas; villages with huts in Mexico; Sierra Madre in Mexico; banana grove in Mexico; people in the cities of Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico; bullfight; coconut grove; El Aguila Camp near Tuxpan on the Tuxpan River; barges; vegetation and landscape views in Mexico; corn fields; Los Naranjos Camp;...
Dates: 1922

Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City, Mexico, photo 2, 1922

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004953
Scope and Contents note From the Series: Photograph album with 247 photographs depicting Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City; Tennessee River and other scenes in Alabama; buildings, railroad tracks, and flooding in Texas; Rio Grande in Texas; villages with huts in Mexico; Sierra Madre in Mexico; banana grove in Mexico; people in the cities of Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico; bullfight; coconut grove; El Aguila Camp near Tuxpan on the Tuxpan River; barges; vegetation and landscape views in Mexico; corn fields; Los Naranjos Camp;...
Dates: 1922

Mexican War Broadsides and Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4325
Scope and Contents

This collection contains three broadsides from Mexican government offices and one letter from an American during the Mexican War pertaining to decrees to raise funds, a decree in response to the Revolt of the Polkos, and the political tensions within Mexico surrounding the war. The broadsides are written in Spanish and the letter is written in English.

Dates: 1847 - 1848

Mexico in 1929 Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-018
Scope and Contents

This collection of 22 sepia toned photographs from 1929 are of panoramas of Mexican cities documented by unamed American tourists. Photographs include views of city markets, cathedrals, railway stations, and daily life in Culiacan, Guadalajara, Querétaro, and Mexico City. All photographs measure approximately 3 1/2" x 10" and are captioned, with some also including dates between October 3 and October 17.

Dates: 1929

National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, photo 1, 1922

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004952
Scope and Contents note From the Series: Photograph album with 247 photographs depicting Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City; Tennessee River and other scenes in Alabama; buildings, railroad tracks, and flooding in Texas; Rio Grande in Texas; villages with huts in Mexico; Sierra Madre in Mexico; banana grove in Mexico; people in the cities of Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico; bullfight; coconut grove; El Aguila Camp near Tuxpan on the Tuxpan River; barges; vegetation and landscape views in Mexico; corn fields; Los Naranjos Camp;...
Dates: 1922

National Theatre of Mexico in Mexico City, 1922

 Item
Identifier: 2011.004.004956
Scope and Contents note From the Series: Photograph album with 247 photographs depicting Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City; Tennessee River and other scenes in Alabama; buildings, railroad tracks, and flooding in Texas; Rio Grande in Texas; villages with huts in Mexico; Sierra Madre in Mexico; banana grove in Mexico; people in the cities of Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico; bullfight; coconut grove; El Aguila Camp near Tuxpan on the Tuxpan River; barges; vegetation and landscape views in Mexico; corn fields; Los Naranjos Camp;...
Dates: 1922

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.010: [Barcode: 1006241507]
Identifier: 2009-039
Abstract

This collection consists of six photographs depicting scenes from Mexico City, Mexico.

Dates: 1910

Waite Album of Recuerdo de Mexico

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-004
Abstract

One photographic album of images taken by C. B. (Charles Betts) Waite in Mexico depicting street scenes in Guadalupe and Mexico City, bullfights, and occupational images.

Dates: 1900