Mexico: Briquet and Jackson Photograph Album 1880-1889

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Mexico: Briquet and Jackson Photograph Album 1880-1889

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Album contains photographs made in Mexico by A. Briquet and in the Southwestern U.S. by William Henry Jackson. Subjects include: city and village views; railroads in landscapes; dwellings; civic, religious, and commercial buildings; historical sites; occupations (some cartes de visite of street vendors); markets; Precolumbian art; trees and plants.

1 box ( 1 photograph album : purple cover with black leather spine and corners, marbled end papers ; 30 x 39 cm. (89 mounted albumen photographic prints ; 34 x 24 cm., or smaller))

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Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

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Renowned photographer of Western landscapes, employed by the United States Geological Survey and commercial enterprises to document wilderness areas and Native American cultures. From the description of Colorado Views [picture], ca. 1870-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46460710 Official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden. From the description of Papers, 1851-1878. (Duke University Library). ...

Briquet, Abel

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Briquet was a French photographer that worked in Mexico. He was commissioned to photograph the railways being constructed at the start of Porfirio Diaz's presidency. He also shot natural portraits of Mexican life and images depicting the growth of cities and the development of the country through the turn of the century. (http://www.getty.edu/news/press/exhibit/mexico.ht ml). From the description of Vistas Mexicanas, ca. 1880-ca. 1900. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: ...