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Photographs of Mexico at the turn of the 20th century

[PHOTOGRAPHY - MEXICO]. WAITE, Charles Burlingame.
[Collection of 36 albumen prints].

30 large and 6 smaller paper photographs, the large captioned in English and numbered in white in the negative with photographer's name [C.B.] Waite bottom right.

30 large and 6 smaller paper photographs, the large captioned in English and numbered in white in the negative with photographer's name [C.B.] Waite bottom right.

30 large and 6 smaller paper photographs, the large captioned in English and numbered in white in the negative with photographer's name [C.B.] Waite bottom right.

30 large and 6 smaller paper photographs, the large captioned in English and numbered in white in the negative with photographer's name [C.B.] Waite bottom right.

30 large and 6 smaller paper photographs, the large captioned in English and numbered in white in the negative with photographer's name [C.B.] Waite bottom right.



[Mexico, ca. 1896-1907]. Size mainly between 10 x 14 and 12.5 x 20.5 cm. Mounted on 30 leafs (one leaf with pasted booksellers and stationers ticket of F.F. Hansell & brothers, New Orleans). 30 large and 6 smaller paper photographs, the large captioned in English and numbered in white in the negative with photographer's name [C.B.] Waite bottom right.

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(2) [PHOTOGRAPHY - MEXICO]. [Collection of 38 related smaller format black and white prints and silver print snapshots mounted on 7 leafs, plus a small Kodak panorama in 4 parts, pasted on 2 leafs]. Size mainly between 7 x 9 and 9 x 13 cm. [Mexico, ca. 1960-70].

Ad 1: Interesting collection of 36 photographs illustrating the daily life, religion and nature of Mexico, the state of Veracruz in particular, of which 30 numbered and with the name of the photographer C.B. Waite.
Included are pictures of the ancient city of Teotihuacan with the pyramids still covered with sand (a major excavation of this area was conducted in 1905), the government palace of Jalapa (Xalapa), the Orizaha mountain, banana trees, a coffee plantation in Coatepec, agaves and cactusses, a street in Cordoba, a sugar cane field, Indian women weaving, a laundry area and a zócalo on September 16.

The American photographer and member of Sonora News Agency Charles Burlingame Waite (born 1861) moved from California to Mexico in 1896 and was active there until his return to the United States in 1913. His photographic activities ranged from documentation of archaeological and scientific expeditions to contributions to periodicals and tourist guides. His series Views of Mexico, of which the majority of the images present here most likely originate from, consist of commercial travel views of street scenes, architecture, and picturesque, in situ and studio portraits of native residents of Mexico.
The René D'Harnoncourt Photograph Collection 1900-1925 (Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, USA) holds many photographs of Waite, the majority dated 1901-1907. The Research Library of the Gettty Institute, the University of California in Berkeley and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque also have a collection of Waite photographs.

Ad 2: Collection showing cows on the road near Vera Cruz, a ceramist at Coyotepec (Oaxaca), stone work at Mitla (Oaxaca), a Western family posing at archaeological sites, Indians dancing in the Cathedral square (of Mexico city?), a bulls stadium ring, views of Acapulco, etc.

Ad 1: About half of the photographs faded but images still clearly visible; few with small corners torn off. Important collection capturing early 20th-century Mexico.

Related Subjects: 19th Century  20th Century  Mexico  Photography 

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