Rubber Plantation Photograph Collection
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Florida and Philadelphia plantations in Chiapas, Mexico; trip along the Lumija and Tulija Rivers by steamboat to the plantations where tropical crops--rubber, pineapple, vanilla, and bananas--were grown. Shown are personnel, administration building and Indian laborers' housing, forest scenes, and crops. Other photos are touristic views of Mexico--people and trades, monuments, churches and shrines, casino, landscapes--were taken by commercial photographers, including C.B. Waite, and purchased from commercial distributors in Mexico City, such as W.G. Walz. Most photos are printing-out paper mounted on cardboard. Also included are panoramic photos and postcards. Identified are Judge Carpenter of Janisville, WI and Kirby Smith. Some photos marked on back as collection of H.W. Fay, editor of the DeKalb (IL) Review. Prints are 27.5 x 10 cm. (11 x 4 in.) or smaller.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1913
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Extent
1 box (61 photographic prints)
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Abstract
Photographs of the Florida and Philadelphia plantations in Chiapas, Mexico; trip along the Lumija and Tulija Rivers by steamboat to the plantations where tropical crops--rubber, pineapple, vanilla, and bananas-- were grown.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Chiapas (Mexico)
- Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Mexico -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works
Topical
- Agriculture -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- Pictorial works
- City and town life -- Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Indians of Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Labor -- Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Plantations -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- Pictorial works
- Steamboats -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Tourism -- Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Rubber Plantation Photograph Collection, 1900-1913
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
cswrref@unm.edu