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Object Number
2004.1.372
Display Title
Photographs of Guatemala and Mexico. Views include ethnographic and archaeologic
Descriptions
Object Description
Photographs of Guatemala and Mexico. Views include ethnographic and archaeological subjects as well as landscape, village, and city scenes. Groups of photographs include views of Guatemala City, 1891, a portrait of a Guatemalan mother and child, panoramic view of Guatemala before 1917 earthquake, ca. 1903 (aforementioned images were either donated by Miss Hammond or associates of her "... kindergarten school in connection with the Presbyterian Mission and Girls' School opened in 1882 by Miss Hammond..."), Cyanotype of skull (with teeth) taken by M. H. Saville (negative in American Museum of Natural History), view of woman grinding corn taken by Alfred M. Tozzer, Mayan handprint, views of the Lacandone people, and photographic reproductions of historic paintings depicting eve[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Department
Photographic
Date
ca. 1891 - 1905
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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