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Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0700

Scope and Contents

Photograph album of cartes-de-visite from Mexico, most likely during the period of the French intervention in Mexico, when the French invaded and installed Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, as Emperor of Mexico. The photographs include images of Maximilian and members of his family; various Mexican nobility, both male and female; Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie and their children; Mexican heads of state and military figures. The majority of the photographs are identified, although some are not, and some are hand-colored.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1860s

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Extent

1 linear foot. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photograph album of cartes-de-visite from Mexico, most likely during the period of the French intervention in Mexico, when the French invaded and installed Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, as Emperor of Mexico. The photographs include images of Maximilian and members of his family; various Mexican nobility, both male and female; Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie and their children; Mexican heads of state and military figures. The majority of the photographs are identified, although some are not, and some are hand-colored.

Title
Finding aid for the Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album
Status
Completed
Author
Sue Luftschein
Date
2023 January
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

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