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Chihuahua, Mexico – Vintage Print

Chihuahua, Mexico, [1891] — historic photograph
Chihuahua, Mexico, [1891]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Taken from the east, this view of Chihuahua, the capital of the Mexican state of the same name, records the city as it stood in 1891. The picture survives as two closely related glass negatives, one apparently a cropped and enlarged version of the other, both made under the W.H. Jackson & Co. name. Jackson's firm photographed Mexican towns and landscapes for a broad market, and its views later entered the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many large-format scenes of the country. The railroad had reached Chihuahua in the early 1880s, which helped connect the city to northern markets and travelers.

Created / published[1891]
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 18 x 22 in.
Genre1891. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01071. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
NotesNegatives are close variants. View from the east. W.H. Jackson & Co. Phot.
SubjectsMexico--Chihuahua.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-79690

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