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Aguadores, Mexico – Vintage Wall Art

Aguadores, Mexico, [between 1880 and 1897] — historic photograph
Aguadores, Mexico, [between 1880 and 1897]. 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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A window into the past: Aguadores, Mexico, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Water carriers, or aguadores, were a familiar sight in Mexico City for centuries, hauling water from public fountains to households that lacked piped supply. This glass-plate negative, made by the photographer William Henry Jackson sometime between 1880 and 1897, records that trade on the city streets at a time when the capital's water system was still uneven. Jackson traveled widely in Mexico during these years, and his views of everyday street life, with their vendors and public fountains, are among the most careful records of the period. The image was later part of the Detroit Publishing Company's large holdings, which were acquired by the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1897]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesAttribution to and locale Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 0236, 03129. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsPeddlers. Fountains. Water supply.Mexico--Mexico City.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 775 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77500

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