Snapshots of the Past

Iglesia de San Cristóbal, Puebla, Mexico: Dome and vaults – Historic Reproduction

Iglesia de San Cristóbal, Puebla, Mexico: Dome and vaults, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Iglesia de San Cristóbal, Puebla, Mexico: Dome and vaults, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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.)

Description

A window into the past: Iglesia de San Cristóbal, Puebla, Mexico: Dome and vaults, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Iglesia de San Cristóbal, Puebla, Mexico: Dome and vaults

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

This view turns the camera upward to the dome and vaults of the Iglesia de San Cristóbal in Puebla, Mexico, so the subject is the ceiling's structure rather than the church's façade. The photograph is credited to Kahlo, but the caption card gives no date, so the exact year of its making is uncertain. Architectural studies like this one were valued for recording the construction and decorative detail of colonial churches, many of which were built during Spanish rule. Puebla is especially known for its richly ornamented religious buildings.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Kahlo. No. 456. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Churches--Mex.; Arch.--Details; Mex.--Puebla; AHC Cat; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,108 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171650

More from the Historic Print Archive collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Interior of the dome of Iglesia de Sta. Teresa, painted by Juan Cordero, D. F. MexicoInterior of the dome of Iglesia de Sta. Teresa, painted by Juan Cordero, D. F. MFacade and Capilla Abierto, Iglesia de San Jerónimo, Tlamaco, MexicoFacade and Capilla Abierto, Iglesia de San Jerónimo, Tlamaco, MexicoInterior, Iglesia de la Soledad, Puebla, MexicoInterior, Iglesia de la Soledad, Puebla, MexicoIglesia de la Regina, Mexico City, Mexico: Lateral altar, Chapel of La PurisimaIglesia de la Regina, Mexico City, Mexico: Lateral altar, Chapel of La PurisimaThe San Simon wash - an enormous gully, caaused by erosion, stretching for miles across New Mexico [undermining Santa Fe R.R. tracks]The San Simon wash - an enormous gully, caaused by erosion, stretching for milesColegio de San Ignacio (Las Vizcainas), bult in the 18th c., Mexico City, MexicoColegio de San Ignacio (Las Vizcainas), bult in the 18th c., Mexico City, Mexico