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In the market place, San Luis Potosi – Antique Print

In the market place, San Luis Potosi, [between 1880 and 1897] — historic photograph
In the market place, San Luis Potosi, [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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Among the many Detroit Publishing Company views of Mexico, this one turns to the everyday commerce of San Luis Potosí, where a market square served as the working heart of the city. The glass negative dates to roughly the late 1880s or 1890s, a period when American railroad lines were pushing into northern and central Mexico and bringing photographers along with them. The attribution to William Henry Jackson rests on the catalog of the W.H. Jackson Views published in 1898, which listed the photographer's Mexican work. Markets like this one were favorite subjects for travel photographers, who saw in the crowds, stalls and goods a vivid picture of local life.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1897]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesAttribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsMarkets.Mexico--San Luis Potosi.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 645 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76432

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