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Zacetecas [i.e. Zacatecas] from below railroad station – Antique Print

Zacetecas [i.e. Zacatecas] from below railroad station, [1891?] — historic photograph
Zacetecas [i.e. Zacatecas] from below railroad station, [1891?]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots 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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This rare historic photograph captures Zacetecas [i.e. Zacatecas] from below railroad station in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Zacetecas [i.e. Zacatecas] from below railroad station

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From a low angle below the railroad station, this view shows Zacatecas climbing the hillsides of a narrow valley in north-central Mexico, a silver-mining city whose wealth long depended on the mines around it. The Detroit Publishing Company made the 18 by 22 inch glass negative, and it issued the scene both as a single plate and as the right half of a two-part panorama. The date is uncertain, listed as about 1891, and the notes suggest the Mexican Central Railway probably commissioned the work, which makes the station the natural vantage point.

Created / published[1891?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 18 x 22 in.
NotesListed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. R-6080. 01577" and "06080-2-R" on negative. Probably commissioned by Mexican Central Railway
SubjectsMexico--Zacatecas.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-79796

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