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Iglesia de San Diego. Altar of San Francixco de Asis. Churubusco, [Mexico City], Mexico – Antique Wall Art

Iglesia de San Diego. Altar of San Francixco de Asis. Churubusco, [Mexico City], Mexico, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Iglesia de San Diego. Altar of San Francixco de Asis. Churubusco, [Mexico City], Mexico, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the San Diego 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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Step back in time with Iglesia de San Diego. Altar of San Francixco de Asis. Churubusco, [Mexico City], Mexico, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Iglesia de San Diego. Altar of San Francixco de Asis. Churubusco, [Mexico City], Mexico

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The altar of Saint Francis of Assisi is the focus here, set within the church of San Diego in Churubusco, a former village on the southern edge of Mexico City that is now part of the capital. Churubusco gained lasting fame in 1847, when its convent and church were fortified and fought over during the Mexican-American War. The photographer is recorded only as Kahlo, most likely Guillermo Kahlo, who documented many of the city's colonial churches and their interiors. The caption card gives no date, so the image is best read as a record of the church's furnishings, with its carved and gilded altarpiece, rather than of a specific moment.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Kahlo. No. 205. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Mex.--; AHC Cat; Altarpieces; Theol. Seminaries; Churches--Mex.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,216 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140201

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