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THBVery Rare 1890s Photograph Album of Guatemala, Incl. Cities, Natives, and President Reyna Barrios
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LiveJun 9, 2017 - Jun 10, 2017
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- Lot Description
Album, 10.5 x 12.5 in., containing 48 pages, most pages with two 8 x 5 in. silver gelatin photographs. First page with a cabinet card of a young woman published by photographers Kildare y Valdeavellano of Guatemala, C.A, with modern penciled note on verso identifying her as Alice McClellan, ca 1896, a Latina who worked at Schaldenbrand Studio in Pittsburgh, PA, and compiled this album during a trip to Guatemala. The album is housed in fine protective casing with a 12 x 15 in. photograph of the interior of the Schaldenbrand Studio. Many of the photographs in the album have credit in the negative to E.J. Kildare.
The album contains several views of downtown Guatemala City, including the Palacio Nacional, the Catedral de Ciudad de Guatemala, the city square and markets, and views of the surrounding towns and landscape along the railroads. There are many views of the native inhabitants, including views of daily life and studio portraits. Toward the end are a series of portraits of a light-skinned young Latina woman and several men, some dressed in military uniforms, including two portraits of Jose Maria Reina Barrios (1854-1898) who served as President of Guatemala from 1892 until his death.
The pages have been removed from the original album and professionally rebound in a 20th century half-leather album. The original pages exhibit light soiling and minor foxing in places, but for the most part the photographs themselves are in very good or excellent condition.Condition
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