Photographs of Mexico and Central America by Abel Briquet, 1895-1905

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MS. 23051 photogr. 84/1

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71 photographs on disbound album boards. Includes topographic views and portraits taken in Mexico and Central America.

Dates

Creation: 1895-1905

Extent

71 items

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 84/1

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 88:3578; Wilson Centre Accession Number 2: TC 266

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Abel Briquet founded a photographic printing company around 1854. He taught photography at the French military academy in Saint-Cyr. In 1876, he was commissioned to document the construction of the Mexican National Railway.