Newberry Library - Mexico photographic postcards, approximately 1908-approximately 1920?

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Open book Mexico photographic postcards, approximately 1908-approximately 1920?

Title Mexico photographic postcards, approximately 1908-approximately 1920?

Creator Brehme, Hugo

Date approximately 1908-approximately 1920?

Place Mexico

Language Spanish

Subjects Buildings

Description The imprint of Hugo Brehme is stamped or printed on the verso of most postcards. The street address varies and includes "Cinco de Mayo No. 27", "5 de Mayo No. 37", and "Av. Fco. I. Madero No. 1".

Summary Collection of photographic postcards of Mexico depicting a range of rural and urban views, many of which are captioned. Subjects include mountainous landscapes, cave systems, antiquities and ruins, and buildings and monuments.

Biographical/Historical Note German photographer and emigrant to Mexico considered to be one of the founders of Mexican pictorialist photography. Born in Germany in 1882, Hugo Brehme arrived in Mexico in 1908 with his wife and began to take photographs of the region. Although he expected his visit to be brief, Brehme spent the rest of his life in Mexico. His early photographs were documentary. Notable early subjects include the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s. After the revolution Brehme developed a pictoralist style, making impressionistic views of the Mexican landscape. Many of these photographs, including those of remote, mountainous regions, were published in his critically acclaimed collection México pintoresco (1923). Brehme published photographs in magazines such as National geographic and Mapa and in books about Mexico until his death in 1954. Throughout his career, he supported himself by producing and selling photographic postcards of various sites and landscapes in Mexico.

Extent 162 photographs in 1 album : prints ; sheets 9 x 14 cm (postcard format), in album 35 x 32 cm

Format Photographic postcards, Photographs, Postcards

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Photographic postcards of Mexico

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer folio F1215 .B79 1908

BibID 1142852

Size 2563px × 3925px 28.83 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

File Created 03/12/2020

Filename Ayer_F1215_B79_1908_000077_01_01.tif

Unique Identifier NL13UNU