Sarg Family Photograph Album
Scope and Contents
1880s-1900s. A family album containing 13 original silver gelatin and platinum print photographs (6 1/2" x 5"), plus 19 photographic reproductions. There are two platinum prints of the house occupied by their friends the Maudslay's. The images provide views of the family's home and properties in Coban, Guatemala and parts of Mexico. A list of manuscript captions are most likely in Mary Elizabeth Parker Sarg’s hand. 32 total images.
Dates
- 1880s-1900s
Conditions Governing Access
Open to the public. No known restrictions.
Biographical or Historical Information
This album comes from the estate of Tony Sarg, a German-American puppeteer and illustrator. Anthony Frederick "Tony" Sarg was born on April 21, 1880 in Cobán, Guatemala to Francis Charles Sarg and Mary Elizabeth Parker Sarg. Francis Sarg held several political appointments including: Consular Agent of the USA in Cobán in 1875; German Vice-Consul in Cobán in 1879; and the German Consul in Guatemala in 1884. The family retired to Frankfurt, Germany in 1887. Alfred Maudslay, the noted Mayan archeologist, was often a visitor to the Sarg’s home when passing through Cobán and was a longtime friend of the Sarg family.
Extent
32 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Album clamshell Box 36
- Cities and towns -- Guatemala Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cobán, Guatemala Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dwellings -- Guatemala Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Guatemala Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Central America -- Guatemala Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maudslay, Alfred Percival, 1850-1931 (Researcher)
- Sarg Family
Source
- Sarg, Mary Elizabeth Parker (Compiler, Person)
- Sarg, Tony, 1882-1942 (Former owner, Person)
- Title
- Sarg Family Photograph Album
- Subtitle
- Album 51, Image Archive, The Latin American Library, Tulane University
- Date
- August 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Latin American Library at Tulane Repository
7001 Freret Street
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 4th floor
Tulane University
New Orleans Louisiana 70118 US
(504) 865-5681
lal@tulane.edu
