Chinautla Photograph Collection
Dates
- Creation: c. 1880
Creator
- Kildare y Valdeavellano (Photographer, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to the public. No known restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Alberto G. Valdeavellano Cordero (1861-1928) began his photographic career as an apprentice in the studio of Emilio Herbruger, Senior, who started the first permanent photographic studio in Guatemala. In competition to Herbruger, an American named Walferstein set up shop, but soon sold it to Herbruger’s re-toucher, Edward J. Kildare, an American from San Francisco. Together Kildare and Valdeavellano, opened their own studio, the “Palace of Art,” circa 1880. Known for their fine portraits of the elite class of Guatemala City, they also specialized in portraits of Maya people living in various communities in the surrounding countryside. Later Valdeavellano published numerous postcards and illustrated various periodicals in the capital.
Extent
6 Photographic Prints ; 8 x 10 inches
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Box 5, Folder 38
- Title
- Chinautla Photograph Collection
- Subtitle
- Small Photograph 38 (38), Image Archive, The Latin American Library, Tulane University
- 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
