Honduras

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1910-1920s.  300 photographs (and negatives) relating to two disparate themes.  One is of seals and other wildlife living along the Baja California coast.  The second is of Guatemala and its native populations and the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Included in the collection are papers, passport, and obituary of Anthony, a noted naturalist.

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c. 1970.  76 black and white photographs of the archaeological site of Copán, Honduras, fully identified, but not dated.

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20th century. Growing collection of postcards (color and grayscale) from countries of Central America displaying themes of 20th century life including urban and rural living, urban and natural landscapes, architecture, indigenous people, and festivals. 184 total pieces.

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c. 1987.  An album of photomechanical photographs on 22 leaves used for teaching reading in rural Honduras as part of the literacy program of the Central Nacional de Trabajadores del Campo.

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pre-1972.  9 reproduced color photographs (11 1/2" x 11 1/2") of the archaeological site of Copán.

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1983.  33 black and white photoprints (11" x 14") taken in Nicaragua and Honduras by New Orleans Times-Picayune photographer, David Leeson, for a feature series of people associated with the conflict between the Sandinista forces and the Contras. A written description by Leeson accompanies each photograph.  Included in the collection is a poster with a map of Nicaragua.

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1921-1922.  14 gelatin silver photographs documenting the construction of a railroad line connecting a distillery owned by the Vaccaro Brothers Fruit Company to the city of La Ceiba, Honduras via an inland mountain pass.  The construction work was done by the Gifford Construction Company, Dallas, Texas.

Scope and Contents 1869-1885.  19th century cartes de visite and stereocard views by E. Courret or Courret Hermanos.  The collection materials can be divided into two sets of images:  one, portraits of women, and two, urban scenes of Lima, Peru.  In addition to the collection of Courret materials are a set of loose, early undated photographs of rural houses in British Honduras and San José and Limón, Costa Rica.  Included also is an Alberto G. Valdeavellano photograph of Mayas from Guatemala, and 60...

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1966-1968.  Materials collected by Team, a Peace Corps volunteer who worked as a graphic designer with the credit union organization Federación de Asociaciones Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito de Honduras. It includes pamphlets about FACACH, a photograph of Team receiving a certificate of appreciation, biographies of Peace Corps trainees, a booklet of Honduran artists, and a watercolor by Team. 17 pieces.

Scope and Contents 1906.  35 mounted 7" x 9" black and white photographs taken in Louisiana, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, British Honduras, and Guatemala taken by John N. Teunisson.  Teunisson took these photographs during a quarantine tour of inspection of Central American fruit ports by U.S. health authorities as guests of the United Fruit Company. The photographs focus on public and domestic buildings, local bands, and hospitals.  These photographs were compiled into an album with the cover title, "With...

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1983. 35mm negatives with contact prints of cities and towns (including San José, Heredia, and Cartago), churches, coffee mills, and plantations in Costa Rica; and cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagua, towns, churches, and the archaeological site of Copán in Honduras. Three examples from the collection are below (House in San Pedro Sula, Ciruela Railroad Station, and Church of La Agonía).

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1898 Contemporary hand-written copy in English of the declaration made by General Terencio Sierra in Coray, Honduras upon his nomination by the Liberal Party of Honduras as the candidate for President. 8 leaves.

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c. 1880-1910 Hand-written notes taken from the Gaceta Oficial del Gobierno de Honduras regarding the Bell y Rector Concesion by Cesar Bonilla, possibly used in part to draft a legal document, 10 pages.

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1942-1946. 99 photographs of Latin American intellectuals and government leaders who visited the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C.

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1965-1968.  370 35mm color slides taken during Peace Corps training in New Mexico and Peace Corps activities in Honduras.  The collection also contains vacation slides taken in Panamá, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Scope and Contents c. 1933-1988.  A collection of 1,420 black and white prints, 1,900 negatives, 18 contact sheets, and assorted photographic and print materials. The majority of the photographs, negatives and slides document church architecture and religious art in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia, El Salvador and United States. Also shown are colonial and domestic architecture, street scenes, antiquities, folk art, furniture, mountains, markets, archeological sites and...

Scope and Contents c.1910.  13 gelatin silver prints (most measure 5" x 7") of the clearing of the monuments at the arquaeological site of Quirigua, Guatemala. The captions on the verso sides of the prints come from the pages of a photograph album from which these pieces were taken. The images show the work crew, stelae in various positions, altars, a view of Guatemala City, and three views are of the Copán site in Honduras.  These photographs appear to have been taken during the 1910 field season of the...

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Black and white and color postcards of Tegucigalpa and other towns in Honduras. Several have been mailed including some to author Lucila Gamero de Medina.

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Black and white and color postcards principally from Mexico, including views of the frescos of Diego Rivera, J. Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Also includes views of Oaxaca, Monte Albán, Puebla, and Mazatlán, Mexico, and of Spain, Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras.

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1889.  17 mechanically reproduced photographs by Juan T. Aguirre of Tegucigalpa.  The images include views of the colonial bridge and prominent buildings in Tegucigalpa along with the Mina del Rosario, and a map.

Content Description c. 1900 Contents of perhaps one or more commercial photograph albums produced by Rafael Ugarte Vega, reknown early Honduran photographer. Existing album binding is red covered board with gold embossing titled, "Vistas fotográficas Recuerdo de Honduras por Rafael Ugarte, Tegucigalpa." Loose individual album pages or mounts are decorated with a stamped maroon ArtDeco design and contain a single gelatin POP print. Bridges built and in the process of being constructed are a common theme to...