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EAP165/1/3

Record Id:

040-002488257

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002488151

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100022997776.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

EAP165/1/3

Title:

Architecture and Streets of the Antigua Guatemala [1895-1950]

Scope & Content:

This series contains photographs of: houses, patios, streets, avenues, buses and cattle markets. It also contains photographs of the homes of well-known people such as Rafael Landívar and Bernal Díaz del Castillo, as well as El Manchén Hotel, the School of the Holy Family of the Sisters of Charity and the Studio "Japanese Photography”. It also contains photographs of allegorical processions, independence celebrations in the Central American countries and tributes paid to President Manuel Estrada Cabrera. In public architecture there are different photographs of: the General Captains’ Palace and the Central Square (now the Central Park), as well as the former University of San Carlos de Borromeo, the Practical School of Antigua, the Electricity Company, the City Hall (now the Municipal Hall), the National Hospital of Antigua Guatemala, the Olympic Theater and El Pensativo Stadium. There are also some panoramic views which allow us to see how this City has grown.

88 Glass plate negatives

Japanese Photography Studio

Collection Area:

Endangered Archives Programme

Project / Collection:

Photographic collections in rural Guatemala

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002488151
040-002488257

Is part of:

EAP165/1 : Yas-Noriega Fund [1895-1950]

EAP165/1/3 : Architecture and Streets of the Antigua Guatemala [1895-1950]

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002488151[0003]/040-002488257

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

88 TIFF images

Digitised Content:

https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP165-1-3

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Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1895

End Date:

1950

Date Range:

1895-1950

Era:

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Former External References:

CIRMA-FG-005-P03

Information About Originals:

Original material is held by the Center for Mesoamerican Research (CIRMA) in the Guatemalan Photographic Library.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Portrait photography

Places:

Guatemala, Central America