Mexico -- Description and travel

Abstract

A large photo album containing panoramic views of Mexican cities and towns as well as photographs of major monuments and tourist sites in Mexico City. The album also illustrates the growth of the Mexican National Railroad, including images of locomotives and railroad tunnels and bridges. Photos date to the late nineteenth century and many can be attributed to known photographers or studios, including William Henry Jackson, Gove and North, and Abel Briquet.

Content Description The main item in this collection is an oversized personal journal and scrapbook maintained from 1907-1915 by William S. Patten, an officer in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Many pages include dated journal or diary-type entries describing activties of the day often supplemented with images or ephemera. This note highlights some of the significant content in the scrapbook, but it is not a comprehensive inventory of subjects covered.Although there are some photographs of his...