Twelve daguerreotypes by an unidentified photographer housed in a folding walnut wood case that depict images of the Mexican War, circa 1847-1848. The images include views of United States Army troops, General John Ellis Wool and his staff, Lieutenant Abner Doubleday, the Virginia Regiment and an artillery battalion of Major Lucien Bonaparte Webster in and around Saltillo, Mexico, taken between February 1847 and June 1848. Other images depict Saltillo and include the Templo de San Francisco de Asís, the Parroquia de Santiago (later known as the Catedral de Saltillo), the town plaza and Calle Real. Two views of Saint Augustine, Florida, consist of the of Castillo de San Marcos (also known as Fort Marion) and the Old City Gates at the north end of Saint George Street. One hand-colored daguerreotype is a copy photograph of a detail portion of a lithograph entitled, "Poblanas," created by Emile Lassalle in 1836 based on a drawing by Carl Nebel, which depicts one Mexican man and three young Mexican women
Description:
Accompanied by a box list., Negatives available., Most are identified with manuscript captions on affixed labels., and Wooden case includes ownership inscription of H. (Herman) Armour Smith (born 1883) and former director of the Hudson River Museum.
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Augustine (Fla.) and Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893, Wool, John Ellis, 1789-1875, Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.), Catedral de Saltillo (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), and Templo de San Francisco de Asís (Saltillo, Mexico)
Subject (Topic):
Old City Gates (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Mexican War, 1846-1848
The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the New Mexican territory, caravan trading, Gen. Kearny's conquest of New Mexico, the Mexican War, her experiences of trail and pioneer life, hunting, and encounters with Indians. The first 49 pages of the journal consist of copied and original poetry
Description:
There are 32 loose pages laid in front of the journal.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State), El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.), Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.), Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.), Southwest, New, and Taos (N.M.)
Subject (Name):
Ampudia, Pedro de, 1805-1868., Archuleta, Diego, 1814-1884., Armijo, Manuel, 1792?-1853., Belknap, William Goldsmith, d. 1851., Bent, Charles, 1799-1847., Bent, George, 1814-1847., Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853., Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876., Chavez y Castillo, Mariano., Clark, Meriwether Lewis, 1809-1881., Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895., Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879., Davy, Cornelius., Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885., Doniphan, Alexander William., Gilpin, William, 1815-1894., Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850., Howard, John Eager, d. 1862., Hunter, David, 1802-1886., Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848., Kendall, Geo. Wilkins 1809-1867. (George Wilkins),, McDowell, Sarah Shelby, 1785-1847., Magoffin, James Wiley, 1799-1868., Magoffin, Samuel, 1801-1888., Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855., Ortiz, Ramon., Ortiz, Tomas., Owens, Samuel D., d. 1847., Peck, William 1820-1892. (William Guy),, Pino, Manuel., Prentice, George D. 1802-1870. (Geroge Denison),, Prentiss, James H., 1809-1848., Price, Sterling, 1809-1867., Robidou, Antoine, 1794-1860., Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876., Shelby, James, 1784-1848., Shelby, Thomas Hart, 1789-1869., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866., Swords, Thomas, 1806-1886., Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850., Trias, Angel., Urrea, José, 1797-1849., Warner, William Horace., Washington, John Macrae, 1797-1853., Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869., Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849., Wright, George, 1803-1865., and Mexico. President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Navajo Indians, History, Description and travel, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
At head of title: Ejercito Constitucionalista. Division del Norte., Dated at end: Chihuahua, octubre de 1914., Imperfect: torn; holes, with slight loss of text; fragile., In pencil on p. 2: Henry R. Wagner., In pencil on verso of p. 7: Beinecke / Library / broadsides / Folio / 1997 / 1 / 1914 / 10 / 1., Villa’s manifesto dated and signed: Chihuahua, septiembre de 1914. General Francisco Villa., and Yale proprietary stamp on p. 2.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico --Politics and government --1910-1946, Mexico. Ejercito Constitucionalista, Mexico. Soberana Convencion Revolucionaria (1914-1915), Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), San Luis Potosi (Mexico), Torreon (Coahuila, Mexico), and Zacatecas (Zacatecas, Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Angeles, Felipe, 1869-1919, Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920, and Obregon, Alvaro, 1880-1928
