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Title: Views of Chile
Identifier/Call Number: 91.R.13
Physical Description:
35 photographic prints
Date (inclusive): circa 1880-1889
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Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Disbound album; arranged by cataloger.
The collection comprises 35 albumen photographs from a disbound album of views of Chile, primarily of Santiago, but also including
images of Valparaíso
and rural subjects. The photographs are by an unknown maker and were likely taken in the 1880s. The 23 views of Santiago include
the central plaza, the
House of Congress, the the Teatró Municipal, two views of the Alameda, the Quinta Normal, two views of Santa Lucia Hill, three
images of the Recoleta
church and monastery, and La Caridad. Views of private residences include those identifed as belonging to a Señora Cousiño
(four views, external and
internal; also included are two views of the Cousiño estate in Lota) and a Señor Concha (two views). One image depicts a Corpus
Christi procession in
the streets of Santiago.
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Acquired in 1991.
Views of Chile, circa 1880-1889, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 91.R.13.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa91r13
Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library
and Information Resources
(CLIR). Finding aid updated by Guynn in 2021.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of albumen prints comprises photographs from a disbound album depicting views of Chile, primarily of Santiago,
but including images of
Valparaíso and rural subjects as well. The photos are by an unknown maker and probably date to the 1880s. The 23 views of
Santiago include the central
plaza, the House of Congress, the Teatró Municipal, two views of the Alameda, the Quinta Normal, two views of Santa Lucia
Hill, three images of the
Recoleta Church and Monastery, and La Caridad. Views of private residences include that of the Cousiño family (four views,
external and internal; also
included are two views of the Cousiño estate in Lota). One image depicts a Corpus Christi procession in the streets of Santiago.
Photographs were originally mounted recto and verso; the photos from versos are now split from the mounts.
Titles from English captions are handwritten in ink on mounts above the images.
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2024 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/91r13
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Processions, Religious -- Chile -- Santiago
Santiago (Chile) -- Description and travel
Santiago (Chile) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Albumen prints -- Chile -- 19th century
Valparaíso (Chile) -- Description and travel