Inventory

René D'Harnoncourt Photograph Collection

Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project
January 5, 1995

Introduction

The René D'Harnoncourt Photograph Collection was donated 1971-1974 to the Benson Latin American Collection by his daughter, Anne D'Harnoncourt. The collection was described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in August 1994. It contains 244 photographic prints.

The suggested citation for the collection is "René D'Harnoncourt Photograph Collection, 1900-1925, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin."

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents Note

Photographs and postcards collected in Mexico during the early twentieth century. Half were made 1901-1907 by photographer C. B. Waite. The others are undated; some were made by a photographer with the surname of Scott, a few were copyrighted by the Sonora News Company, and most of the remainder are unattributed. Images consist of commercial travel views of street scenes, architecture, and picturesque, in situ and studio portraits of native residents of Mexico, many from the series, "Views of Mexico," by C.B. Waite; and snapshots of similar subjects. A few photographs were taken in Guatemala but locations are not well identified. Mexican locales represented in the photographs include Mexico City, Tehuantepec, and Uruapan, among others; some locations are unidentified. Many of the prints are gelatino-chloride and silver gelatin snapshots.

Container List

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Series Folders Item Count Dates Box Folder
Photographs by
C. B. Waite C.B. Waite photos #4-686 38 1901-1904 and n.d. 1 1 (1A)

C.B. Waite photos #719-1491 42 1901-1907 and n.d. 1 2 (1B)

C.B. Waite photos #1539-2416 and unnumbered photos 44 1905-1907 and n.d. 1 3 (2)

Assorted photographs Miscellaneous photos #1 - 30 33 n.d. 1 4 (3)

Small prints (Foto-Valdes) 23 n.d. 2 5 (4B)

Largely Guatemala/Mexico (undated and unidentified) 38 n.d. 2 6 (5)

Postcards Postcards 26 n.d. 7 (4A)

244

Item List

C. B. Waite Photographs
Folder 1 (formerly 1A); item count 38
No.	Description	Copyri ght Date
4	Type of Mexican country home corridor	n.d.
6	Upper corredor Mexican home	Dec. 1, 1904
27	Near Irimbo, Michoacán and Pacific Ry. Mex.	n.d.
27	copy 2
35	A little Mexican nurse	June 1, 1901
38?	A Mexican Indian with his load, Mexico City	Dec. 1, 1904
40*	Wholesale loads of Mexican baskets	n.d.
41*	Maguey or pulque hacienda, near City of Mexico	n.d.
43	The Molino del Rey, near Chapultepec, Mexico	n.d.
83	In an Mexican patio making drawn work	Dec. 1, 1904
87	Mexican parihuelas with furniture	Dec. 1, 1904
87	copy 2
92	Tehuantepec woman, house dress	Mar. 13, 1901
93	Tehuantepec woman, velvet and gold [dress]	n.d.
94	Tehuantepec street costume [man with two women]	Mar. 13, 1901
132	Cinco de Mayo decorations, City of Mexico	n.d.
140	Plazuela de Guardiola, Calle de S. Francisco, Mexico City	Dec. 1, 1904
185A	Selling flowers at market near cathedral, Mexico City	Dec. 1, 1904
185B	Flower market near cathedral, City of Mexico	Dec. 1, 1904
205	Tomb of Juárez, Mexico City	Dec. 1, 1904
220	Aqueductbuilt in 1603, CIty of Mexico	n.d.
263	Funeral car, Panteón Dolores, Mexico City	Dec. 14, 1904
263	copy 2
263	copy 3
266	Funeral car for adult, City of Mexico	Dec. 14, 1904
283*	Maximillian's coach of state, National Museum, City of Mexico	n.d.
295*	Palenque cross in National Museum of Mexico	n.d.
296	Relics of Juárez in National Museum, Mexico	n.d.
440?*	Tehuantepec women and native costume
500	[caption faded; group of bullfighters, picadores, et al]	date faded
548	Banderillas with firecrackers (from sketch)	Dec. 1, 1904
631	View from mill, Atequiza Hacienda	n.d.
632	View of Hacienda Atequiza, Mexico	n.d.
633	Church on Hacienda de Atequiza, Mexico	n.d.
634	Store and dwelling, Hacienda Atequiza	n.d.
653	Hacienda of Don Félix Quero, ? Mich. [description faded]	date faded
662	[of a painting of] Hidalgo, the father of Mexico[Ôs] independence	n.d.
686	Tlaxcala; street and corn cribs	Dec. 14, 1904


Folder 2 (formerly 1B); item count 42.
No.	Description	Copyri ght Date
719	Street in Aguascalientes, Mexico	Dec. 14, 1904
720	Irapuato, Mex. Strawberry Station, Mex. Cen. Ry.	Dec. 14, 1904
723	León, Mexico	Dec. 14, 1904
748	Interior, Theatre Juárez, Guanajuato	Dec. 14, 1904
749	Guanajuato; water carrier in street.	Dec. 14, 1904
749*	copy 2
752	Organo cactus hedge in Mexico	Dec. 14, 1904
764	Street in Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico	Dec. 14, 1904
765	Plaza and cathedral, Guadalajara	Dec. 14, 1904
768	Public water fountain, Guadalajara	Dec. 14, 1904
774	Street in Chapala, Mexico	Dec. 14, 1904
790	Zocalo and palaca, Guadalajara, Jal.	Dec. 14, 1904
939	Royal palms at Cuernavaca, Mor.	n.d.
985	Fountain under the mango trees, Cuernavaca	n.d.
986	A bit of the Jardín Borda, Cuernavaca	Dec. 26, 1904
1011	La Poblanita	n.d.
1014?	La Sitala (La Sitala, en La Jota)	Dec. 26, 1904
1017	La coca del Jarabe
1031	Iguala, Guerrero, under the tamarindo trees	n.d.
1034	Iguala, Guer.; the baby burro	May 31, 190?
1041	Sn. Juan River, Vera Cruz; water carriers	Dec. 26, 1904
1160	Cock fight	Dec. 18, 1907
1216	Indian fruit vendor, Santa Fé, Mexico	n.d.
1216	copy 2
1222	El Arbol de la Noche Triste, Mex.	n.d.
1271	Calzada up the hill of Guadalupe, Mex.	Dec. 26, 1904
1302	Tetzcotzinco hill, where the king of Texcoco had his palace	n.d.
1303*	Ruins of water fountain called Queen's bath on Tetzcotzingo	n.d.
1303	copy 2
1306	Street market in Puebla, Mexico	Dec. 26, 1904
1336	Coasting down Popocatepetl, Mexico	Dec. 26, 1904
1439	La Coca. Tehuantepec. Church costume.	n.d.
1439	copy 2
1441	Tehuanas con huipiles	Feb. 20, 1901
1444	Grinding corn in Tehuantepec	Feb. 20, 1901
1445	The Tehuantepec market	Feb. 20, 1901
1448	The pumpkin market, Tehuantepec	Feb. 20, 1901
1452*	A hot country washing place	n.d.
1474	A Mexican Indian traveler in Chiapas	Nov. 15, 1901
1489	Jaltipan Indian mother and child	Jan. 2, 1905
1490*	Jaltipan Indian woman washing	n.d.
1491	Jaltipan Indian family est. Vera Cruz	n.d.


Folder 3 (formerly 2); item count 44

No.	Description	Date< /td>
1539	Bananas growing in Tabasco, Mex.	Jan. 2, 1905
1540	Field of sugar cane in Mexico	n.d.
1609	Sombreros in marketplace, City of Mexico	n.d.
1609	copy 2
1610?	[partially cut away] ? mules [loaded with timber] being driven? to Mexico City	Jan. 2, 1905
1612	Hot country laborer, Mexico	n.d.
1613	Hot country house, Mexico	n.d.
1617?*	Carboneros; charcoal vendors, City of Mexico	n.d.
1618	Vendor of ollas, Mexico	Jan. 2, 1905
1620	Cargador in City of Mexico	n.d.
1626	Tejedora, Mexico [orig. 165? Note: Waite's name is not printed on photo, but it is stamped on back side.]	n.d.
1628	A family in Mexico [rural setting]	n.d.
1643	Making tortillas in Mexico	n.d.
1643	copy 2
1649	Mexican lavandería	Jan. 2, 1905
1650	Mexican water carrier at fountain	Jan. 2, 1905
1650	copy 2 [faded]
1665	Mexican washing place	n.d.
1703	Doing the washing in Mexico	Jan. 2, 1905
1703	copy 2
1705	Market on the ground floor, Mexico	n.d.
1720	Lovers playing the bear in Mexico	Jan. 2, 1905
1722	Chicken and turkey vendors, Mexico	Jan. 2, 1905
1728	Our charcoal men in Mexico	n.d.
1730*	Brasero; a Mexican kitchen [worn]	n.d.
1737	Guitarist, Mexico City [added to this in pencil: "(oval) - Souvenirs and Curiosidades - Colección Nuevo 1"; none of this is on photo.]	n.d.
1742	Vendor of petates or rush mats	n.d.
1772	Corn husks for tamales in Mexico	n.d.
1772*	copy 2 [damaged]
1783	A moving furniture store in Mexico [Indian carrying a load of wicker chairs]	n.d.
1786	Pulque gatherer near City of Mexico	Jan. 2, 1905
1787*	Here's looking at you, in Pulque	n.d.
1797	Tehuantepec women [in costume], (rear view)	n.d.
1797*	copy 2
1851	Sumidero cascade, Mex. Ry.	n.d.
1870	Apizaco, the cane station, Mexico	Jan. 2, 1905
2416	[cane weaver; young girl matting cane stalks]	Dec. 19, 1907


Unnumbered photographs (in Folder 3)


	Description	Copyright Date
	[pathway among the cypress trees; description cut away]	Dec. 1, 1904
	Tehuantepec? [Faded. See No. 1797 of Tehuantepec women in native costume.]
	Tehuantepec woman [in] house dress.	Mar. 13, 1901
	[Oaxaca street scene; woman leading burro, atop which rides a girl holding large baskets. In background: business of Vicente Gallardo, "gran surtidor de telas y ornamentos sacerdotales,: housed in building with a three-arch entrance.]	n.d.
1000?	[M.C. & P. ? R. R? "a view in Puente de Ixtla"]	Dec. 28, 1904
	[woman and child of Oaxaca?]	date faded
	[... crater of volcano Popocatepetl, Mexico; see No. 1336, also of Popocatepetl; also one of Schmidt lantern slides.] Number torn away.	n.d.
All rights of copying reserved; this picture must not be copied or published without written permission of C. B. Waite, Photographer, ["Views of Mexico for Sale"], San Juan de Letrán No. 3, Mexico City [also San Juan de Letrán No. 5] [also: 1 St. San Cosme 8-1/2, Mexico City]. "Es Propiedad Depositada."
*Also stamped as property of Sonora News Company, Mexico.
Note: Copies of Waite's prints No. 40, 205, 283, and 1222 are found also in the Tabasco Rubber Plantation Photographs.

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Miscellaneous Photographs : Folder 4 (formerly 3); item count 33
No.	Description
1	Water man of Juanacatlan, No. 948, by Cox & Carmichael, Photographers, 1a Independencia No. 4, Mexico City

2	Rag picker, No. 162
3	"Feliz," No. 762
4	Untitled, No. 772
5	Untitled, No. 1018
6	Guadalajara, No. 1446
6	copy 2 of No. 1446
7	[? Scott's] unnumbered photo of women washing, in the same setting as that of No. 6 above (No. 1446)
8	Untitled, No. 1480
9	La Viga Canal - unloading, No. 1712
10	Torreón, No. 2445
11	Untitled, No. 2524
12	Untitled, No. 2935
13	Untitled, No. 2989
14	Untitled, No. 2990
15	"Fruit Carrier," number torn away

Sonora News Company

16	Street in Tehuantepec, No. 291, [name of photographer partially cut away]
17	Jamiltepec Indian with his load, No. 419
17	copy 2 of No. 419
18	Hauling freight in Vera Cruz, No. 629
19	Traveling in the state of Chiapas, No. 630
19	copy 2 of No. 630
20	Market scene, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, No. 652
21	Hennequin plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, No. 900
22	[Women with children, at temporary food stand; unnumbered, brown-tone print]

"Típicos" - La Rochester, Mexico, D.F.

23	[Woman with children]
24	[Kitchen scene]
25	Woman and girl wearing the Tehuantepec-style headdresses; Tip. 53]
26	[Performer, in costume, with guitar]
27	[Young farmer behind plow-team]
28	[Small market, smiling vendors, on unidentified cobblestone street]
29	"Plazuela de la Soledad, San Miguel de Allende, 21 de Junio de 1904?" [year erased]
30	Male dressed in colorful Indian attire (color added to photo by hand, it appears)

Small Prints (Foto-Valdes) : Folder 5 (formerly 4B); item count 23

	Unidentified; printed Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México, by "Foto - Valdes revelado e impresión." Include panoramic shots, street scenes, rooftops, public fountains, churches, monuments, and plazas/markets. Approximately 2-1/8" x 3-1/8".


Mexico/Guatemala : Folder 6 (formerly 5); item count 38


No.	Description
1	Mixtec year sign, dated inscription at Cuilapan
2	copy of No. 1
3	copy of No. 1
4	Mexico: group scene, "Fiesta at Amatlán (Cordobo)."
5	Residence [?]
6	Guatemala: children in front of church school
7	Outdoors scene, unidentified
8	"Santa María de Jesús" (church faade)
9	Esquipulas, Guatelama: street vendors?
10	Santiago de Atitlán: street scene
11	Chichicastenango street
12	Chichicastenango market scene
13	similar scene, same sit?
14	Chichicastenango: steps at church entrance
15	Guatemalan family [?]
16	Young boy
17	Market scene
18	Public fountain [?]
19	Group scene
20	At edge of lake
21	[?] Lago de Atitlán
22	[?] Lago de Atitlán
23	Pátzcuaro [?]
24	Street scene
25	Street intersection: horse-drawn carriage
26	Street scene
27	Women beside dwelling with thatched roof
28	Similar scene
29	Woman weaving
30	Prehispanic site
31	Teotihuacán
32	Unidentified site
33	Siqueiros painting, s/"Mex Feb. 1930"
34	Unidentified stela
35	Unidentified stela
36	Street corner, Guatemala ?
37	Thatched-roof dwellings

Postcards : Folder 7 (formerly 4A); item count 26

No. State Description< /b>

1 Distrito Federal Xochimilco, D.F. No. 37, Hugo Brehme, photographer

2 Guanajuato Guanajuato, Gto., panoramic view; Azo postcard.

3 Momias del Panteón Municipal; Azo postcard.

4 San Miguel Allende, Gto., No. 23

5 México Tepotzotlán. [Convento]; Vitava postcard [see G917.25 R6647e, p. 236]

6 Tepotzotlán [another view of convent]; Vitava postcard

7 Michoacán Pátzcuaro, Calle de Buenavista, No. 16, by Valdés; Gevaert postcard [see folder 6]

8 Pátzcuaro, panorama de. No. 39, by Valdés (Gevaert) [see folder 6]

9 Lago de Pátzcuaro, No. 64 (EKKP)

10 Uruapan. Portal A. F. Mercado (58) (Gevaert)

11 Taller de pintura indígena (75) (EKKP) [see No. 138]

12 Uruapan. Plaza Fr. Juan de Sn. Miguel (115) (Gevaert)

13 Uruapan. [plaza] vendedora de legumbres (124) (Gevaert)

14 Uruapan. Portales (125) (EKKP)

15 Uruapan. Taller de pintura indígena (138) (Gevaert) [see#75]

16 Uruapan. Plaza Juárez (139) (EKKP)

17 Uruapan. Plaza Juárez (140) (Gevaert)

18 Uruapan. "Tipos Tarascos" (148) (EKKP)

19 Uruapan. Tipos Tarascos [elderly woman, seated on sidewalk] (150) (EKKP)

20 Uruapan. Camino cerca La Charanda. (170) (EKKP)

21 Uruapan. Calle A. Obregón

22 Morelos Vista parcial, Cuernavaca. Viveros, photograper, No. 47, Agfa postcard

23 Querétaro Querétaro. Palacio Federal. J. T. Patiño, ph. (Gev.)

24 Querétaro. Interior view of Santa Clara, No. 59, J. T. Patiño, photographer (Gevaert)

25 Querétaro. Interior of Santa Rosa, No. 56, J. T. Patiño, photographer (Gevaert)

26 Unidentified group. Agfa postcard. [Headdress worn by women in center of marching group is that of the Tehuantepec women.]

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