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Call Number:

PH-02227

Collection Name:

Che! Wah! Wah! or, The Modern Montezumas in Mexico

Creator:

Cleveland, Ralph D., 1851-1918

Street, George C. (George Charles), 1814-1889

No. of Items:

33 items

Span Dates:

1883

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by George G. Street (American, 1814-1889), entitled Che! Wah! Wah! or, The Modern Montezumas in Mexico (Rochester, N.Y.: E.R. Andrews, printer, 1883). The book is illustrated with 33 albumen prints by Ralph D. Cleveland (American, 1851-1918) and with woodcuts and sketches by the author. Photograph captions follow.

958:0189:0001 -- Dining car “Brevoort,” C.B. & Q.R.R. “How is he treating you, gents?”;
958:0189:0002 -- Depot of B. & M.R.R.R. in Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.;
958:0189:0003 -- Union Depot, Denver, Colorado;
958:0189:0004 -- “The Windsor,” Denver, Colorado;
958:0189:0005 -- Prairie Dogs in Colorado;
958:0189:0006 -- Soda Spring, Canon City, Colorado;
958:0189:0007 -- In the Grand Canon of the Arkansas;
958:0189:0008 -- Massive Mountain,- Leadville, Colorado;
958:0189:0009 -- Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado;
958:0189:0010 -- Mount Ouray,- Marshall Pass, Colorado;
958:0189:0011 -- The Pilgrim’s Train, At Trinidad, Colorado;
958:0189:0012 -- Looking East,- Trinidad, Colorado;
958:0189:0013 -- Looking West, Trinidad, Colorado;
958:0189:0014 -- Raton, New Mexico;
958:0189:0015 -- El Paso, Texas;
958:0189:0016 -- Old Church, Paso Del Norte, Mexico;
958:0189:0017 -- Wagon Mound, New Mexico;
958:0189:0018 -- Burros on the way to Market, Chihuahua, Mexico;
958:0189:0019 -- Cathedral, Chihuahua;
958:0189:0020 -- Fountain in the Plaza, Chihuahua;
958:0189:0021 -- Interior of Market, Chihuahua. Spiers can be distinguished from Mexican by the green cotton umbrella that he carries in his hand;
958:0189:0022 -- The Plaza, Chihuahua;
958:0189:0023 -- The Plaza, Chihuahua. (Street Scene at the Left.);
958:0189:0024 -- Ox Cart, Chihuahua;
958:0189:0025 -- Old Church, Chihuahua;
958:0189:0026 -- Barracks of Eleventh Mexican Infantry,- Chihuahua;
958:0189:0027 -- Street Scene, Chihuahua.
958:0189:0028 -- Ox Cart, Chihuahua;
958:0189:0029 -- Pueblo Indian Children, Isleta, New Mexico;
958:0189:0030 -- Isleta, New Mexico;
958:0189:0031 -- “The Montezume,” Hot Springs, Las Vegas, New Mexico;
958:0189:0032 -- Bath Houses and Old Hotel, Hot Springs, Las Vegas, New Mexico;
958:0189:0033 -- At “The Montezuma.”

Location(s):

F 1215 S89 HRC-P (958:0189:0001-0033)
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