National Anthropological Archives

Photographs of Brazil, Cuba, and Costa Rica, 1919-1926

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.142
Dates:
1919-1926
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
137 Lantern slides
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Lantern slides, possibly made by a tourist, documenting architecture and city scenes in Havana, Cuba (1919); San Jose and Port Simon, Costa Rica (1926); and Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Some images depict agriculture and religious subjects, including those of an experimental agriculture station in Cuba, the coffee industry in Brazil, and a Jesuit school in Costa Rica. Also included are photographs made in Barbados (1923), Charlotte Amalie in the Virgin Islands, and India, as well as slides of astronomical charts.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital surrogate is available online.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 142, Photographs of Brazil, Cuba, and Costa Rica, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 142

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Inventory is available in repository.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Agriculture Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coffee industry -- Brazil Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
India Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Virgin Islands Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brazil Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Barbados Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
São Paulo (Brazil) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Havana (Cuba) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cuba Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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