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Image / Government Palace (Palace of the President), Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910

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Title
Government Palace (Palace of the President), Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905/1910
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Government Palace (Palace of the President), Mexico City, Mexico, ca.1905-1910. This long three-story building is fronted by a row of small trees punctuated with street lights along the street. Several horse-drawn carriages are visible in the street. Pedestrians visible on the sidewalk and the wide avenue. An iron balustrade goes around all of the windows and doors on the top floor facing the street. A winged statue holding a wreath or ring is standing on the apex of the short edifice on the roof over the main entry. Mountains are visible in the far distance.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 10 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14594
USC-1-1-1-14147 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-699
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14594
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-699.jpg
Subject
Mexico--Mexico City
Public buildings--Mexico
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1905/1910
Place
Mexico City
Mexico
Source
1-224- [Microfiche number]
699 [Accession number]
CHS-699 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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