Title:
[John Malcolm Nicol collection of photographs of Latin America and Oregon mining]
Creator/Contributor:
Nicol, John Malcolm, creator, creator.
Abstract:
Snapshots of scenes and people from the trips of a mining engineer in Latin America and Oregon. Some professionally produced
photographs included. Of note are views of Zacatecas and mines in the region, a few images of artillery practice in Honduras,
some images associated with the 1910 Maderas revolution in Mexico, and some with the Nicaraguan civil war in 1927. v.1: professional
photographs of urban edifices, rail lines, and scenery in Costa Rica, 1902-1904 -- PIC box 1 folder 1: Mexico snapshots, 1909
with 1920 and 1921 additions (v.2) -- PIC folder 2: unmounted photos laid-in v.2 -- PIC folder 3: Oregon mining, including
hydraulic mining, 1909 (v. 3) -- PIC folder 4: unmounted items laid-in v.3 -- PIC folder 5: Mexico photographs -- PIC folder
6: Honduras photographs, approximately 1906-1911 -- PIC folder 7: three Guatemala photographs, (approximately 1911 according
to seller, but appear earlier) -- PIC folder 8: six Nicaragua photographs, 1927 and earlier -- PIC folder 9: smaller format
photographs, various unidentified locations and one of Honduras -- PIC folder 10: three unidentified photographs, Latin America
and perhaps Oregon? -- PIC folder 11: "Eight Bells" mimeograph publication of the S.S. Salvador, June 1929, on voyage from
San Francisco to New York via the Panama Canal.
Date:
1902 (issued)
Subject:
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Mines and mineral resources -- Photographs
Hydraulic mining -- Oregon -- Photographs
Mexico -- Photographs
Costa Rica -- Photographs
Honduras -- Photographs
Guatemala -- Photographs
Nicaragua -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected and probably photographed in part by mining engineer John Malcolm Nicol.
1 album (v.1) boxed separately. 2 small albums (v.2-3) housed in a single box with bulk of collection.
John Malcolm Nicol collection of photographs of Latin America and Oregon mining, BANC PIC 2001.155, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphic
Photograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approxamately 195 photographs in 1 volume and 1 box : black and white prints ; various sizes
Language:
English
Origin:
Various places