50 original photos of Mexican antiquities, circa 1900-1904 / [ca. half by commerical, half by a competent amateur]

1900 · 45 pictures

A photographic album of fifty original prints of Mexican archaeological ruins, made around 1900 to 1904, half by commercial photographers and half by a capable amateur. The pictures show Maya-style stone buildings in dense jungle, shot in plain documentary views. A designer could draw on their weathered stone textures, carved mask-and-lattice facades, and overgrown ruin settings for natural, aged backgrounds.

Indian architecture -- Pictorial works · Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works · Mexico -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works

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