Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.) Search this
Extent:
180 Acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
71 Photographic prints (gelatin silver, 10 x 13 inches.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Acetate negatives
Photographic prints
Black-and-white negatives
Photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Place:
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
Date:
1932-1933
Summary:
This collection contains 180 black-and-white acetate negatives and 71 gelatin silver prints taken by American artist Hortense Ferne. The images depict scenes of everyday life in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, Morales, Guerrero and the Federal District, as well as the Teotihuacán archaeological site. A few images of San Jose Mission and the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, are also present.
Arrangement note:
Negatives: organized in individual sleeves; arranged by image number.
Prints: organized in boxes; arranged by image number.
Biographical/Historical note:
Hortense T. Ferne (1885-1976) was a 20th century lithographer and painter who studied with Charles Webster Hawthorne and William Merritt Chase. Her work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress and the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts. She was also commissioned by the Library of Congress to create lithographic portraits of prominent American statesmen.
Restrictions:
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Rights:
Copyright: National Museum of the American Indian.
Topic:
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Guerrero (State) Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Distrito Federal Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State) Search this
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Morelos (State) Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white negatives
Photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Citation:
Hortense T. Ferne negatives and prints, National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution (negative, slide or catalog number).
