All entries for Tuesday 22 August 2006
August 22, 2006
Leaders of the Mexican wars of independence
Library link
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mex-independence.htm
Short description
Portraits of leaders of the Mexican wars of independence.
Source website
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/
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Not specified.
22 Aug 2006 15:55
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Gil de Castro, José. Portrait of Simón Bolívar (1825)
Library link
http://www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/gallery/detail/simon-bolivar_det.htm
Short description
José Gil de Castro’s Portrait of Simón Bolívar, 1825.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/about.htm
22 Aug 2006 15:45
| Tags: 19Thc Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Independence Jose Gil De Castro Latin America Panama Peru Portraits Simon Bolivar Venezuela War
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Gil de Castro, José. Portrait of José de San Martín (1818)
Library link
http://www.puc.cl/faba/ARTE/FOTOS/FULL/GCASTRO/g.12.0.jpg
Short description
José Gil de Castro’s portrait of José de San Martín, 1818
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
2005 © Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
22 Aug 2006 15:32
| Tags: 19Thc Am101 Argentina Chile Independence Jose De San Martin Jose Gil De Castro Latin America Leaders Liberators Peru Portraits
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Cultural Readings: Colonisation and Print in the Americas, Penn Library Exhibitions
Library link
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/kislak/index/cultural.html
Short description
An exhibition entitled ‘Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas’. The exhibition is divided into several sections with images and accompanying text. The images are not searchable.
Source website
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© University of Pennsylvania Library.
22 Aug 2006 15:17
| Tags: Am101 Collection Colonization Native Americans Prints Spanish
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Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America 1520–1820
Library link
http://www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/gallery/gallery_main.htm
Short description
Site dedicated to visual culture in Spanish America from 1520-1820. The images are divided thematically and by era. The site also features a glossary and bibliography with links to other online resources.
Source website
http://www.smith.edu/vistas/index.html
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/about.htm
22 Aug 2006 15:12
| Tags: 14Thc 15Thc 16Thc 17Thc 18Thc 19Thc 20Thc Am101 Architecture Latin America Pre-14Thc Spanish Vistas
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Union of the Inca Royal Family with the Houses of Loyola and Borgia, Vistas Gallery
Library link
http://www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/gallery/detail/marriage-inka_det.htm
Short description
18th century painting depicting the union of the Inca royal family with the houses of Loyola and Borgia. The original is held in the Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima, Peru.
Source website
http://www.smith.edu/vistas/vistas_web/index.html
Copyright and usage conditions
Copyright 2005, Dana Leibsohn and Barbara Mundy
Please credit as: Leibsohn, Dana, and Barbara Mundy, Vistas: Spanish American Visual Culture, 1520-1820.
http://www.smith.edu/vistas, 2005.
22 Aug 2006 15:08
| Tags: 18Thc Am101 Customs Inca Latin America Paintings Vistas
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'A Spanish Traveller Mistreats his Native Carrier'
Library link
http://www.kb.dk/elib/mss/poma/
Browse to image 215 using the table of drawings.
Short description
Image of a Spanish traveller mistreating his native carrier, taken from Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government, 1615 (illustration 215).
Source website
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Not specified.
22 Aug 2006 14:45
| Tags: 17Thc Africans Am101 Am406 Labour Latin America Slavery Spanish Transportation
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Casta paintings (colonial images of inter–racial mixing), Emory College
Library link
http://www.college.emory.edu/culpeper/BAKEWELL/thinksheets/castas.html
Short description
Images of Casta paintings showing inter-racial mixing. Contextual information is also provided.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
All content Copyright © 2000, Emory University.
22 Aug 2006 14:24
| Tags: 18Thc Africans Am101 Castas Colonization Latin America Mexico Native Americans Paintings
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The Nature of Slavery in Brazil, Cleveland State University
Library link
http://academic.csuohio.edu/as227/Lectures/Brazil/bcp7.htm
Short description
Two images of slaves in Brazil to accompany a lecture entitled ‘The Nature of Slavery in Brazil: the Limits of Power Without Authority’.
Source website
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22 Aug 2006 14:16
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Plantation life in Brazil, 1857, Roots
Library link
http://people.uvawise.edu/roots/imagefiles.html
Short description
Image of plantation life in Brazil amongst several images taken from W.O. Blake’s The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, 1857.
Source website
http://people.uvawise.edu/roots/index.html
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Not specified.
22 Aug 2006 14:11
| Tags: 19Thc Africans Agriculture Am101 Am406 Brazil Collection Cuba Labour Latin America Plantations Roots Slavery
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19th century slaveowner being carried by slaves
Library link
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/caguirre/slaveowner1.jpg
Short description
Image of a 19th century rural slaveowner being carried by slaves.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/copyrght/
22 Aug 2006 14:04
| Tags: 19Thc Africans Am101 Am406 Labour Latin America Slaveowner Slavery Transportation Uoregon
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Slaves carrying a heavy load, Library of Congress
Library link
http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b43000/3b43300/3b43328u.tif
Short description
Illustration showing African slaves transporting a large heavy load.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.loc.gov/homepage/legal.html#copyright
22 Aug 2006 13:55
| Tags: 19Thc African Americans Am101 Brazil Labour Latin America Loc Slavery Transportation Work
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Andean images of the conquest of Peru, David Frye, University of Michigan
Library link
http://www-personal.umich.edu/dfrye/guaman.htm
Short description
Andean images of the conquest of Peru set amongst an extract from The First New Chronicle and Good Government, a huge manuscript written and illustrated by the indigenous (Quechua-speaking) self-taught writer Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala.
Source website
http://www-personal.umich.edu/dfrye/
Copyright and usage conditions
This translation © 1999 by David Frye.
22 Aug 2006 13:39
| Tags: Am101 Andean Collection Conquest Indigenous Population Latin America Peru Umich
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Cortés, Hernán. Smallpox victims, Moctezuma
Library link
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/79-104/Readings/Gallery/3.html
Short description
Aztec image of Hernán Cortés and a Spanish image of Moctezuma (images 15 and 16 in gallery).
Image 7 is an Aztec image depicting smallpox victims.
These images are set within a gallery of images relevant to American history (North and South).
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
Not specified but the images are from the Washington State University General Education Program.
22 Aug 2006 13:28
| Tags: 16Thc 18Thc Advertising Am101 Aztec Collection Conquest Disease Hernan Cortes Latin America Moctezuma Native Americans Peru Slavery Smallpox Spanish
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Conquest of Mexico Indigenous images
Library link
http://www.history.ucla.edu/terraciano/images/PAGE2/pictures/codex_beker.htm
Short description
Indigenous images of the conquest of Mexico from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
Not specified but access to other webpages is restricted.
22 Aug 2006 13:15
| Tags: Am101 Codex Conquest Indigenous Population Latin America Lienzo De Tlaxcala Mexico Ucla
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Colonial and 19th century, AICT: Art Images for College Teaching
Library link
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/18_20/Col_19Am.html
Short description
Photographs of Colonial and 19th century American buildings and monuments.
Source website
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/index.html
Copyright and usage conditions
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/license.html
22 Aug 2006 13:06
| Tags: 19Thc Aict Architecture Colonization Database Monuments Public Buildings Usa
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Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Library link
http://www.npg.si.edu/collect/
Short description
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery has several online collections. Those currently available feature colonial America, the American Revolution, and American presidents.
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22 Aug 2006 13:04
| Tags: 18Thc 19Thc 20Thc Collection Colonization Paintings Politics Portraits Presidents Revolution Smithsonian Usa
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U.S. Political History
Library link
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
Short description
A collection of over 500 public domain images of American Political History which can be browsed by era or topic.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
All images are believed to be in the public domain.
22 Aug 2006 13:01
| Tags: 18Thc 19Thc 20Thc Abolition Cities Civil Rights Movement Maps Politics Presidents Slavery Suffrage Usa Washington Dc
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American Photography: A Century of Images
Library link
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/
Short description
Website to accompany a PBS documentary.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/photocredits/index.html
22 Aug 2006 12:59
| Tags: 20Thc Advertising Photographs Photography Presidents Usa
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Early American Paintings, Worcester Art Museum
Library link
http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/
Short description
This is a collection of early American paintings (pre-1830) held by Worcester Art Museum. The collection can be searched by artist, genre, place of origin; a timeline and bibliography are also included.
Source website
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22 Aug 2006 12:58
| Tags: 17Thc 18Thc 19Thc Paintings Usa
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USDA Historical Photos
Library link
http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/histfeat.htm
Short description
Photographs from the United States Department of Agriculture’s archives. The images were taken between 1937 and 1943 during the Farm Security Administration (FSA) era.
Source website
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.nal.usda.gov/disclaimers/disclaimers.shtml#copyright
22 Aug 2006 12:56
| Tags: 19Thc 20Thc Agriculture Children Industry Transportation Usa Work
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Daguerreotypes at Harvard, Harvard University
Library link
http://preserve.harvard.edu/exhibits/daguerreotype/intro1.html
Short description
Searchable collection of 3,100 daguerreotypes held by Harvard documenting mid-nineteenth century America. The Collection includes works by well-known daguerreotypists Matthew Brady, Southworth and Hawes and John Adams Whipple.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://via.harvard.edu:9080/via/deliver/home?_collection=via#copyright
22 Aug 2006 12:54
| Tags: 19Thc African Americans Children Daguerreotypes Harvard Mathew Brady Photographers Portraits Presidents Slavery Usa
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Art History links list created by Dr Christopher Witcombe, Professor of Art History in Virginia.
Library link
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHamericasoceania.html#northamerica
Short description
Art history links list created by Dr Christopher Witcombe, Professor of Art History in Sweet Briar College, Virginia.
Source website
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Not specified.
22 Aug 2006 12:50
| Tags: 14Thc 15Thc 16Thc 17Thc 18Thc Latin America Usa
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Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement, Seattle Times
Library link
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/photogallery.html
Short description
Photo gallery and timeline documenting Martin Luther King’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/contactus/copyright.html
22 Aug 2006 12:48
| Tags: 20Thc African Americans Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Photographs Politics Protest Usa
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Great Buildings Collection
Library link
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
Short description
Site with images of 1000 buildings and other structures; drawings and downloadable 3-D models are also available. The site can be searched by building name, location, architect, date built and several other parameters.
Source website
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
Copyright and usage conditions
Every Great Buildings image is copyrighted by its photographer, with all rights reserved.
22 Aug 2006 12:46
| Tags: 16Thc 17Thc 18Thc 19Thc 20Thc Architecture Brazil Bridges Cities Latin America Mexico New York City Photographs Public Buildings Usa Washington Dc
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Civil War Images, TreasureNet Historical Image Collection
Library link
http://www.treasurenet.com/images/
Short description
Large collection of historical photographs and prints dealing with the Civil War and westward expansion. The images can be browsed by state and are further divided into many more sub-categories.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/privacy.html#copyright
22 Aug 2006 12:44
| Tags: 19Thc Abolitionists Civil War Frontier Migration Native Americans Photographs Presidents Railroads Slavery Transportation War
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America's Reconstruction: People and Politics after the Civil War, Digital History
Library link
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html
Short description
Online exhibit based on a travelling exhibition which documents the reconstruction period which began during the Civil War and ended in 1877. Although not an image database the collection includes many photographs from the time.
Source website
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/default.htm
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/copyright.cfm
22 Aug 2006 12:43
| Tags: 19Thc Abolition African Americans Agriculture Civil War Factories Photographs Presidents Reconstruction Slavery South Usa War Work
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Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives
Library link
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/
Short description
Eyewitness accounts of key moments in American History with accompanying images.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/privacy.html#copyright
22 Aug 2006 12:41
| Tags: 18Thc 19Thc 20Thc Mining Nara Presidents Revolution Space Usa Wwii
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Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II, the National Archives
Library link
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html
Short description
Collection of WWII propaganda posters and some related audio files.
Source website
Copyright and usage conditions
http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/privacy.html#copyright
22 Aug 2006 12:40
| Tags: 20Thc African Americans Nara Posters Propaganda Transportation Usa War Women Wwii
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