Early Images of Latin America
"Early Images of Latin America" currently contains 640 digital images from the Latin American Library’s Image Archive documenting people, places, landscapes, urban and rural scenes in various countries of the region from the mid-19th century to c. 1910. Images come from an array of sources, such as promotional albums compiled as travel souvenirs for tourists, studio portraits, personal photographic albums, glass lantern slides and stereoscopic images, as well as images captured by professional and amateur photographers. The current geographic scope of the collection includes Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, and Uruguay, with particular focus on the cities of Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro.
Search the Early Images collection using the subject terms "Farms", "Tropical forests", "Gardens", "Mountains", "Rivers", and "Panoramic views." More images can be viewed as prints at the Latin American Library.