TOURISTS' GUIDE / TO POINTS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF MEXICO / Compliments of the / SHORTEST / QUICKEST / AND MOST / PICTURESQUE / ROUTE / BETWEEN / MEXICO / AND THE / UNITED / STATES booklet
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Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AC0060-0001233.tif (AC Scan No.: front cover) 96-3306 (SI Photo, back cover)
- Exhibitions Note
- Displayed in Archives Center exhibition, "Americans Experience Mexico," Sept. 1-Nov. 30, 2010; Craig Orr, curator.
- Publication
- New York., Press of C.G. Crawford., 1890
- Series Creator
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Place
- Mexico -- description and travel
- Mexico -- 19th century
- Topic
- Uncle Sam (Symbolic character) in art
- Railroads -- Mexico
- Tourism -- Mexico
- Culture
- Mexicans
- See more items in
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Geographical Categories: Mexico
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Geographical Categories: Mexico / Tour Guides
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 1 Item (Ink on paper., 6-3/4" x 5-1/8".)
- Date
- 1890
- Container
- Box 1
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Booklets
- Pamphlets
- Series Citation
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Geographical Categories: Mexico, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Series Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Booklets
- Pamphlets -- 19th century
- Scope and Contents
- Softbound, 36 pp. Guidebook covers Monterey, Topo Chico, Catorce, Bocas, San Luis Potosi, San Miguel and Celaya, Acambaro and Toluca, Ocovocac and La Cima, Morelia and Patzcuaro, and Mexico City. Contains many small illustrations, including some in color. On front cover, an illustration of Uncle Sam shaking hands with a dark-skinned Mexican man with a moustache, sombrero, and serape. On back cover: LAREDO- / ROUTE / Mexican / National / R.R.
- Restrictions
- Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Gloves required with unprotected photographs.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562728226830-1562728226844-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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