Cruces y Campa Collection of Mexican Occupationals, c. 1860
(Collection 48)
The Cruces y Campa Collection contains cartes-de-visites showing Mexican men, women, and children in a diversity of occupations, against realistic backgrounds. Antíoco Cruces and Luis Campa were well-known Mexican photographers active in the latter part of the 19th century.
Representative images of men and women in this collection
Collection Inventory
1. Woman of Puebla.
2. Woman of Tehuantepec.
3. Woman of Mérida.
4. unidentified.
5. Woman in festive dress.
6. Woman water vendor "Agua Fresca".
7. Woman with basket.
8. Woman with shawl.
9. Woman with sleeping child "Florera".
10. Woman with child "Quicapoó.
11. unidentified.
12. Woman with large basket.
13. Woman grinding corn.
14. Woman making light cakes (butrolero).
15. Two women under pulque sign.
16. Woman ironing.
17. Woman seated.
18. Woman in canoe.
19. Three people in canoe.
20. Two men in canoe.
21. Two young fruit vendors.
22. Couple making chairs.
23. Man repairing shoes.
24. Man syphoning maguey juice.
25. Two men with pulque in pig hides.
26. Men at pulquería.
27. Water vendor.
28. Chicken vendor.
29. Vegetable vendor.
30. Broom vendor.
31. Straw mat vendor.
32. Bird cage vendor.
33. Two basket vendors.
34. Two sieve vendors.
35. Guitar vendor.
36. Pottery vendor.
37. Wood vendor.
38. Two cloth vendors.
39. Bucket vendor.
40. Trinket vendor.
41. Candle vendor.
42. Rope vendor.
43. Vendor with bucket on head.
44. Vendor with tub on head.
45. Vendor with large basket.
46. Fisherman.
47. Miners.
48. Two vendors with urn.
49. Public scribe with client.
50. Lamp lighter.
51. Coffee/chocolate vendor.
52. Jailer.
53. Fireworks entertainer.
54-55. Trinket vendor.
56. Man in embroidered shirt.
57. Charro.
58. Children at play and work.
59. Musicians.
60. Plowing with oxen.
61. Young boy.
62. Altar in the cathedral of Aguascalientes, Jan. 1, 1882.
