Object Details
- General
- Series II, Box 23, Foreign--Mexico--Miscellaneous scenes.
- Collector
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Creator
- Union Postal Universal
- Names
- Museo Nacional de Historia
- Carlota of Hapsburg, Empress.
- Diaz, Porfirio
- Maximilian of Hapsburg, Emperor
- Collection Creator
- National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Place
- Mexico -- 1900-1920
- Mexico City (Mexico)
- Chapultepec Park (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Topic
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Mexico -- History and culture -- 1900-1920
- Museums
- Cities and towns -- Mexico
- Tourism
- Collector
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Creator
- Union Postal Universal
- See more items in
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 2: Geographical Locations outside the United States / Mexico / Miscellaneous Scenes
- Extent
- 1 Item (b/w, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2".)
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Collection Citation
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, circa 1880-circa 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
- Collection 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
- Postcards -- 1900-1920
- Picture postcards -- 1900-1920
- Scope and Contents
- Black-and-white photograph (reproduction) of the Castle of Chapultepec, the site of the battle of Chapultepec between Mexican and U.S. forces, the official residence of Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg and his empress Carlota, President Porfirio Diaz's Mexico City residence and now the site of the Museo Nacional de Historia, at the center of Parque Chapultepec, Mexico City's central park. Chapultepec is a word derived from Nahuatl which means hill (tepec) of the grasshopper (chapulin).
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research use.
- Record ID
- ebl-1560368414239-1560368414396-3
