Mexican America - Resources and Credits
This section contains educational materials to supplement your journey through Mexican America as illustrated by the collections of the National Museum of American History.
The glossary explains some of the terms used to talk about the history and peoples of Mexico and the American West and Southwest.
The national borders of Mexico have changed radically between the start of the Aztec Empire in the 14th century and the present. See Mexican maps from the collections of the University of Texas Libraries.
Scenes and figures from postcards commemorating the American West and Southwest from the Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Colonia outside of El Paso (circa 1920)
- David Crockett
- Greetings from San Antonio, Texas (The Alamo)
- Mexican Home, New Mexico (circa 1925)
- Old Spanish Days (circa 1925)
Historical scenes and figures from Mexico from the Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Avenida A Tijuana (circa 1910)
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (circa 1925)
- Calle del Comercio Ciudad Juárez (circa 1925)
- Mexican Market Scene (undated photograph)
- Quetzalcoatl
- Taxco, Guerrero (circa 1910)
- Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan (circa 1910)
Other Smithsonian Institution projects about the peoples of Mexico and their descendants, culture, and environment.
For additional information on the history of Mexico, Mexican Americans, and the diverse peoples of the American West and Southwest, please see the bibliography.
Esta sección contiene materiales educativos a fin de complementar el recorrido a través de la América Mexicana ilustrado por objetos provenientes de las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana.
Pulsando sobre el enlace que se observa a continuación se puede acceder a un glosario donde se explican algunos de los términos usados para referirse a la historia y a los pueblos de México, tanto como del oeste y sudoeste de América.
Los límites nacionales de México han cambiado radicalmente entre los comienzos del Imperio Azteca en el siglo XIV y el presente. Pulse el siguiente enlace para ver mapas de México de las colecciones de las Bibliotecas de la Universidad .de Texas.
Pulsar los siguientes enlaces para ver tarjetas con escenas y figuras, y fotos conmemorativas del oeste y sudoeste americano de la Colección de Postales Victor A. Blenkle, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Colonia en las afueras de El Paso (ca. 1920)
- David Crockett
- Saludos desde San Antonio, Texas
- Hogar Mexicano, Nuevo México (ca. 1925)
- Viejos Tiempos Españoles (ca. 1925)
Pulsar los siguientes enlaces para ver escenas y figuras históricas de México.
- Avenida A Tijuana (ca. 1910)
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (ca. 1925)
- Calle del Comercio Ciudad Juárez (ca. 1925)
- Escena de un Mercado Mexicano (foto sin fecha)
- Quetzalcoatl
- Taxco, Guerrero (circa 1910)
- Templo de Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan (ca. 1910)
Pulsar los siguientes enlaces para ver otros proyectos de la Institución Smithsonian acerca de los pueblos de México y sus descendientes, su cultura y su entorno.
Para mayor información sobre la historia de México, los mexicoamericanos y los diversos pueblos del oeste y sudoeste americano, por favor pulsar sobre el enlace de bibliografía a continuación.
The Mexican America object group is a collective effort of the staff of the National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center: Division of Home and Community Life; Division of Information Technology and Communications; Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment; Division of Politics and Reform; New Media Program; Program in Latino History and Culture; Office and Museum Management and Services; and Registration Services.
Special thanks to Diana Taggart and Michelle Sánchez.
El grupo de objetos América Mexicana es un esfuerzo conjunto del personal del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana, del Centro Kenneth E. Behring: División de Vida en el Hogar y la Comunidad; División de Tecnología Informativa y Comunicaciones; División de Música, Deportes y Entretenimiento; División de Política y Reforma; Programa de Nuevos Medios de Comunicación; Programa de Historia y Cultura Latinas; La Oficina de Gestión y Servicios de Museo; y la Oficina de Servicios de Adquisiciones.
Un agradecimiento especial a Diana Taggart y Michelle Sánchez.
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- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Cypress Logging (mural study, Perry, Florida Post Office)
- Date
- ca. 1938
- Artist
- George Snow Hill, born Munising, MI 1898-died Petersburg, FL 1969
- Object number
- 1962.8.65
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Logging in California, (painting)
- Notes
- San Francisco Bay Area Biap Survey, 1975
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco collection printout, 2007
- Arkelian, Marjorie Dakin, "William Hahn: Genre Painter, 1829-1887," Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1976, no. 26
- Date
- 1880
- painter
- Hahn, William 1829-1887
- Control number
- IAP 71064130
- Data Source
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Hauling Logs by Ox Team, (painting)
- Notes
- Msu Michigan Biap Survey, 1975; Dr. Sadayoshi Omoto files, 1994
- Summary
- Figures are driving logs drawn by an ox team through the woods during a blizzard
- Date
- Ca. 1910
- painter
- Norman, Frederick 1846-1928
- Control number
- IAP 71710167
- Data Source
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian Institution LibrariesNo Image Available
[Trade catalogs on forestry, forest products industry, logging, lumbering, trees, tree farming, pulp, paper, wood, wood products, wood construction, wood structures ... ]
- Notes
- Trade literature
- Includes specifications, annual reports, and bulletins
- Includes catalogs issued by American Forest Products Industries (subsidiary)
- Includes catalogs issued jointly with: American Pulpwood Association; American Paper and Pulp Association
- Date
- 1916
- 1916-
- Author
- National Lumber Manufacturers Association
- American Forest Products Industries
- American Pulpwood Association
- American Paper and Pulp Association
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue IndexNo Image Available
Log Cabin, (copy), (painting)
- Notes
- Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 33 (Sale info: For Sale)
- Toronto Society of Arts: First Exhibition, 1847. Open from nine o'clock in the morning until dusk. Admittance for each Person, one Shilling and Threepence; Season Tickets, during the exhibition, Three Shillings and Ninepence; Children under Twelve Years of Age, Half Price. Catalogues Sevenpence Halfpenny each. Vivat Regina
- Artist professional affiliation: Toronto Society of Arts
- Date
- 1876
- artist
- Stevenson and McGregor
- Unknown (copy after)
- Control number
- AECI 02920033
- Data Source
- Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue IndexNo Image Available
Old Log and Trees, (painting)
- Notes
- Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 646 (Sale info: $120.00)
- "23 1/4 X 17 1/2. Price frame. $16.00" [P. 37; Price of sale noted in contemporary hand.]
- Executor's Sale. The Collection of over Five Hundred Paintings and Studies by the late John F. Kensett, will be sold at auction, in Association Hall, Y.M.C.A., 23d Street cor. Fourth Avenue, on the evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, March 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, at 7 1/2 o'clock, precisely. Robert Somerville, Auctioneer. These Paintings and Studies will remain on Exhibition, (day and evening,) free, at the Galleries of National Academy of Design, 23d Street, cor. 4th Avenue. R.M. Olyphant, Executor
- Date
- 1876
- artist
- Kensett, John F.
- Control number
- AECI 02990653
- Data Source
- Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art MuseumNo Image Available
The Log, (painting)
- Notes
- Quick, Michael, "George Inness: a catalogue raisonne; volume two," Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2007, no. 872
- Ireland, Leroy, "The works of George Inness: an illustrated catalog raisonne," Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1965, 1484
- Date
- Ca. 1893
- painter
- Inness, George 1825-1894
- Control number
- IAP 80871386
- Data Source
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Mallory Logging Equipment Co.]
- Date
- 1900s
- Company Name
- Mallory Logging Equipment Co.
- Related companies
- F. B. Mallory Co.
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_29327
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- No Image Available
[Trade catalogs from Pacific Logging Congress]
- Date
- 1900s
- Variant company name
- formed 1909 (see http://www.pacificloggingcongress.org/)
- Company Name
- Pacific Logging Congress
- Record ID
- SILNMAHTL_26852
- Data source
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art MuseumNo Image Available
Log Cabin, (painting)
- Notes
- Witherspoon Galleries (Lafayette, Ca.) Biap Survey, 1976
- Date
- 1906
- painter
- Straus, M.
- Control number
- IAP 61140635
- Data Source
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
