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: National Portrait Gallery
Log Cabin Anecdotes
- Exhibition Label
- The partisan ballyhoo of prints, cartoons, song sheets, and broadsides was particularly effective during the raucous electioneering of the 1840 presidential campaign. In this broadside promoting William Henry Harrison, the log cabin title and cider barrel border helped transform the college-educated Whig candidate into a champion of the common man. These symbols of frontier struggles and simple tastes came from a newspaper's sneering comment that Harrison, if given a pension and a barrel of hard cider, would be content to retire to his log cabin. Whig campaigners seized upon the imagery, enlivening mass rallies with free cider, new campaign songs, and log cabin pictures. The lower and middle classes had suffered keenly after the panic of 1837, and populist symbols, slogans, and tunes helped Harrison's cause. On all their banners, one Whig noted approvingly, "the Temple of Liberty is transformed into a hovel of unhewn logs."
- Date
- 1840
- Artist
- Unidentified Artist
- Publisher
- J. P. Guffing
- Sitter
- William Henry Harrison, 9 Feb 1773 - 4 Apr 1841
- Object number
- NPG.82.12
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Hide Tanning Log
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 1 Feb 2012
- Accession Date
- 1913-Jun-09
- Donor Name
- Miss Frances T. Densmore
- Collector
- Miss Frances T. Densmore
- Accession Number
- 055524
- USNM Number
- E278130-0
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Lumbering and Logging
- Artist
- Albert C. Runquist, born Aberdeen, WA 1894-died Multnomah County, OR 1971
- Object number
- 1974.28.38
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- This record comes from another Smithsonian unit: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Log Cabin Maze
- Description
- A “Log Cabin” is a traditional quilt pattern in which narrow strips of fabric form a spiral around a center square. Ellen Oppenheimer has used this design to create a diagonal grid of large, multicolored squares. This basic composition is difficult to see, however, because the stripes in each small piece of fabric join together, creating a labyrinth that spreads over the entire surface of the quilt.
- “I started with squares and I made up my own geometry.” Ellen Oppenheimer, Northern California Home and Garden, 1992
- Date
- 1992
- Artist
- Ellen Oppenheimer, born White Plains, NY 1952
- Object number
- 1995.66
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Huge steam traction dray (13 feet wheels) hauling logs in a logging camp. 6010 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.12 [216]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 20862
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
The stump where a forest giant stood--and the saw which felled it--big tree logging, Converse Basin. 5984 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.51 [114]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 26784
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Great log rafts containing millions of feet--to be towed to San Francisco, Columbia River. 12653 interpositive 1904
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.2.8 [5]
- Date
- 1904
- 1890-1920
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 7134
- Video number 06071
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
A monster log--a freshly fallen Sequoia giant--big tree logging, Converse Basin. 5985 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.51 [114]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 26785
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Team of oxen pulling logs on crude forest road.] 6000 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.12 [216]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 20852
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Team of oxen pulling log on crude forest road.] 6001 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.12 [216]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 20853
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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