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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Logbook, Whaling Bark Virginia of New Bedford
- Description
- This logbook chronicles six months of a whaling voyage to the Pacific whaling grounds by the bark Virginia of New Bedford, Mass. The voyage began in late August 1840.
- Most official ship logbooks record wind, weather, and sail changes, directions and ports reached and cleared. This one was filled with extra details and a few drawings by its keeper, Thomas M. Peakes. On 16 December 1840, two whales were caught and processed. The figures inside the whale stamps for those events show the number of barrels of oil taken from each whale. The last word, “Amanda,” reveals the writer’s homesickness. Her name appears often, as do the words “home sweet home.”
- On 31 January 1841, crewman Henry N. North fell overboard and almost perished before being rescued. Towards the end of March 1841, log keeper Peakes was injured himself and had to go ashore at Talcahuano, Chile. Virginia’s ship’s log ended here, after noting that a kindly local widow took Peakes into her home to help him regain his health. After a three-week recovery, Peakes shipped out for home on the whaler Montano.
- date made
- 1840
- ID Number
- AG*056866
- catalog number
- 56866
- accession number
- 2009.0183
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Log Booms at a sawmill on the Columbia River 12522 interpositive 1904
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.2.7 [22]
- Date
- 1904
- 1890-1920
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 7100
- Video number 06037
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
A steamer bringing logs to be built into the great rafts. 12654 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 7135
- Video number 06072
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Big tree logging--mules hauling enormous sections of the great log on skids to the mill--Converse Basin. 5989 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.51 [114]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 26787
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
(3) Big tree logging--rent sections of the great log after the blast--Converse Basin. 5988 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.12 [216]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 20839
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Scouring logs and hauling them up the slip into the sawmill at Minneapolis. 7976 interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.54 [67]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 27234
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Logs shooting down a mountainside through a 350-ft. flume to water. 9859 interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.56 [134]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 27566
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
A boom of mahogany logs and drift wood on the Wandea River. 11536 interpositive 1906
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.2.6 [24]
- Similar to RSN 1863
- Date
- 1906
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Wallace
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 669
- Video number 05740
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Poling logs in McCloud River Lumber Co.'s mill pond--looking toward magnificent Mt. Shasta (14,442 feet). 6013 Interpositive
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 3.2.51 [114]
- Date
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Local number
- RSN 26792
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
A boom of mahogany logs and drift wood on the Wandea River. [Active no. 11536 : stereo photonegative,] 1906
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.13 [157]
- Similar to RSN 669; "Panama / Wallace '06"
- Orig. No. 30-B
- Date
- 1906
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Wallace
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 1864
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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