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| | Peru, Landscapes and people of Upper Amazon Valley, 1888-1891 | | Photographer: Charles Kroehle (1867-1902) and unknown. The images show landscapes and settlements, farming, market places, industrial structures such as bridges, railroad lines and stations as well as people of the Upper Amazon Valley, Peru. 1888-91. 47 albumen and collodion paper prints. Circa 14 x 18 cm and some smaller. 2 signed by the photographer in lower left/right corner in the negative. | | |
| Losnummer: 4057
Along with George Huebner, the German Charles Kroehle is considered the pioneereing photographer of the Amazon in Peru. This comprehensive collection offers an extensive impression of landscapes and settlements, farming, marketplaces industrial buildings such as bridges, railroad lines and stations. Other images show indigenous people and portraits of European settlers, landscapes and housing of the area. – Some with slight fading in edges, some light handling marks/creases, some with reddish spots, otherwise most in good to very good condition.
Lit.: Manuela Fischer/ Michael Kraus (eds.). Exploring the Archive: Historical Photography from Latin America. The Collection of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin. Cologne 2015, see pp. 69-71.
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Veranstaltungshinweise:
Am 14.06.2023 121. Auktion: Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts | | |
Schätzpreis: 6.000,- EURO
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