Iberoamerican Museum of Visual Culture on the Web : RAI Photography Holdings

The Royal Anthropological Institute Photography Holdings on Latin America

Holdings on Latin America are held in three boxes. Images are in black and white unless otherwise stated. The spelling below respects the spelling as it is in the original captions when they exist. It sometimes differs substantially from contemporary spelling.

BOX 5 ‘Boggiani, Whyffen, Buckner, Garbe. Central and South America’	Individual photographs, no date or name of place or people for most of them BW, most are printed to size matching the original negative/plate.
BOX 5	Numerous portraits of Indians, mostly without caption, apart from a few exceptions such as: Divast Indians of the pampas Indians of Rio Branco Carijona Indian with heavy earings Indians from Peruvian Upper Amazon Karahone Indians	n.d.
BOX 5	Gatherings (war gatherings, celebrations, hunting etc.)	n.d.
BOX 5	Rivers (Parana, Affluent of Kahuinari river)	n.d.
BOX 5	Envelope containing about 15 small-format photographs of Indians from Cojoro (Venezuela), Laguna del Pajaro, Castilletes (Venezuela and Colombia)	1929
BOX 5	Envelope containing photographs of Indians from the village of Sepipo (Western Venezuela)	23 and 24 December 1928
BOX 5	Numerous portraits of Indians by Walter Garbe	n.d.
BOX 5	La Coleccion Boggiani de tipos indígenas de Sudamerica Central, con suplemento, publicada por Robert Lehmann-Nitsche, Dr. phil et med., Buenos Aires 1904. About 200 pictures, like small postcards, of Indian ‘types’ with a little booklet in German and a short ‘scientific’ caption in Spanish for each image.	1904
BOX 5	**Los Onas: Tierra del Fuego, Types and ‘Ritual’ Scenes,** photographed by Alberto M. de Agostini Booklet of 12 postcards of Indians	n.d.
BOX 5	One photograph of a wooden ‘throwing fork for magical use from the Toba Indians (El Gran Chaco)’	December 1933

BOX 116 ‘Grubb. South America’	Two Albums
BOX116 Album A: 23255-23430	Album A Small format views (negative size) of: Argentina[29 photographs]: San Ignacio (landscape, church, various ruins, one person with millstone) Brazil -Rio Grande do Sul [6 photographs] (landscapes, long shots of people on horses and carriages) -Porto Alegre [31 photographs] (landscapes, cityscapes, long shot of people, horses, boats, harbour) -South Brazil [18 photographs] Paranagoa, Curitiba, Parana, Victoria (railway, landscapes, sea, boats) -Victoria [33 photographs] (harbour, landscape, town, boats, views from train) -Campos [8 photographs] (harbour, church, river, countryside) -Petropolis[14 photographs] (landscapes, houses, long shots of people and animals) -Rio de Janeiro [16 photographs] (landscapes, wharf, views from Corcovado) -From Paneiras [10 photographs] (landscapes, long shots of people) -Rio de Janeiro: Niteroy [11 photographs] (landscape, beaches, churches)	1937
BOX 116 ‘Grubb. South America’ Album B: 22892-23254	Album B (1931) Small format (negative size?) views of Brazil. Landscapes, cityscapes, harbour, boats, fishermen, transport, street, churches, long shots of people and animals. -State of Maranhao [13 photographs] -State of Cearà, Fortaleza [14 photographs] -Garanhuns, State of Pernambuco [16 photographs] (scenes at market as well) -Falls of Paulo Affonso (R.S. Francisco) [21 photographs] (including falls) -Recife [22 photographs] -Maceió and the lake ‘Mãe dos homens’ [16 photographs] (including market scenes) -Penedo [6 photographs] -Canoas on the S. Francisco [8 photographs] -S. Francisco [5 photographs] -Aracajú, State of Sergipe [9 photographs] -Railway line to Bahia – S. Christovão [3 photographs] -Bahia [27 photographs] -Rio de Janeiro [15 photographs] -Belo Horizonte [13 photographs] -State of Minas [9 photographs] -State of Goyaz [22 photographs] -Bananal, Indian Mission [9 photographs] (portraits, long shots) -Bananal to Corumbà [34 photographs] Paraguay -Asuncion [15 photographs] (including street scenes and landscapes of river Paraguay) -Landscapes along railway [14 photographs] Argentina -Posadas (river Parana) [12 photographs] -Falls of Iguazu [39 photographs] (with 4 portraits [long shots] of seemingly three travellers)	1937

BOX 117 ‘Grubb. South America. Brazil’ One Album 12483-12566, 19000-19408	Album composed of mostly small format photographs (negative size), with of a few bigger ones BRAZIL -Rio de Janeiro Approaching Rio de Janeiro by boat Immigration station Flores Island Women’s quarter, Flores Island Landscapes of Rio, streets, transport (ox cart, tram, botanical gardens) Mount Tijuca Grounds of National Museum -São Paulo Market, city, landscapes, museum Coffee estate of Sete Quedas, state of São Paulo Biological station (Firest reserve) of Alto da Serra, near São Paulo -Santos Harbour, beach Portraits of groups of Guarani Indians, of families, and of individuals Orphanage -Pelotas and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul Landscapes, streets, sea -Ruins of the former Jesuit mission of S. Miguel, Rio Grande do Sul Ruins, buildings, sculptures, one portrait -‘Among the Indians in North-West Rio Grande do Sul’ Portraits, houses, ‘everyday life’ -‘Guarani village of Herval Grande’ Portraits, houses, ‘everyday life’ -Scenes in Rio Grande do Sul People, animals etc Views of: Santa Catarina Florianopolis Antonina Paquela Island Cabedello Natal (including portrait of a European woman settler or traveller sitting on a branch) Parà Ascending the Amazon by boat Manaos Ascending the Rio Negro -‘Gabinairi Indians on the R. Camanaú’ Boats, portraits -‘Among the Shiriana Indians (Upper Demeny)’ Numerous portraits and animals URUGUAY -Scenes at YMCA camp, Piriapolis Landscapes, group photographs -Montevideo cityscapes ARGENTINA -Buenos Aires City views, streets, parks, mission, orphanage	n. d.

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