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Bolivian mining photography (1870s – 1930s)
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1.Unidentified photographer
1880 (ca)
Velarde foundry

Albumen print
6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
At Velarde tin mine on Cerro Rico, Potosí.
 
LL/17824
2.Unidentified photographer / artist
1920 (ca)
Unidentified mine camp

Silver nitrate print
9 1/2 x 7 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17825
3.Georges B. von Grumbkow
1870 (ca)
Real Socavon, Potosi

Albumen print
9 1/2 x 7 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17826
4.Moisés Valdéz
1884
Quechisla

Albumen print
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
Administrative headquarters of Aramayo, Francke & Co.
 
LL/17827
5.Ciprian R. Vidal
1915 (ca)
Chocaya train station, near the Chocaya minefields

Silver nitrate print
4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17828
6.Unidentified photographer / artist
1910 (ca)
A general store - pulperia - inside a mine

Silver nitrate print
4 1/4 x 3 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17829
7.Unidentified photographer / artist
1925
After a general strike at the Huanchaca Co., Pulacayo

Silver nitrate print
7 1/8 x 5 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17830
8.Unidentified photographer / artist
1910 (ca)
Hains and MacDonald in San Antonio vein

Silver nitrate print
5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17831
9.Roberto M. Gerstmann
1928
A miner of Pailaviri (Potosi)
[Bolivia]

Photogravure
7 1/2 x 5 6/8 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
From Roberto Gerstmann, Bolivia, 150 grabados en cobre (Braun: Paris, 1928).
 
LL/17832
10.J. Villegas Aramayo
1920 (ca)
Workmen's houses at Pogo mine

Silver nitrate print
8 1/4 x 6 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17833
11.Unidentified photographer
1906, 1904
Huanchaca Co. mine, Pulacayo

Real photo postcards
5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17834
12.Unidentified photographer
1920 (ca)
Bolivia. Tupiza. Villa Oriental

Real photo postcard
5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
Aramayo family home
 
LL/17835
13.Unidentified photographer
1900
Good luck [Glückauf] mill, Block & Co., Lipezhuaico, Bolivia

Silver nitrate print
6 x 4 3/4 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17836
14.Moisés Valdéz
1890 (ca)
Picnicking miners near Tupiza

Albumen print
6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in
 
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17837
15.Unidentified photographer
1900s (early)
44 SOUth AMERICA. Indian women separating ore at a silver mine near Oruro. 3700 meters

Stereoview
Private collection of Daniel Buck
LL/17838
   
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