Photographs by William Hillman Shockley that document a trip to Peru, May-October 1903, probably in support of mining interests. Images include views of urban and rural areas throughout Peru, as well as mining camps. Locations photographed by Shockley en route to and from Peru include Colón, Panama; Puente del Inca and Aconcagua in Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Locations in Peru include Ancón, Arequipa, Asilio, Huanchaco, Juliaca, Limbani, Matucana, Monte Bello, Paita Bay, Salaverry, Santo Domingo, and Tirapata. Depictions also include the Vacamayo River and Surprise River, as well as the mountains of Huascarán Mountain and Las Cuevas. Informal portraits consist of indigenous peoples, including Aymara Indians and Quechua Indians, and self-portraits of Shockley and his colleagues.
Description:
Purchased from Serendipity Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2007., Several images have duplicate photographic prints., Title devised by cataloger., Typescript and manuscript inscription on versos., and William Hillman Shockley (1855-1925) was a mining engineer and botanist. His son was William Bradford Shockley (1910-1989), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
Subject (Geographic):
Aconcagua (Argentina : Mountain)--Pictorial works, Ancón (Peru)--Pictorial works, Arequipa (Peru)--Pictorial works, Asilio (Peru)--Pictorial works, Colón (Panama)--Pictorial works, Huanchaco (La Libertad, Peru)--Pictorial works, Huascarán Mountain (Peru)--Pictorial works, Juliaca (Peru)--Pictorial works, Limbani (Peru)--Pictorial works, Matucana (Peru)--Pictorial works, Monte Bello (Peru)--Pictorial works, Paita Bay (Peru)--Pictorial works, Peru--Pictorial works, Puente del Inca (Argentina)--Pictorial works, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Pictorial works, Salaverry (Peru)--Pictorial works, Santo Domingo (Piura, Peru : District)--Pictorial works, Tirapata (Peru)--Pictorial works, and Vacamayo River (Peru)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Shockley, William Hillman,--1855-1925
Subject (Topic):
Aymara Indians--Pictorial works, Indians of South America--Andes Region--Pictorial works, Mines and mineral resources--Peru--Pictorial works, and Quechua Indians--Pictorial works
Photographs by William Hillman Shockley that document a trip to Peru, May-October 1903, probably in support of mining interests. Images include views of urban and rural areas throughout Peru, as well as mining camps. Locations photographed by Shockley en route to and from Peru include Colón, Panama; Puente del Inca and Aconcagua in Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Locations in Peru include Ancón, Arequipa, Asilio, Huanchaco, Juliaca, Limbani, Matucana, Monte Bello, Paita Bay, Salaverry, Santo Domingo, and Tirapata. Depictions also include the Vacamayo River and Surprise River, as well as the mountains of Huascarán Mountain and Las Cuevas. Informal portraits consist of indigenous peoples, including Aymara Indians and Quechua Indians, and self-portraits of Shockley and his colleagues.
Description:
Purchased from Serendipity Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2007., Several images have duplicate photographic prints., Title devised by cataloger., Typescript and manuscript inscription on versos., and William Hillman Shockley (1855-1925) was a mining engineer and botanist. His son was William Bradford Shockley (1910-1989), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
Subject (Geographic):
Aconcagua (Argentina : Mountain)--Pictorial works, Ancón (Peru)--Pictorial works, Arequipa (Peru)--Pictorial works, Asilio (Peru)--Pictorial works, Colón (Panama)--Pictorial works, Huanchaco (La Libertad, Peru)--Pictorial works, Huascarán Mountain (Peru)--Pictorial works, Juliaca (Peru)--Pictorial works, Limbani (Peru)--Pictorial works, Matucana (Peru)--Pictorial works, Monte Bello (Peru)--Pictorial works, Paita Bay (Peru)--Pictorial works, Peru--Pictorial works, Puente del Inca (Argentina)--Pictorial works, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Pictorial works, Salaverry (Peru)--Pictorial works, Santo Domingo (Piura, Peru : District)--Pictorial works, Tirapata (Peru)--Pictorial works, and Vacamayo River (Peru)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Shockley, William Hillman,--1855-1925
Subject (Topic):
Aymara Indians--Pictorial works, Indians of South America--Andes Region--Pictorial works, Mines and mineral resources--Peru--Pictorial works, and Quechua Indians--Pictorial works
