Title:
Harry Lund photograph collection
Description:
The Harry Lund photograph collection consists of commercial views and portraits photographed by the Morales Studio of Brownsville, Texas. Although mostly unidentified and undated, the photographs were taken in Brownsville and Harlingen, Texas; Matamoros, Mexico; and the surrounding Rio Grande Valley area in the early part of the twentieth century. The images primarily reflect aspects of Mexican-American life in the Brownsville area, including family, social, and religious activities such as weddings, funerals, and communions; commerce, agriculture, and railroads; interiors and exteriors of homes and businesses; activities of the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal benefit organization; and people, fortifications and sites associated with the Mexican Revolution. Photographs date 1900 to 1955, bulk 1900 to 1930.
Collection:
Harry Lund photograph collection
Date range of creation:
1900-1955
Date range of creation:
bulk 1900-1930
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Geographic coverage:
Brownsville (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Cameron County (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Harlingen (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Matamoros (Coahuila, Mexico)
Geographic coverage:
Mexican-American Border Region
Geographic coverage:
Mexico
Geographic coverage:
Port Isabel (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Subject:
Morales, M. J., 1880-1968
Subject:
Morales Studio (Brownsville, Tex.)
Subject:
Woodmen of the World
Subject:
Mexican Americans
Subject:
Parades
Subject:
Special events
Subject:
Weddings
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Type:
Photographic postcards
Type:
Photographs
Type:
Studio portraits
Citation information:
(Identify the item), Harry Lund photograph collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged as received from the donor, loosely grouped by subject.
Copyright information:
Under the Copyright Act of 1976 as amended in 1998, unpublished works are protected for the life of the author plus 70 years. The term of copyright for published material varies. Researchers are responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
None. Researchers are encouraged to use the digitized version of the photographs as the primary access point.
Size or duration:
0.76 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/50149.xml