San Francisco Street, City of Mexico
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This picture gives a glimpse of only the business section of the magnificent "city of palaces" -- Mexico City, the capital of the republic. It is located in a Federal District, similar to our District of Columbia. The population of the District is nearly a million of which the city proper claims 633,000. This city was the capital of the Montezuma's and probably had a population in 1531, when taken by the Spaniards as large as at present. It contains noteworthy structures of ancient days as well as beautiful modern buildings. Its cathedrals, its museums, its floating gardens, are of profound interest to travelers and scholars."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 051 024
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San Francisco Street, City of Mexico
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This picture gives a glimpse of only the business section of the magnificent "city of palaces" -- Mexico City, the capital of the republic. It is located in a Federal District, similar to our District of Columbia. The population of the District is nearly a million of which the city proper claims 633,000. This city was the capital of the Montezuma's and probably had a population in 1531, when taken by the Spaniards as large as at present. It contains noteworthy structures of ancient days as well as beautiful modern buildings. Its cathedrals, its museums, its floating gardens, are of profound interest to travelers and scholars."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 051 024
You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here.
Want more? You can find more digital resources online.
We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the Special Collections & Archives website, or contact staff at the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center for details.