Earliest Encounter of the Spaniards with the Natives

Earliest Encounter of the Spaniards with the Natives

Photograph

John F. Jarvis

Maker
American, b. England, 1849–1931

Earliest Encounter of the Spaniards with the Natives

ca. 1875
Albumen silver print
Image (each): 3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in. (8 × 7.8 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 6 7/8 in. (8.4 × 17.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1951
1981.8981.0006
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, LC: J. F. Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views.
Printed on mount on recto, RC: 135 Penn. Ave., Wash'n, D.C.
Inscribed in ink on recto, BR: The Rogers Bronze Door. 5th. Panel. \ First encounter of Spaniards with Natives.
Printed on applied label on verso, C: 5 Earliest Encounter of the Spaniards with the Natives \ [see image for full text] \ (No. 142)
Inscribed in pencil on verso, RC: JCS \ July 22d 1880
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