The photographs in this fund portray the architecture and historical monuments of the city of Quetzaltenango (or Xela as it is usually called), its people and significant historical events between about 1898 and 1950. In these photographs one can see buildings, squares, parks and churches which are emblematic of the city. Furthermore, he portrays a large number of people from the highlands, including the villages near Xela: San Martín Sacatepéquez, San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Almolonga, Cajolá, Tejutla San Marcos, Cantel, Concepción Chiquirichapa, Zunil and others. In this fund one can appreciate a large number of traditional costumes from the western region of the country and it is a valuable contribution to the study of highland textiles. Since it is a fund from a photographic studio, there is a large number of portraits of aristocratic and well off social classes from this highland region. There are also some examples of mortuary portraits, a custom practiced during the first half of the twentieth century.
3567 glass plate negatives.
