Guide to the Photograph of an Agricultural Village in Central or South America, Possibly Taken by Christiano Junior, 1870s SPEC.RARE.MMS.0395 Finding aid prepared by David Mezick Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2024 November This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2024-11-20T16:59-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Photograph of an Agricultural Village in Central or South America, Possibly Taken by Christiano Junior SPEC.RARE.MMS.0395 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections MMS 18 0.1 Cubic feet 1870s Starting around the beginning of the 16th century, the land that is now known as Central and South America was colonized by Spanish and other European settlers, who enslaved, forcibly relocated, or otherwise oppressed the indigenous people living there. Christiano Junior (1832-1902, full name José Christiano de Freitas Henriques Júnior) was a photographer from Portugal who lived and worked in South America. The Photograph of an Agricultural Village in Central or South America, Possibly Taken by Christiano Junior, dated 1870s, is a photograph of a group of adults and children assumed to be indigenous people living in an agricultural village in Central or South America, which could have been taken by Christiano Junior. (1) oversize folder No linguistic content Christiano Jr. (Christiano Junior) Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2024.0074: Purchased, 2020 August

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Historical Note

Starting around the beginning of the 16th century, the land that is now known as Central and South America was colonized by Spanish and other European settlers. The land had been populated by indigenous peoples, who lived by hunting and gathering or farming. The European settlers enslaved, forcibly relocated, or otherwise oppressed the indigenous people they encountered.

Christiano Junior (full name José Christiano de Freitas Henriques Júnior) was a photographer who lived and worked in South America. He was born in Portugal in 1832, immigrated to Brazil in 1855, and eventually moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 1860s. Christiano Junior worked in and owned several photography studios during his career and is known for his portraits of enslaved or emancipated people of African descent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the 1870s and until his retirement from photography in 1883, he photographed the interior provinces of Argentina. Christiano Junior died in Paraguay in 1902.

Scope and Contents

The Photograph of an Agricultural Village in Central or South America, Possibly Taken by Christiano Junior, dated 1870s, is a photograph of a group of adults and children assumed to be indigenous people living in an agricultural village in Central or South America. The photograph could have been taken by Christiano Junior (full name José Christiano de Freitas Henriques Júnior), who worked as a photographer in Argentina starting in the late 1860s. The photograph documents the people and their environment.

Christiano Jr. (Christiano Junior) Black-and-white prints (photographs) Indians of Central America--19th century Indians of South America--19th century Indigenous peoples in art--19th century Photographers--Central America--19th century Photographers--South America--19th century Photography--Central America--19th century Photography--South America--19th century Villages--Central America--19th century Villages--South America--19th century