Descriptive Summary
de Planque,
Louis
de Planque, Louis
Photographs, ca. 1870-1885
15 albumen cartes de
visite
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
English.
Creator SketchLouis de Planque (1842-1898), studio
photographer in Matamoros, Mexico, and Indianola and Corpus Christi, Texas, as
well as an itinerant photographer in Texas.
Scope and Contents
Portraits, ca. 1870-1885, of men, women, families and servants in
Texas taken by Louis de Planque. Photographs document dress, hairstyles and
facial hair styles of late 19th-century Texas. Included is a portrait of a
white family with their African-American servant and her child. See
Photographic Collections in Texas: A Union Guide,
by Richard Pearce-Moses, for information on other de Planque collections.
Unrestricted access.
Preferred Citation Louis de Planque Photographs, ca.
1870-1885, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Index Terms
Subjects
de Planque,
Louis--Archives
Afro-American
children--Texas--Pictorial works
Afro-American
women--Texas--Pictorial works
Carte de visite
photographs
Clothing and
dress--Texas--History--Sources
Clothing and
dress--Texas--Photographs
Domestics--Texas--Pictorial
works
Photographers--Texas--Archives
Portrait
photography--Texas--History--Sources
Places
Texas
Inventory
3Y62
Photographs