Robert Steinfeldt Photographs
Scope and Contents Note
Series I, Brazil, contains fourteen undated black-and-white photographs taken by Steinfeldt while in Brazil. The photographs are mounted on pages from a photo album.
Series II, Honduras (1921-1922), contains 77 black-and-white photographs taken by Steinfeldt, relating to railroad construction and banana plantations in Honduras. These photographs are mounted on pages removed from a photo album.
Series III, Mexico, contains four prints of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico in the early 1900s. Also included in this series are seven postcards, five of which are of an unknown location.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1912-1922
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Robert Steinfeldt studied civil engineering at Texas A&M University and was in the Navy during World War I. He worked for United Fruit Co. in Honduras where he built railroads. In the 1920s he left Honduras for Los Angeles, California, where he worked for the city and county.
Full Extent
95 photographic prints (7 postcards)
Abstract
95 photographs and seven postcards, most relating to railroad construction and banana plantations in Honduras.
Acquisition Information
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- Title
- Robert Steinfeldt Photographs
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 June: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu