Iglesias-Xifra Fonds

The images in this fonds, dating from the mid 19th century to 1970, record the activity of the Iglesias-Xifra family and were taken by renowned Girona jurist Ramon Xifra i Riera.

The fonds includes family portraits, photographs of outings to the beaches near Palafrugell, indoor and outdoor scenes from Pòlit farmhouse in Vilamaniscle, a photographic testimony of a trip to the French Alps, images of the family house in Girona and the lawyer¿s office belonging to the author himself. The fonds was originally kept privately in the family house but is now in the custody of the INSPAI Image Centre.

The 323 negatives, on glass plates of various formats and film stills in half-frame format, were ceded to the Archive in 1994. A further 912 images, both positive photos on paper and plastic negatives, were added in 2006 and are currently being described and digitalised.

Fitxa del fons

Àrea d'identificació
IF-de referència
CAT INSPAI 5

Nivell de descripció
Fons

Títol
Iglesias-Xifra Fonds

Data/es
Inclusive dates: mid-19th century-1970

Volum i suport
1,235 photographs in total: 878 positives on paper (in different formats); 45 black and white glass plate negatives, 6.5 × 9 cm format; 122 black and white glass plate negatives, 9 × 12 cm format; and 7 black and white glass plate negatives, 10 × 15 cm format.
Àrea de contingut i estructura

The images mainly reflect the Iglesias-Xifra family holidays and were taken by Ramon Xifra Riera, a well-known lawyer from Girona. There are family portraits, photographs of outings to the beaches of the Palafrugell coast, images of the outside and inside of the Pòlit country house in Vilamaniscle, and a report on a trip to the French Alps. There are also images of the house in Girona and the office of the author of the photographs.

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