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Esta es la segunda parte de los versos a Ponciano y un recuerdo de sus hechos a este diestro mexicano

Esta es la segunda parte de los versos a Ponciano y un recuerdo de sus...

Broadside shows full-length figure of Ponciano Díaz. The text in verse eulogizes his bullfighting talent. Díaz died on April 15, 1899. Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Calle de Santa Teresa núm. 1. México. P... More

Cogida de Rodolfo Gaona en la plaza de toros de Puebla, el 13 de Diciembre de 1908

Cogida de Rodolfo Gaona en la plaza de toros de Puebla, el 13 de Dicie...

Broadside shows bust portrait of matador Rodolfo Gaona. The text conveys the lamentable death of this famous Mexican matador on a Sunday the 13th, which is deemed bad luck in the accompanying verse. Mexico. Imp... More

The landing, of the naval expedition, against Tabasco [Mexico]. Com...ore M.C. Perry in command / painted by H. Walke Lt. U.S.N. ; drawn on stone by Volmering & Davignon ; lith. by Sarony & Major.

The landing, of the naval expedition, against Tabasco [Mexico]. Com......

Naval Portfolio. Naval Scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut US Navy, No. 6. Copyright by Sarony & Major.

Street scene, City of Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Street scene, City of Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ropocatapetl [sic] and Iztachihuatl [sic] from the cathedral

Ropocatapetl [sic] and Iztachihuatl [sic] from the cathedral

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro

La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro

Broadside shows gentleman seated beside writing desk; smaller cuts show profile busts of two men: small male figure wearing nightshirt, and a small skeleton on a balance. The text conveys the problems of scarci... More

[De la Garza, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[De la Garza, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 17, upper right. On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2[superscript a] de S. Francisco, no. 4.

[Boy wearing suit, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Boy wearing suit, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[General Élie Frédéric Forey, commander-in-chief of French troops in Mexico, full-length portrait, seated, facing left]

[General Élie Frédéric Forey, commander-in-chief of French troops in M...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 7, upper right. On recto: Disdéri Phot., Déposé. On verso: Disdéri Photographie de S.M. L'Empereur, 8 Bo... More

[Leandro Valle, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

[Leandro Valle, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 21, lower right.

[Woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

[Woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 43, lower left. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. Handwritten on verso: Srita Vallejo.

[Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian, head-and-shoulders portraits nestled in flowers]

[Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian, head-and-shoulders portraits ...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, upper left. On verso: Aubert y C, 2[Superscript a] C. San Francisco, Mexico]

Maximilian's clothes coat of arms Cartes de visite

Maximilian's clothes coat of arms Cartes de visite

Maximilian's vest with bullet holes, resting on valet. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 19, upper right. On recto: A. Peraire. On verso: ... More

View on the railroad in the Chiquihuite Mountains, Mexico / B.W. Kilburn.

View on the railroad in the Chiquihuite Mountains, Mexico / B.W. Kilbu...

Stereograph shows a man standing near the railroad tracks that lead into a tunnel inside a mountain. No. 1197. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1873, by Kilburn Brothers, in the Office of the L... More

Calendar stone - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Calendar stone - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico. El Palacio, the Palace, Vera Cruz / Abel Briquet.

Mexico. El Palacio, the Palace, Vera Cruz / Abel Briquet.

Photograph shows a large palace, hotel, ships, and harbor. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture... More

[Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico]

[Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico]

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico - Sonora, Yaqui Indians, enlisted in the Mexican Army, being transported by box cars

Mexico - Sonora, Yaqui Indians, enlisted in the Mexican Army, being tr...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]

[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]

Restrike print shows an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on an altar surrounded by potted plants and candles. Title devised. Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; (DL... More

Villista prisoners in stockade guarded by 24th Infy men

Villista prisoners in stockade guarded by 24th Infy men

Photograph shows African American soldiers guarding prisoners inside stockade of branches and brush.

Tomb of President Benito Juarez, Mexico City - covered with wreaths from all the Mexican states

Tomb of President Benito Juarez, Mexico City - covered with wreaths fr...

H8059 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Natives shelling corn, Guadalajara, Mexico - stereocsopic card

Natives shelling corn, Guadalajara, Mexico - stereocsopic card

H30099 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The "Water's leap" - fountain at end of aqueduct bringing water from Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico

The "Water's leap" - fountain at end of aqueduct bringing water from C...

H31813 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La calavera de Don Juan Tenorio, Jose Guadalupe Posada - Manuel Manilla

La calavera de Don Juan Tenorio, Jose Guadalupe Posada - Manuel Manill...

Broadside shows a graveyard in which two skeletons are fencing each other, while another lies on the ground dead, and a fourth peeks from behind a tombstone. There are two small skulls, a small bird creature, a... More

Calaveras del montón, número 2, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Calaveras del montón, número 2, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Broadside shows the skeleton of a drunken peon wearing a sombrero, serape, and sandals, holding a bottle of Aguardiente de Parras--a reference to Madero's family's maguey plantation and distillery operation. Th... More

Second insurgent chief Palamino and his adjutant in Orozco's camp Mexican War

Second insurgent chief Palamino and his adjutant in Orozco's camp Mexi...

J153132 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Karl Halm. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[National Palace from the Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico]

[National Palace from the Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico]

J182271 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MEXICO. AMERICAN EMBASSY, MEXICO CITY

MEXICO. AMERICAN EMBASSY, MEXICO CITY

Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. COBIAN PALACE

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. COBIAN PALACE

Public domain photograph of large building, palace, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. MOUNTED POLICE

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. MOUNTED POLICE

A black and white photo of two men on horses. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MEXICO. FOOD SUPPLY STATION - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

MEXICO. FOOD SUPPLY STATION - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Modern homes being constructed in new communities and housing developments for residents of towns and villages that will be inundated by the Rio Grande Reservoir as a result of the joint U.S.-Mexico Falcon Dam construction project on the Rio Grande River]

[Modern homes being constructed in new communities and housing develop...

Title devised by Library staff from accompanying caption. Possibly International Boundary and Water Commission photograph from U.S.I.A. 52-2324P.

Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Maps have border illustrations, including portraits. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga36 2008-02-06

Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Maps have border illustrations, including portraits. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga36 2008-02-06

Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera

Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera

Broadside depicting a calavera of Don Quixote riding an equally skeletal horse. He charges other skeletons with his lance. They are trampled, flee in fear and fly into the air. A second image below that of Don ... More

El entierro de Zapata - Public domain portrait print

El entierro de Zapata - Public domain portrait print

Broadside, on recto, shows full-length portrait of Emiliano Zapata holding a rifle. Zapata was the most influential revolutionary hero from southern Mexico. He disagreed with Madero's vague policy of land redis... More

The storming of Chapu[ltepec] Sept. 13th [1847] / drawn on stone, printed in colours ... by Sarony & Major ; [from a painting by Walker in the poss]esion of Capt. Roberts, U.S.A.

The storming of Chapu[ltepec] Sept. 13th [1847] / drawn on stone, prin...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. "N. Currier, 152 Nassau St., N.York, [sole agent]" printed below title. LC copy has lost some text areas. Bracketed text supplied from America on stone / Harry T. Peters. Garden Ci... More

Lavanderas, City of Mexico. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Lavanderas, City of Mexico. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aventuras de un catrin por amar a una casada

Aventuras de un catrin por amar a una casada

Broadside shows, on recto, a sad man sitting on a mattress thinking about a woman. The text conveys the story of a man who got caught in bed with another man's wife and was taken to court and sentenced to jail.... More

The Military College of Chapultepec, the ancient site of the halls of the Montezumas / lith. & pub. by N. Currier, from a sketch by Gualdi, and forwarded by Lieut. Larkin Smith, U.S.A.

The Military College of Chapultepec, the ancient site of the halls of ...

Military college, on top of a rocky hill, with high stone wall at the base, near Mexico City. Copyright by N. Currier. No. 554. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : G... More

Los gendarmes - Print, Library of Congress collection

Los gendarmes - Print, Library of Congress collection

Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: two gentleman and a policeman confront a woman street vendor and a drunk wearing a sombrero. Corn is shown in front of the woman on a small table. The script relates a br... More

Legítimos versos de Lino Zamora traidos del Real de Zacatecas

Legítimos versos de Lino Zamora traidos del Real de Zacatecas

Broadside shows a banderillero (person who wounds a bull with decorated spikes during a bullfight) challenging a bull on recto, and spectators at a bullfight on the verso. The verse conveys the death of Lino Za... More

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mundo sin el dulce abrigo de sus queridos padres

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...

Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, speaks of all the misfortune befalling any orphan, from lack of love and tenderness to being out on the street homeless. There is also a po... More

San Judas Tadeo - Print, Library of Congress collection

San Judas Tadeo - Print, Library of Congress collection

Broadside, on recto, shows full-length figure of San Judas Tadeo (Saint Jude) with a church in the background. Two images, one of the Holy Child of Atocha and one of Saint Jude Tadeo, appear on the verso with t... More

The naval expedition under Com..re Perry, assending [sic] the Tabasco River at the Devils Bend--June, 15th 1847 / lith. of Sarony & Major ; designed & drawn on stone by H. Walke Lt. U.S.N.

The naval expedition under Com..re Perry, assending [sic] the Tabasco ...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Naval Portfolio. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut. U.S. Navy (No. 5).

A Mexican hacienda. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

A Mexican hacienda. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los charros contrabandistas. Juego de dados

Los charros contrabandistas. Juego de dados

Gameboard for dice game of the cowboy smugglers shows Mexican cowboys in charro outfits on horseback, lassoing the 64 spaces on the board. The accompanying text, upper right, provides the rules for the game. Im... More

Statue of Columbus, Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Statue of Columbus, Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A pulgue [i.e. pulque] shop in Tacubaya, Mexico

A pulgue [i.e. pulque] shop in Tacubaya, Mexico

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Provincia d[e] S. Diego de Mexico en la nueba España tiene 14 co[n]ventos y desde el d[e] Oaxaca que esta en 17 gra[do]s ael le sueste hasta el de Aguas Calie[n]tes que esta en 22 al norueste ay de distancia 160 leguas : por el oriente co[n]fina con el obispado de la Puebla y Oaxaca, por el poniente co[n] el Obispado de Michoacan y Guadalaxara, por norte y sur con el Arzobispado de Mexico /

Provincia d[e] S. Diego de Mexico en la nueba España tiene 14 co[n]ven...

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. In upper border: Nova delineatio s[t]rictissimæ, S. Didaci Provinciæ in Nova Hispania. Accompanied by paper pulls of recto and verso of the cooperplate. ([2] leaves : ... More

[General Ramón Mendez, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[General Ramón Mendez, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Jesús Terán full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Jesús Terán full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

On mount: Teran, M[Superscript tro] de Justicia. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 24, upper right.

[Half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front]

[Half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 46, lower left. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. On verso: Andres Martinez y c[Superscri... More

[Benito Juárez, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Benito Juárez, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 21, upper left.

[Agnes Elisabeth Winona Leclerq Joy Salm-Salm, three-quarter length portrait, seated, turned left, facing front]

[Agnes Elisabeth Winona Leclerq Joy Salm-Salm, three-quarter length po...

On recto, above: Prince and Princess of Salm-Salm; below: Salm-Salm, Agnes (Joy), Prinzessin zu, 1844?-1912. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico... More

[Five cameo portraits with Empress Carlota in center, then clockwise from top: Emperor Maximilian, Miguel Miramón, Ramon Mendez and Tomás Mejía]

[Five cameo portraits with Empress Carlota in center, then clockwise f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman wearing shawl, full-length portrait, standing facing front, with arm propped on half column]

[Woman wearing shawl, full-length portrait, standing facing front, wit...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 29, lower left. On recto: Andres Martinez y c[Superscript a] Fotografos, Mexico, C. de las Escalerillas, N. 14.

Patio, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Patio, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salt works and refining vats - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Salt works and refining vats - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexico. Aztec idol Teoyaomiqui Mexico. Aztec idol Teoyaomiqui, side.

Mexico. Aztec idol Teoyaomiqui Mexico. Aztec idol Teoyaomiqui, side.

Photographs show views of statue of the goddess Coatlicue (incorrectly identified as Teoyaomiqui) and head of the goddess Dentegtly at the National Museum of Mexico, Mexico City. Titles from items. Photographed... More

Falls in the Barranca - photo by William Henry Jackson

Falls in the Barranca - photo by William Henry Jackson

Photograph shows waterfalls In album: Mexico, v. 2. No. 08510. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of the Detroit Publishing Company Collection. Original negative may be available: LC-D418

[Peasants carrying two-hundred pound bags of silver ore from mines, Mexico]

[Peasants carrying two-hundred pound bags of silver ore from mines, Me...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Copyright by C.B. Waite, Mexico City.

They like to "see the cars come in," Mexico

They like to "see the cars come in," Mexico

Mexican children & adults by railroad car. H79710 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10,096.

Calaveras de caudillos de silla presidencial

Calaveras de caudillos de silla presidencial

Broadside shows three images of calaveras. In the center image, people flee a fearsome calavera wielding a leg bone. On the left, a calavera photographer shoots a camera. On the right, a calavera artist paints ... More

Chamber of Deputies, Lower House of the Mexican Congress - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Chamber of Deputies, Lower House of the Mexican Congress - Frank G. Ca...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mexican military officers standing around a table in a planning room]

[Mexican military officers standing around a table in a planning room]

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saludo y felicitación al Señor D. Francisco I. Madero al tomar posesión de la presidencia de la República Mexicana

Saludo y felicitación al Señor D. Francisco I. Madero al tomar posesió...

Broadside shows small bust portrait of a mustachioed man--perhaps Madero--upper center and soldiers and military band on parade below the verses. The text, in rhyme, conveys the virtues of Madero's triumph over... More

Insurgents cooking dinner in Orozco's camp, Mexican War

Insurgents cooking dinner in Orozco's camp, Mexican War

J153139 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Karl Halm. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico City, Mexico - National Palace

Mexico City, Mexico - National Palace

Facade. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

It would be worth it / L.M. Glackens.

It would be worth it / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam in the background handing out pardons to criminals labeled "Gyp the Blood" (Harry Horowitz), "Dago Frank" (Francesco Carofisi), "Lefty Louis" (Louis Rosenberg), and "Whit e Lewis" (... More

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. VIEW OF CAPITOL

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. VIEW OF CAPITOL

Public domain photograph related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. GENERAL VIEW

MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. GENERAL VIEW

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bringing bodies of dead Jackies back to Vermont

Bringing bodies of dead Jackies back to Vermont

Photograph showing sailor mooring boat bearing corpses to U.S.S. Vermont, during U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico. J194343 U.S. Copyright Office. Embossed: Copyright by American Press Association.

MEXICO. FOOD SUPPLY STATION - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

MEXICO. FOOD SUPPLY STATION - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Market booth and group on La Viga Canal, Mexico City

Market booth and group on La Viga Canal, Mexico City

J238425 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16139. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calaveras de coyotes y meseras - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Calaveras de coyotes y meseras - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

Broadside shows a cat, with a skull for a face, standing on its hind legs holding two skulls. Additional skulls are scattered on the ground beside it. People run away in fear in the background. The text, in cal... More

Mexican Boy Scouts in Washington. Gregoria Garcia (left) and Jose Escobar (right) Boy Scouts from Mexico on an international hike arrived in Washington today. They are hiking from Mexico City to New York having left the Mexican capital December 31

Mexican Boy Scouts in Washington. Gregoria Garcia (left) and Jose Esco...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Al Malaikah and Anezeh Temples attend garden party at U.S. Embassy, Mexico City, May 27, 1941 given by Ambassador Josephus Daniels

Al Malaikah and Anezeh Temples attend garden party at U.S. Embassy, Me...

Photographer's address: Huntington Pk, California, U.S.A. Forms part of Josephus Daniels Collection. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1948.

Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Maps have border illustrations, including portraits. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga36 2008-02-06

La aurora del nuevo día en los campos de Belem--pastorela en un acto

La aurora del nuevo día en los campos de Belem--pastorela en un acto

Chapbook cover shows a scene from a one-act Christmas shepherd's play: four shepherds--two women and two men--stand together, with a town in the background and the Star of Bethlehem above. The script concerns a... More

Caricature, La última nota, triste canción, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, La última nota, triste canción, public domain cartoon imag...

Broadside, uncut, shows a swooning man, glass in hand. The verse conveys a sad man's laments about a hopeless love. This song is maudlin, but the print conveys heartfelt sadness. The hapless lover delicately ho... More

Caricature, La última nota, triste canción, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, La última nota, triste canción, public domain cartoon imag...

Broadside, uncut, shows a swooning man, glass in hand. The verse conveys a sad man's laments about a hopeless love. This song is maudlin, but the print conveys heartfelt sadness. The hapless lover delicately ho... More

Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera

Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera

Broadside depicting a calavera of Don Quixote riding an equally skeletal horse. He charges other skeletons with his lance. They are trampled, flee in fear and fly into the air. A second image below that of Don ... More

1904 glorias de México! Porfirio Díaz y Ramón Corral electos por el voto unánime del pueblo para presidente y vice-presidente de la República Mexicana

1904 glorias de México! Porfirio Díaz y Ramón Corral electos por el vo...

Broadside, on recto, shows the bust portrait of Porfirio Díaz. The text in verse extols the social improvements under Díaz's presidency and celebrates his re-election for the eighth term. The office of the vice... More

Gran mole de calaveras. Aquí está el sabroso mole, el mole más bien guisado; métanle recio toditos que sólo vale un centavo

Gran mole de calaveras. Aquí está el sabroso mole, el mole más bien gu...

Broadside, on recto, shows skeletons having a picnic in a graveyard, embellished with decorative elements of small skulls and two grim reapers. Verso shows five skeleton images, with four of them as food vendor... More

De este famoso hipodromo en la pista, no faltara ni un solo periodista. La muerte inexorable no respeta ni a los que veis aquí en bicicleta

De este famoso hipodromo en la pista, no faltara ni un solo periodista...

Broadside, on the front, shows calaveras bicycling, with identifying labels, "Voz de México," "Patria," "Universal," "Tiempo," "Partido Liberal," "Gil Blas," names of popular newspapers, and "Siglo XIX," and "S... More

Versos de Valentín Mancera traidos del estado de Guanajuato

Versos de Valentín Mancera traidos del estado de Guanajuato

Broadside shows a Mexican guitarist singing in a doorway, as two soldiers escort Valentín Mancera, an outlaw from the state of Guanajuato. Mancera, murdered by the police in 1880, was famous for his hatred of t... More

La santisisma Virgen de Sn. Juan de los Lagos

La santisisma Virgen de Sn. Juan de los Lagos

Broadside shows the statue of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos on the recto. Two cherubs hold a scroll above her head that reads, translated from the Latin, "Immaculate mother pray for us." This image of Our L... More

The National Geographic Magazine map of Mexico /

The National Geographic Magazine map of Mexico /

Relief shown by contours, gradient tints, and spot heights. In lower left margin: The Edinburgh Geographical Institute. In lower right margin: John Bartholomew & Co. Annotated in ink: 1911. Available also throu... More

El fin del mundo es ya cierto todos serán calaveras; adiós todos los vivientes, ahora sí fue de deveras

El fin del mundo es ya cierto todos serán calaveras; adiós todos los v...

Broadside, recto, shows skeletons in pandemonium because of cataclysmic natural events around them. There are also three small skeletons heading the text. The text, a calavera in verse (epitaph), predicts an ap... More

La almoned del diablo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

La almoned del diablo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a winged devil with whip and pitchfork hovers behind a man who is auctioning skulls and animal heads to a group of townsfolk. The script concerns the play's personages pu... More

Mexico, a pulque shop, Tacubaya. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Mexico, a pulque shop, Tacubaya. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mundo sin el dulce abrigo de sus queridos padres

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...

Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, speaks of all the misfortune befalling any orphan, from lack of love and tenderness to being out on the street homeless. There is also a po... More

Sangamo Journal, [newspaper]. May 14, 1846.

Sangamo Journal, [newspaper]. May 14, 1846.

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Una corrida de toros o el amor de Luisa

Una corrida de toros o el amor de Luisa

Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a woman wearing a shawl makes amorous advances towards a bullfighter dressed in full regalia; a bullfighting stadium is in the background. The script concerns a love tria... More

Loa dicha por una cocinera y un aguador, en honor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Loa dicha por una cocinera y un aguador, en honor de Nuestra Señora de...

Broadside, on recto, shows a woman with a shawl over her head and man with water jugs at his feet. On the verso is an image of a Madonna with a snake, partial globe, and cherubs at her feet. Cherubs also appear... More

Mexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvlle. Gallice, Iucatan &c. : et autres provinces jusques a l'Isthme de Panama, ou sont les Audiences de Mexico, de Guadalaiara, et de Guatimala /

Mexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvlle. Gallice, Iucatan &c. : et autr...

Appeared in Sanson's Cartes générales de la géographie ... 1676. Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 486 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Miguel Cervantes, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Miguel Cervantes, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 12 upper right. On verso: Montes de Oca y Cia, Fotografos, 1[superscript a] Calle de Plateros No. 6, México.

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with handlebar mustache, facing front]

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with handlebar mustache, facing ...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 26, lower left. On recto: Cruces y Campa 2[Superscript d] de S. Francisco, No. 4, México.

[Felipe N. Chacón, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Felipe N. Chacón, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 11, upper left. On verso: Montes de Oca y Comapañia, 1? calle de Plateras N. 6, Mexico.

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