Max's firing squad - Public domain portrait print
Seven soldiers with bayoneted rifles stand at ease, in row formation, another soldier with sword at far right. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexi... More
Aztec calendar stone, City of Mexico
Historic Sites Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Peon family seeing the city of Mexico
Family of peasants gather in street, two small shops in background. H79600 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Copyright by Globe Stereograph Co. No. 10,010.
Native child--Mexico / C.B. Waite foto.
Young girl seated on ground next to cactus plant. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Interior of a rich man's home, Mexico] - Frank G. Carpenter collectio...
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in France, French architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
YMCA Reading Room, Mexico City, Mexico
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
MEXICO. STREET SCENE IN MEXICO CITY
Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Unanimous! - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon
Huerta leans against a podium before the Mexican Congress. Soldiers from his army hold guns at the legislator's heads, forcing them to support Huerta's actions. No copyright information found with item. Signed... More
Valentina nuevo corrido - Print, Library of Congress collection
Broadside shows a full-length figure of a female performer in costume. The text consist of two songs: "Valentina new ballad" (a love song) and "Half steps are in fashion" (a critique of tight-fitting dress and ... More
Mexico. Historic map, Library of Congress
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Shipping list no.: 97-0205-P. "Base 802539 (R01257) 3-97."
Amor cuando muere, canción moderna. Gaona se muere y no
Broadside shows, on verso, a bust portrait of bullfighter Rodolfo Gaona. The text includes three songs: "When love dies;" "Gaona dies or not," which conveys how Gaona was gored July 5, 1909 and whether or not h... More
El purgatório artístico, en el que yacen las calaveras de los artistas...
Broadside shows the second level of hell, in which the calaveras of artists and artisans hold objects relating to their profession, including musical instruments, a palette, and paper. Below the main image, the... More
67 adivinanzas - Print, Library of Congress collection
Chapbook cover shows five boys standing in a circle, one has bare feet and is wearing a top hat and tails. The chapbook contains 67 riddles with the answers on the last page. Front cover: Editor A. Vanegas Arro... More
67 adivinanzas - Print, Library of Congress collection
Chapbook cover shows five boys standing in a circle, one has bare feet and is wearing a top hat and tails. The chapbook contains 67 riddles with the answers on the last page. Front cover: Editor A. Vanegas Arro... More
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
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
Los celos del negro con D. Folias
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a man with a gun stoops before a black man who is wearing a sombrero and holding a knife. A policeman runs towards both of them. The script concerns the murders of a blac... More
Gran bola de garbanceras--que por ser muy pretenciosas, se volveran ca...
Broadside, on recto, shows skeletons purchasing such items as candles and sugar skulls for the Day of the Dead celebration. A female skeleton carrying a skull and a male skeleton carrying a basket face each oth... More
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 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......
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...
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
A map of the United States of Mexico : as organized and defined by the...
Relief shown by hachures. Cover title: Tanner's travelling map of Mexico. Prime meridian: Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 2nd day of April 1832, by H.S. Tanner, of the state of Pennsylvan... More
[General Félix Charles Douay, half-length portrait, facing front]
In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 14, upper left. Above recto of item: Gral. Douai.
[General Santiago Vidaurri, half-length portrait, standing, facing fro...
On recto above item: Gral Santiago Vidaurri. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 14, lower right.
[Fountain surrounded by benches in the Alameda Central park, Mexico Ci...
In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 42, lower left. On verso: Photographie de la Porte 51 Denis, Pestel, Boult Bonne-Nouvelle, No. 3, Paris.... More
[Miguel López, half-length portrait, facing front]
In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 18, upper left. On recto mount: Cnel Miguel López; The Traitor.
[Baron Alexander von Humboldt, half-length portrait, facing front]
In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 27, upper right. On recto: Cruces y Campa 2[Superscript d] de S. Francisco, No. 4, México.
[F.S. Mora, Minister Plenipotentiary for Emperor Maximilian of Mexico,...
Printed on verso: F. S. Mora, Ministre Plenipotentiaire de S. M. l'Empereur du Mexique, en Mission extraordinaire en Russie, Danemark, Suede & Norvege. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
[Manuel Robles Pezuela, bust portrait, facing front]
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Cathedral, Mexico City] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of cathedral, church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bas-relief on statue to Gautamozin
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stock of crude salt - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mexico. La Catedral, the Catedral / Abel Briquet.
Photograph shows a large cathedral. 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... More
Aguadores, Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The cathedral, City of Mexico. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Popocatapetl [i.e., Popocatépetl] from the plaza, Amecameca
Photograph showing the plaza and cathedral at Amecameca, with Popocatépetl towering above.
Corrido de Reyes Ruiz. Corrido de Martín Herrera
Broadside shows simple ornamental border dividing the text which, in verse, consists of two ballads. The "Ballad of Reyes Ruiz," by Epigmenio Gonzales, conveys the killing of Ruiz on the eve of a Dieciseis de S... More
Juego de la oca, Jose Guadalupe Posada
Gameboard shows 63 numbered spaces, or "casillas," each illustrated with people, birds, animals, and objects, arranged in a spiral toward the center. The four corners, outside the game, show scenes of children ... More
[Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico] - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain image of a volcano, geyser, lava, smoke, eruption, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
[Scenes from Mexico and the 1900 Paris Exposition] / - Exposition Univ...
The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was held in Paris, France from April 15 to November 12, 1900. The fair was held to celebrat... More
[Men toasting each other possibly in front of a bar, Mexico]
Public domain photograph of Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Gran calavera eléctrica] - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows large skeleton hypnotizing a group of skulls and a sitting skeleton; an electric street car, with skeletons as passengers, is in the background. This image is identical to the image used in the uppe... More
[Mule caravan at town, Mexico] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Gun of the insurrectos - Mexican War
Group of soldiers posed with cannon and guns, during Mexican revolution. J155027 U.S. Copyright Office.
[General Campa and staff, Mexican War]
Six men with rifles. J166903 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mexico, Federalists at Ojinaga, watching advance of rebels
J191433 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mexico City -- getting raw meat at slaughter house from Red Cross
Photograph shows starving Mexicans standing in line to receive food during famine conditions in 1915 during the Mexican Revolution. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013 and New York Times, August 11, 1915)
[With the U.S. troops in Mexico--black soldiers digging a ditch for ra...
"For the files of the War Dept. only. Photo by William Fox, staff photographer. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood" No. 203963.
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, conveys the misfortunes befalling any orphan, from the lack of love and kindness to being in the street homeless. A poem titled "Maternal l... More
La Alameda de Mexico The public park of Mexico.
Print shows a public park in Mexico, with people walking near a fountain in the park. Printed below title: 631. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the... More
La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Broadside shows the skeleton of publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo dressed in a bowler hat, dark glasses and a suit and sporting a long beard and mustache, standing in his print shop. Small skeletons work at aspe... More
Viva Pascual Orozco valiente luchador y fiel amante de rasgar la caret...
Broadside, on recto, has a full-length photographic image of Pascual Orozco facing forward. He is a soldier with a rifle at his side. The text, in verse, speaks of Orozco as a true patriot. Orozco was central t... More
Viva Pascual Orozco valiente luchador y fiel amante de rasgar la caret...
Broadside, on recto, has a full-length photographic image of Pascual Orozco facing forward. He is a soldier with a rifle at his side. The text, in verse, speaks of Orozco as a true patriot. Orozco was central t... More
Los celos del negro con D. Folias
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a man with a gun stoops before a black man who is wearing a sombrero and holding a knife. A policeman runs towards both of them. The script concerns the murders of a blac... More
Idol, Teoyaomiqui [i.e. Coatlicue]
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Caricature, Los chascos de un licenciado, public domain cartoon image
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a room in which one man is chasing another with a club and a third man is on the floor with arms raised. The script tells of the misunderstandings between a lawyer and hi... More
Death of Col. Clay, Battle of Buena Vista, Feby. 23d, 1847 / E.B. & E....
Group of officers surrounding the dying Col. Clay. Copyright by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg.
Death of Col. Clay, Battle of Buena Vista, Feby. 23d, 1847 / E.B. & E....
Group of officers surrounding the dying Col. Clay. Copyright by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg.
Pleito de la suegra con su yerno. Ya la vieja de mi suegra nomás quier...
Broadside shows an angry woman hitting a man with a chair. The room is in disarray with objects scattered. A woman peers around a door. The text concerns a dialog between the mother-in-law and a son-in-law. Bot... More
Verdaderos versos de Macario Romero
Broadside includes portrait of military leader Macario Romero on horseback and Indians wearing feathered headdresses in the background. The text tells of the murder of Romero by his girlfriend's father and spea... More
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
[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]
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]
In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 21, upper left.
[General Ramón Mendez, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[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 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, 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.
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...
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.
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
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, Me...
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Copyright by C.B. Waite, Mexico City.
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
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. 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]
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
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
Facade. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
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
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
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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...
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
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 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 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, 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.
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
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 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 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
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 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 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...
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