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
[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]
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 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]
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]
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 ...
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 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. 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.
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.
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]
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 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]
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
Photograph shows African American soldiers guarding prisoners inside stockade of branches and brush.
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
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 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 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
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 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]
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
Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[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.
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.
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
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
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, 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.
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
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 ...
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
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
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 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
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 ...
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.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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]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]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[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.
[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
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
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).
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
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
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
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
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 /
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 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
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.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
Picryl description: Public domain periodicals page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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 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 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]
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 ...
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]
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.