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A map of the United States of Mexico : as organized and defined by the...

[Thomas Corwin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, half-length portrait, seated, facing...

On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2d de S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, upper left.

[Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 16, upper left. On verso: Cherub with elbow resting on camera on tripod with banner reading: F.A. Martin... More

Esteva Mtro. de Governación de Max

Esteva, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title written above item in album. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, lower left.

[Four illustrations concerning the conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cort...

Four illustrations from: Harper's Monthly, 1855, vol. 12. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Empress Carlota of Mexico, half-length portrait in cameo, surrounded ...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 4, upper left.

[Miguel Miramón, three quarter-length portrait, standing, facing front...

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[Miguel Miramón, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

On mount verso: Montes de Oca y Compañia, 1... calle de Plateros, No. 6, Mexico. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 8, upper left.

Carta general de la República Mexicana.

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: [Mexico City] Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Plano de los caminos de México a Veracruz, con el trayecto del ferro ... More

[Man holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 17, lower left. On verso: Montes de Oca, fotografo, Calle de Plateros, No. 6, Mexico. On verso: Nbre 16/64.

[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximili...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, upper right. On recto: A. Peraire foto. On verso: Ay... Peraire foto ... Mexico.

[Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, General Miguel Miramón, an...

Written on verso: Death of Maximilian (purported to be). Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1939 May 19.

[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front]

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Rosa Mendez - Public domain portrait print

Rosa Mendez, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 30, lower left. On verso: Andres Martinez y C[S... More

[Two women, full-length portrait, standing, turned slightly toward eac...

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

[Woman with pottery at market, probably Mexico]

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Sacrifice stone, court of the Muse[um, Mexico]

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[Studies of cargadors, Mexico City]

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[Town and cultivated field in Mexico]

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In the Almeda [i.e Alameda], City of Mexico

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Carte du Mexique / Historic map, Library of Congress

LC copy extensively annotated in English to show railroads. French. Publication information in English. Prepared from a map originally published in 1873 in Paris. Prime meridian: Mexico City. Printed on two she... More

Popocatapetl [i.e., Popocatépetl] and Iztachihuatl [i.e., Iztaccíhuatl...

Photograph showing the National Palace with Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl towering over Mexico City. No. 08541.

Guadaloupe [i.e., Guadalupe], William Henry Jackson photograph

Photograph showing the city of Guadalupe, possibly in Zacatecas. No. 08337.

Making cigarettes in the great factory "El Buen Tono," Mexico City, Me...

Women seated at machines. H31504 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

South-west trenches Major Francisco S. Peralta standing back to shack,...

Photograph shows soldiers aiming rifles over trenches. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, 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. Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; (DLC/PP-1979:228.007b).

Piccolinette - gramophone disc, record label

Flute duet, with band Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bodies of dead men loaded on a cart in a Mexican town]

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Episodio historico. El C. Ex-Presidente de la República don Francisco ...

Ex-president of the Republic Don Francisco I. Madero leaving the National Palace on 1913 Feb. 9, with the forces of Señor General Don Félix Díaz, during the Mexican Revolution; dead soldier lying on street in f... More

The Cathedral and Plaza de la Constitution on Independence Day, City o...

J9808 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 23689. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, 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, 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

El destierro - Print, Library of Congress collection

Broadside shows full-length figure of a man with slumped shoulders wearing unusual hat, perhaps the exile of the title song, as well as a masthead illustration. The text is a ballad conveying the tribulations o... More

Suicidio causado por envenenamiento y celos de dos señoritas en el bos...

Broadside, on recto, shows full-length figure of a man pointing left toward the first word in the title, "suicidio." The text conveys the suicide poisoning of two young girls in Chapultepec Park. The girls, who... 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

Unas lindas mañanitas, a las muchachas bonitas, levàntate mamacita, qu...

Broadside has two separate images: a man serenading two women from the street upper center, and a full-length figure of a gentleman tipping his top hat lower center. The text on the front and on the verso is th... More

Nuevas coplas del Chún-Chín-Chán! El charamusquero

Broadside shows male and female performers lined up on a stage. The text consists of three songs: "The candy twist dance" which is in nonsense verse, "The polichinela" written also in nonsense verse, and "The s... More

A sensitive plant - Drawing. Public domain image.

Uncle Sam carrying cactus in pot labeled "Mexican friendship." (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, March 24, 1916, p. 5.

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

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

Pleito de la suegra con su yerno

Broadside shows an angry woman about to crack a man's skull with a chair. The room is in disarray with objects scattered around. A woman peers behind a door on left. The text concerns a dialog between the mothe... More

Juego de lotería - Print, Library of Congress collection

Gameboard or gaming pieces for a lottery game, with thirty-eight blocks of illustrations. Each block is an contains a named object, in Spanish. No instructions appear on this gameboard. Publicado por la Test. d... More

Terrible y verdadera noticia del espantoso ejemplar ocurrido con Norbe...

Broadside shows a woman with a knife stabbing her elderly father as her dead mother lies in the background. The text conveys the tale of Norberta Reyes, whose parents could not control her. She runs away with a... More

[Juan Antonio de la Fuente, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 25, upper right.

[Ignacio Zaragoza, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 22, upper left.

[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, full-length portrait, seated, facing...

On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2d de S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, upper right.

Guerre du Mexique, siège et prise de Puébla / Imp. lith. Ch. Pinot édi...

War of Mexico with France, siege and capture of Puebla, Mexico, by the French, 1863. Text in French. Date based on description of similar print in Bibliothèque nationale de France (De Vinck, 19867).

View from the Cerro Estrella - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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Cathedral of Mexico - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexico, the 5th of May in the Plaza de Armas

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[Woman with vegetables and fruit under lean-to in plaza, Mexico]

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[Archaeological artifacts and man standing near urns]

Photographs show displays of Aztec sculplture, probably at the National Museum of Mexico, Mexico City, and a man, probably William Henry Jackson, standing near urns probably at the National Museum of Mexico. P... More

Iztacchihuatl [i.e., Iztaccíhuatl] from Amecameca

Photograph showing Iztaccíhuatl towering over the town of Amecameca, with its cathedral in the foreground. No. 08623.

Aztec calendar stone - Mammoth Plate Photograph

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Around the Market House and Square, City of Mexico

Photo shows San Antonio Street (now Ernesto Pugibet Street) with the Mercado San Juan (San Juan Market) on the left and San Juan Plaza on the right, Mexico City, Mexico. (Source: researcher R. Duarte, 2012) H94... More

Granada - gramophone disc, record label

Band Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geneva Political Equality Club meeting notice held at Hobart College

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Muestras para bordados, no. 1 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Illustrated cover for a set of embroidery patterns, shows a woman sitting down at a frame, embroidering. De venta en la Tip. de la Test. de A.V. Arroyo. 2a de Santa Teresa 40. México. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; ... More

MEXICO. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF MEXICO CITY

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"American Legion of Honor" - Mexican Revolution

"American Legion of Honor" Company posed with weapons during the Mexican (Madero) revolution. J156157 U.S. Copyright Office.

Capt. Castello, of the guard of honor

J156160 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harry Blumenthal. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lunch in a Mexican insurrecto camp

Group of revolutionary soldiers standing around campfire, eating lunch. J155893 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Press Association.

Chicken sellers, Mexico City, Mexico

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bodies of dead men piled on a Mexican street]

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Boundary line. Boundary line, United States and Mexico

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Mexico. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by shading. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Shipping list no.: 89-48-P. "Base 801220 (546155) 8-88."

La norteña; Los sucesos de la huelga; Mi hombre; y Mi noche triste

Sheet consists of four broadsides (número 2 on lower left and número 1 on lower right; número 4 on upper left and número 3 on upper right) of the penny press "Edición especial." Número 2 has a small masthead il... More

The U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com..re M.C. Perry--Going out to t...

Naval Portfolio No. 1. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut. U.S. Navy. Copyright by Sarony & Major.

Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto

Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: a man sits on the edge of a bed, hunched over, with his hand in a chamber pot. A child, under the bed, pushes the man's bottom with a broom. There are also two brushes ... 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

[The cathedral, Mexico City] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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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

Verdaderos versos de Macario Romero

Broadside shows 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 speaks ... More

Caricature, Chin! Chun! Chan! Las mujeres!, public domain cartoon imag...

Broadside shows a serenader and as well as a masthead illustration. The text on the front and verso includes five songs: "Chin! Chun! Chan!," "The women," "Indifference," "What will I do without you?" and "I a... More

Suspiros de los angeles - Manuel Manilla

Broadside shows masthead with musical instruments, sheet music, and books and two cherubs on recto. The text consist of three love songs: "Angels sighing," "The same as yesterday," and "The zenzontle." On the v... More

The U.S. naval expedition under Com..ore M.C. Perry, ascending the Tus...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Naval Portfolio No. 2. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lt. U.S. Navy.

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

Lavanderas, City of Mexico, Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of travel in Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Señora, su conejito ya no le gusta el zacate, solo quiere chocolate. Q...

Broadside shows two women looking at a rabbit on a table. The ballad conveys, by means of metaphor, disdain of the upper class for living a life of luxury, represented by their attire and their diet. There is a... More

The gallant charge of the Kentucky cavalry under Col. Marshall. Buena ...

Print shows a scene during the battle at Buena Vista, Mexico, with the Kentucky Cavalry engaging Mexican cavalry troops. Printed at bottom: Agents: Thomas S. Husted, 97 Nassau St. N.York, J. Bardsley, cor. of ... More

Verdadero retrato del Señor del Santuario de Otatitlán

Broadside shows the crucified Christ flanked by the Virgin and St. John. The text on the verso tells of a miracle bestowed on Ricardo Martinez upon his execution for being a non-Catholic and a brutal bandit. Hi... More

El mosquito americano - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

Broadside shows Mexicans running from mosquitos recently arrived from the United States. Includes humorous text on front and back relating to infestation throughout Mexico. Unsigned, attributed to Posada. Imp.... More

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

Battle of Churubusco--Fought near the city of Mexico 20th of August 18...

Copyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 441

Atlas mexicano. Historic map, Library of Congress

Running title. Issued in sheets. Maps dated 1884 to 1886; no. 28 and [29] are numbered 28. Phillips 2685 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga36 2007-02-08

L'élévation et la chute de l'empereur Maximilien; intervention franc...

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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]

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[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.

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

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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.