El Gran Descarrilamiento : broadsheet and printer's block, 1904.

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El Gran Descarrilamiento : broadsheet and printer's block, 1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754872611

A "volante" or news flyer, one sheet, including an engraving and the story of the train wreck of the Ferrocarril Central en Zacatecas, together with a song, "A Morenita." The printer's block is only of the train wreck.

.25 linear ft.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8135139

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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