Mexico mining album. 1908-1913.

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Mexico mining album. 1908-1913.

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The first half of the album contains 70 gelatin silver photographs. It begins with a trip by car in 1908 to visit mining areas and a pipe company in Mexico. The road trip was apparently made by two gentlemen, each driving an open two-seater car, one or both of whom most likely took the photographs. After driving through some rugged terrain, their first stops are an unidentified reservoir, its entrance marked by an elaborate archway, and an unidentified mine. Next there are views of trenches where pipe is being laid, both in the countryside and in the city. There are several photographs of the Puebla Pipe Factory in San Pablito, Puebla state, where the pipe in the preceding images was probably manufactured, as well as views of that town. The next group of photographs documents the construction of the Laredo Bridge in 1910. The section ends with views of a commercial printing establishment. The back of the album contains eight photographs and three panoramic postcards of El Oro de Hidalgo, one of the richest gold mining areas in Mexico. Following these are six photographs and thirteen photographic postcards of the February 1913 Decena Trágica in Mexico City when counterrevolutionary forces overthrew President Francisco Madero's government. The final page of this group contains opposing portraits of two of the main protagonists, Francisco Madero and Félix Díaz. Both are shown in their official garb: Díaz in military dress uniform, and Madero wearing the presidential sash across his chest.

1 album (84 photographic prints and 16 photographic postcards) : gelatin silver ; album 24.2 x 19.1 cm.

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Díaz, Félix, 1833-1872

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Madero, Francisco I., 1873-1913

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Ramos, Manuel.

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Miret, Félix.

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Gutiérrez Escobar, H.J. (Heliadoro Juan), 1878-1933.

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Brehme, Hugo.

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