Pancho Villa and División del Norte Mounted Troops of the Mexican Revolution. A vintage Extra Large silver gelatin photograph by Agustín Casasola measuring 16" x 20" . Striking and rare original photograph from the early years of the Mexican Revolution, depicting Pancho Villa and a detachment of his División del.....
[Mexican Revolution] “Mr. and Mrs. St. Morris” photograph album tracing an American couple’s movement from New York to Cuba and into Mexico during the unsettled years of the Mexican Revolution, ending with resettlement in Colorado by 1916 and anchored throughout by identified participants and a strong run of contemporaneous documentary.....
Wakefield, Ben. U.S. field artillery soldier, photograph archive documenting National Guard mobilization and artillery training at the United States–Mexico border during the Border War, created in El Paso, Texas and surrounding areas in 1917. The photographs record the service of Ben Wakefield of Toledo, Ohio, a member of Battery C......
Photographic archive documenting U.S.–Mexico border conditions during the Mexican Revolution period, capturing American military presence, cross-border observation, and recorded instances of violence in northern Mexico between approximately 1908 and 1915. The group includes a real photo postcard captioned “Triple execution in Mexico,” presenting direct visual evidence of execution practices during.....
[Military][Americana] Military Equipments and Uniforms catalogue from 1895, presents an illustrated commercial record of American military dress and ceremonial regalia during the late nineteenth century when militia culture, fraternal organizations, and civic pageantry formed a visible part of urban public life. Issued in San Francisco by one of the leading.....
This compelling photo archive consists of 22 real photo postcards, most with white-ink captions in the negative, depicting U.S. soldiers, Mexican Federal troops, executions, trench-warfare scenes, and cross-border skirmish zones along the Rio Grande during the Mexican Revolution and the U.S.–Mexican Border War of the 1910s. Printed in sepia and.....
[Mexico] [Border Wars] United States and Mexican Border War photograph archive, circa 1914-1916, documents military operations and occupation scenes produced during the period of armed confrontation between the United States and revolutionary Mexico in the years surrounding the Mexican Revolution. Created during the escalation of cross border conflict that followed.....
[Texas History][Borderlands] U.S.-Mexico borderlands photograph album, 1905-1906, centered on El Paso and Juárez, with additional views in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, and Alaska. The album documents an early twentieth-century traveler’s movement through the southern border of the U.S., when El Paso and Ciudad Juárez were being promoted through rail.....
Photographs of United States Army troops along the U.S.–Mexico border circa 1916 document military operations associated with the Pancho Villa Expedition led by John J. Pershing and record the deployment of cavalry and artillery units during a period of heightened border conflict. Produced in field conditions, these images capture soldiers.....
All-American Canal construction archive, 1936, recording the machinery, labor, and earth-moving work that redirected Colorado River irrigation water into Imperial Valley through a canal located entirely inside the United States. Congress authorized the All-American Canal in the 1928 Boulder Canyon Project Act, the same law that authorized Hoover Dam, as.....
Large photograph archive, circa 1910s–1930s, documenting U.S. and Mexican military presence along the Rio Grande border and in Sinaloa during a period of revolution, intervention, and military modernization. The photographs depict soldiers, fortifications, and daily military activity across multiple locations, providing primary-source visual evidence for the study of U.S.–Mexico border.....
Cass, Lewis. California Claims, February 23, 1848, presents a United States Senate report addressing financial claims made by residents of California for supplies and services rendered to American forces during the Mexican American War. Prepared within the United States Senate, the report evaluates petitions led by John Charles Frémont, who.....
[Mexican-American War] [Art] Landing of the Troops at Vera Cruz. Philadelphia: Wagner & McGuigan. 1848. Measures 14" x 19.75". Print measures 12" x 18.25". Though the artist of this colored print is unknown, it seems to be based on the original lithograph from A Pictorial History of Mexico and the.....
[Mexico] Mexico and Mexico border early 20th century photo archive. 38 images total, including 22 hand-tinted lithographic scenes from 11 double-sided perforated travel-album postcards, plus 16 loose photographs and real photo postcards; most measuring 3.5" x 5.5". A visually rich assemblage documenting Mexican urban, rural, and border life from the.....
Report of the Secretary of War, Ex. Doc. No. 1. Pp 75-384 from the 1848 Message from the President. Washington: 1849. Hardcover. Bound in modern black cloth boards with brown leather and gilt title label on spine. Modern yellow endpapers. 7 folding tables and 2 maps. This report entails details.....
[Mexican Revolution] The Pueblo Star-Journal, October 22, 1913. Pueblo, Colorado. 10 pages. Measures 11" x 17". Headlining the front page is “TWO BROTHERS OF MADERO ARRESTED IN MEXICO PLOT,” referencing the arrest of Evaristo and Raúl Madero, siblings of the recently assassinated Mexican President Francisco I. Madero. The article situates.....
Illicit Traffic in Weapons and Drugs Across the United States-Mexican Border. Washington D.C: US Government Printing Office. 12 January 1977. First edition. 107 pages, 9" x 6." Original staple bound wrappers. Transcript of hearings held in California and Texas, complete with photographic evidence, all black-and-white. The pictures show Cuban drug.....
[Western Americana] Original stereoview photograph dating from the late 19th century of a Texas Ranger holding his rifle and aiming, ready to shoot. circa 1880. Dolgeville, measures 7" x 3.5" inches. Publisher's info on recto. Contemporary manuscript on verso reads "a long shot from the saddle." The rifle he is.....
