Mexico Collection (page 8)

United States immigration station, El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican woman entering the United States. United States immigration station, El Paso, Texas

Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, apply to Farm Security Administration (FSA) for relief. Bakersfield, California

Mexican grandmother...harvesting tomatoes, Santa Clara Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican grandmother who migrates with large family each year from Glendale, Arizona, following crops thru California and return. Here shown harvesting tomatoes, Santa Clara Valley, California

General Bustamente, 1849. Creator: Unknown
General Bustamente, 1849. Mexican soldier and politician Anastasio Bustamante y Oseguera served as president of Mexico three times, and participated in the Mexican War of Independence

Captain May's Second Charge, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Captain May's Second Charge, 1849. American soldier Charles Augustus May led a cavalry charge against Mexican artillery at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma during the Mexican-American War

Battle of Palo Alto, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Battle of Palo Alto, 1849. The Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican-American War, was fought in 1846 between Mexican troops led by General Mariano Arista

Death of Colonel Yell, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Death of Colonel Yell, 1849. American Brevet Brigadier-General Archibald Yell was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista in Coahuila, Mexico, during the the Mexican-American War

Storming of Molino del Rey, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Storming of Molino del Rey, 1849. Battle on the outskirts of Mexico City - scene from the Mexican-American War. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D

Drought refugee families...supplanting Mexican field laborers... Near Chandler, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugee families are now mingling with and supplanting Mexican field laborers in the Southwest. Near Chandler, Arizona

Daughter of Mexican field laborer, Near Chandler, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of Mexican field laborer. Near Chandler, Arizona

Drought refugee families... supplanting Mexican laborers in the Southwest, Chandler, Arizona, 1937
Drought refugee families are now mingling with and supplanting Mexican laborers in the Southwest. Chandler, Arizona

Mexican Lancer, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Mexican Lancer, 1849. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D.. [Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co. Philadelphia, 1849]

El cancionero popular, num. 7 (The Popular Songbook, No. 7), n.d. Creator: Unknown
El cancionero popular, num. 7 (The Popular Songbook, No. 7), n.d

Contests in the Streets at Monterey, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Contests in the Streets at Monterey, 1849. Scene from the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican-American War. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D

A Guerrilla, 1849. Creator: Unknown
A Guerrilla, 1849. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D.. [Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co. Philadelphia, 1849]

Ancient Aqueduct, from the Mountain of Tezcosingo, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Ancient Aqueduct, from the Mountain of Tezcosingo, 1849. Texcotzingo near Texcoco in Mexico is claimed to be one of the first extant botanical gardens in the Americas

Cavalry Action, September 21st, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Cavalry Action, September 21st, 1849. Scene from the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican-American War. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D

El cancionero popular, no. 22 (The Popular Songbook, No. 22), n.d. Creator: Unknown
El cancionero popular, no. 22 (The Popular Songbook, No. 22), n.d

Interior of a modern Mexican house, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a modern Mexican house, 1849. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D.. [Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co. Philadelphia, 1849]

Pyramids of San Juan, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Pyramids of San Juan, 1849. The pyramids at Teotihuacan in Mexico. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D.. [Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co

Storming of Fort Teneria, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Storming of Fort Teneria, 1849. Scene from the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican-American War. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D

Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c. 1849. Creator: John M. Atwood
Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c. 1849. Shows California's gold region and western trails. Includes illustration of "Pyramid Lake

The Aztec Calendar Stone, or Stone of the Sun, National Museum, Mexico City, c1930s. A name glyph of Aztec ruler Moctezuma II suggests the basalt Aztec sun stone was carved c1502- 1521

Page from Codex Vaticanus B. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Hernan Cortes in the battle of Otumba, July 7, 1520

Battle of Camerone, campaign of Mexico, 1863, (20th century). Artist: Jean Basin
Battle of Camerone, campaign of Mexico, 1863, (20th century). Fought on 30 April 1863, the Battle of Camaron established the legendary status of the French Foreign Legion as a fighting force

Sacrificial knife, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century
Sacrificial knife, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. The handle is carved in wood and covered with mosaic of turquoise, shell and malachite. The blade is made of chalcedony

Hernandez Cortes, Spanish conquistador, 16th century. Cortes (1485-1547) arriving in Mexico followed by his black servant and preceeded by La Malinche, his interpreter and mistress

Hernan Cortes meeting the Aztec Emperor Montezuma, 1519. Cortes (1485-1547) was the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico and overthrew the Aztec Empire

Aztec Jade Bust of Quetzalcoatl, 1360-1521. Quetzalcoatl was, as his name indicates, a feathered serpent, a flying reptile, a boundary-maker (and transgressor) between earth and sky

Aztec Pottery Head, 1300-1521. Aztec culture also known as Mexica culture, was a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521

Aztec warriors defending the temple of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325. Its main temple was the site of ritual human sacrifices

Jessy J, 2010. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Jessy J, Clearwater Jazz Holiday, Florida, 2010

Illumination of National Palace on Evening of Independence Day Celebration, Mexico City, c1930s. Mexican Independence Day on 16th September at the National Palace in Plaza de la Constitucion

The Pyramid of Cholula, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Pyramid of Cholula, 1890. The Great Pyramid of Cholula was an important religious and mythical centre in prehispanic times

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Juana Ines de Asbaje y Ramirez de Santillana (1651-1695), Mexican poet and religious

Mestizo, mixed birth from Cambuso Chinese and Loba Indian, 18th century Mexican painting in the Museum of America in Madrid

Castas, from castizo and mestiza: chamizo (Mixed races in Spanish America). Family around the fathers job, as a twister or cigar maker, who rolls cigars in a tray

Montezuma, last Emperor of the Aztecs, 16th century (1780). Artist: Pierre Duflos
Montezuma, last Emperor of the Aztecs, 16th century (1780). The Aztec Empire was overthrown in 1519-1521 by Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes in alliance with other Mexican tribes anxious to

Leon Trotsky with his wife Natalia Sedova and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, 1937. Trotsky (1879-1940) was one of the leading figures of the Russian Revolution and in the Soviet government afterwards

Colt Frontier revolver, invented by Samuel Colt (1814-62), c1850. Fig. 2: the breech disc. Fig. 3: the cartridge in section. From The Mechanics Magazine. Also known as the Colt Peacemaker

Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor of the Colt revolver, 1856. The American inventor and industrialist invented the weapon which, after the Mexican war of 1846-8, was adopted by the US army

Mayan sculpture of a sun-god from Chiyres in Mexico

Aztec statuette of a bat-god
Aztec statuette of the bat-god Camazotz

Aztec temple sacrifice. From the Codex Magliabicciano, Museo de America, Madrid

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico
Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico. Cortes (1485-1547) landed in Mexico in 1519. With a force of only some 600 men, he succeeded in overthrowing the empire of the Aztecs

Aztec stone head of Rain God Tlaloc, 1300-1521

An eagle resting on a cactus holding a snake in its beak (from the Mexican coat of... ca 1900-1910)
An eagle resting on a cactus holding a snake in its beak (from the Mexican coat of arms), ca 1900-1910

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