Visual Materials

Daytime view of a Mexican street with rail car tracks, mules, gas streetlight fixtures, and vendors' stalls

(1890)

Portrait of General Elie-Frederic Forey of Mexico

(1863)

Portrait of General Pedro Celestino-Negrete of Mexico

(1823)

Post-mortem portrait of Empress Carlota of Mexico, on her death bed

(1927)

Portrait of Princesse Charlotte of Belgium as a young girl, with coiled hair braids adorned by flowers

(1850)

Music and lyrics, Our First President's Quickstep, by P. Rivinac, 1861

(1861)

Street level view with pedestrians, Zocalo, Mexico City

(1890)

Cholula, the Pyramid

(1890)

Portrait of Manuel Maria Lombardini of Mexico

(1853)

Small individual portraits of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, Tomás Mejía, Empress Carlota, Miguel Miramón, and General Juan N. Méndez

(1864)

Confederate currency: $5 bill with handwritten serial number 38613

(1864)

The C.S.A. issued currency to Southerners between 1861-1865, gambling that a Confederate victory in the U.S. Civil War would ensure the bills' value. Forged bills led to an intense period of inflation and by the war's end Confederate bills were worthless.

Portrait of Don Mariano Michelena of Mexico

(1824)

Interior view of a furnished room, possibly that of the late Emperor Maximilian of Mexico

(1890)

Group portrait of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico with government officials

(1867)

Statue of the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtemoc

(1890)

The photo shows the statue, by engineer Francisco Jimenez and sculptor Miguel Norena, which was unveiled in 1887 on the Paseo de la Reforma, at what is now the intersection with Avenida de los Insurgentes. The names of Cuitlahuac and Coanacoch are visible on the pedestal. Not shown are the additional names of Cacama and Tetlepanquetzal. These four ...

Map of Battle of El Molino del Rey (issued 1850)

(1850)

Battle plan related to Mexican-American War.

View of interior courtyard with archways, shuttered windows, and doorway at ground level partially legible "Sastr", possibly Mexico City

(1890)