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Accidents, Disasters, Natural Phenomena

 

FG0035

!Extraño nunca visto acontecimiento! _Un cerdo con cara de hombre. . . 1900. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 15.3 x 9.3 cm. Tyler 82 (variation): "This is one of the many prints that Vanegas Arroyo published calling attention to freaks of nature. . . [like] another of Posada's all-time favorites, the woman who gave birth to three children and four alligators." [Print 999-019-0035]

FG0044

_ El gran descarrilamiento del ferrocarril central en Zacatecas _Diez muertos y 75 heridos! 1904. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 8.7 x 13.3 cm. [Print 999-019-0044]

FG0092

!Terribilísima inundación! En el barrio de San Luisíto de la ciudad de Monterrey. 1903. Pictorial broadside with prose, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 7.7 x 13.1 cm. See FG0093 for another use of this image. [Print 999-019-0092]

FG0093

La terrible granizada del 9 de abril de 1904. _Furibunda tempestad, desplomes, muertos y heridos! 1904. Pictorial broadside with verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 7.7 x 13.1 cm. See FG0092 for another use of this image. [Print 999-019-0093]

FG0096

Triste y lamentable acontecimiento, que pasó en las minas "Las Esperanzas" en el Tiro 3 "La Conquista" el 25 Junio de 1903. 1903. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 7.3 x 12.7 cm. [Print 999-019-0096]

FG0104

El volcan del Peñon de Mexico y los de "El Popocatepetl" y el del "Peleé". Undated. Pictorial broadside with verse and prose, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 15.3 x 15.4 cm.[Print 999-019-0104]

FG0127A

El descarrilamiento en Temamatla. Cancion popular. 1907. Pictorial leaflet (4 pp.) with verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Two type-metal engravings. Both unsigned. Right: 8.2 x 11.6 cm.; left: 7.3 x 11.5 cm. [Print 999-019-0127A]

FG0127B

El descarrilamiento en Temamatla. Cancion popular. Verso of FG0127A. Two type-metal engravings. Both unsigned. Right:16.4 x 11.1 cm.; left:14.6 x 4.3 cm.
[Print 999-019-0127B]

FG0129A

El gran descarrilamiento en Temamatla. Corrido popular . 1903. Pictorial leaflet (4 pp.) with verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, red paper. Two zinc etchings. Both unsigned. Right:7.5 x 11.5 cm.; Left: Carmela (Danza), 16.3 x l0.4 cm. [Print 999-019-0129A]

FG0129B

El gran descarrilamiento en Temamatla. Corrido popular. Verso of FG0129A. Unsigned. 5.6 x 11.9 cm. [Print 999-019-0129B]

FG0227

"Ejemplo: Castigo de dios." Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 5.0 x 5.0 cm. [Print 999-019-0227]

FG0269

"La inundación de León. Colección de canciones modernas para 40._ Type-metal engraving. Signed. 13.6 x 8.7 cm. [Print 999-019-0269]

FG0290

"Mirando la aparición de una cometa." Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 4.3 x 16.4 cm. [Print 999-019-0290]

FG0355

"Triste fin de Nevraumont." Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 13.7 x 21.5 cm. One of several prints in this collection related to the La Profesa robbery and murder crime. [Print 999-019-0355]

MXB001A

"La Grandíssima indundación de Guanajuato el día 30 de Junio de 1905 a las 4 de la tarde." 1905. Pictorial broadside with prose, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 9 x 14 cm. [Print 2000-010-0001A]

MXB001B

"Tristísimas consideraciones por la inundación de Guanajuato. Catástrophe del Ferrocarril Central." 1905. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 9 x 14 cm. [Print 2000-010-0001B]

MXB128

"Importante noticia de rarísimo fenómeno dado á luz en la Villa de Guadalupe. El niño sin craneo" Undated. Pictorial broadside with prose (recto) and verse (verso), half sheet, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 8 x 15 cm. [Print 000-425-0128]

MXB129

"¡La Destrución del mundo! Grandes lluvias de exhalciones para los días 13, 14, 24 y 27 de Noviembre de 1899.!" Undated. Pictorial broadside with prose (recto) and verse (verso), half sheet, orange paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 8.5 x 9.5 cm. [Print 000-425-0129]