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Castrejón (Sara) Photographs of Mexican Revolutionaries
BANC PIC 2017.027--PIC
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Language of Material:
Spanish
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Sara Castrejón photographs of Mexican revolutionaries
Creator:
Castrejón Reza, Sara
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2017.027--PIC
Physical Description:
26 photographs
in 1 box
: gelatin silver prints
; sheets 13 x 18 cm or smaller (chiefly postcard format)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1911-1914
Abstract: Includes individual and group portraits of Mexican revolutionaries posing with rifles, bandoliers, sombreros, etc., some standing,
others on horseback.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Sara Castrejón photographs of Mexican revolutionaries collection was purchased by The Bancroft Library in 2017.
Castrejón (1888-1962) was reputedly the first woman to photograph the Mexican Revolution. Born in Teloloapan, Guerrero; studied
photography in Mexico City, possibly at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Mujeres; established a studio in Teloloapan at the
beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
[Identification of item], Sara Castrejón photographs of Mexican revolutionaries, BANC PIC 2017.027, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Includes individual and group portraits of Mexican revolutionaries posing with rifles, bandoliers, sombreros, etc., some standing,
others on horseback. Notable subjects include the Afro-Mexican soldadera Carmen Amelia Robles Ávila and General Federico Morales.
In some images the photographer's portable backdrop is visible.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
Revolutionaries -- Mexico
Soldiers -- Mexico
Portraits
Postcards
Photographs
Castrejón Reza, Sara