Finding Aid to the Castrejón Photographs of Mexican Revolutionaries
Bancroft Library staff
The Bancroft Library
2017
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
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.
Biographical Note
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sara Castrejón photographs of Mexican revolutionaries, BANC PIC 2017.027, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
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
PIC_box 1, item 1
Rascón del 18,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: silver gelatin print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 2
Epifanio Salgado,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 3
Simón Ramírez,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 4
Soldados del 28o. CR en 1912,
1912
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 5
Fausto Romero. La Costeña. (Carmen Robles). [Coronel Carmen Amelia Robles Ávila],
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 18 x 13 cm
PIC_box 1, item 6
C. Ocampo, R. Hurtado, Aristeo Garcia, Juan Díaz,
Date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 13 x 18 cm
PIC_box 1, item 7
Jesús Rodriguez,
1914
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 8
No dio su nombre,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 9
Asistente de Ramírez,
Date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 10
Joaquín Sotelo. Roberto Salgado,
1914
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 11
Ygnacio Astudillo. Juan Castrejón. Crispin Orosco,
1912
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 12
Gral. Federico Morales,
1911
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 13 x 18 cm
PIC_box 1, item :13
Agustín Lagunas. Hipólito Lagunas,
1913
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 13 x 18 cm
PIC_box 1, item 14
Gral. Emilio Benitez y su escolta. Pancho [Mota?] y su estado mayor de 1913,
1913
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 15
Rendición de las fuerzas del General Salgado, ante el Coronel Blanquet en Teloloapan, Gro.,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 16
Gral. Mariano Beltrán,
1914
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 17
Coronel Prócoro Porcayo,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
PIC_box 1, item 18
David G. Ramires del 18,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 19
Gabriel Gonzalez,
1914
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 20
Otilio Vargas, Gandid Tapia [or Candid Tapia?],
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 21
Pagador Tolentino, Coronel G. Sanchez, Mayor Y. Cortes,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 22
Gral. Rutilo Hurtado, Lic. Nestor Gonzalez, y Margarito Flores,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 23
Rubin Rosas,
date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 24
Coronel G. Sanchez, Lic. J.Y. Lugo,
Date unknown
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 13 x 18 cm
PIC_box 1, item 25
Generales Hipólito Lagunas y Agustin Lagunas,
1913
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
PIC_box 1, item 26
Gral. Felipe Barrios, Coronel Felix Salgado, Heribert Velázquez (a) Maguellas,
1914
Physical Description:
1 photograph
: gelatin silver print
; 14 x 9 cm
