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Cristero Rebellion scenes [graphic].
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Title:

Cristero Rebellion scenes

Abstract:

Images depict Cristero soldiers, priests, followers, an encampment, and various group or crowd scenes from the Cristero Rebellion in Mexico. Locations include Mexico City and Hidalgo.

Date:

1926-1929 (issued)

Subject:

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Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929 -- Photographs
Insurgency -- Mexico -- Photographs
Soldiers -- Mexico -- Photographs
Mexico -- Pictorial works

Note:

Photographers unknown.
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
GLASS NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
The Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929) of Mexico was a popular uprising against anti-clerical elements of the Mexican Constitution of 1917. The rebels, who believed they were fighting on behalf of Christ himself, referred to themselves as Cristeros.
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Type:

graphic
Glass negatives.

Physical Description:

graphic
photonegative
12 negatives : glass ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller.

Language:

English

Origin:

Mexico

Copyright Note:

GLASS NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.