Gen'l Villa & Fierrio – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Gen'l Villa & Fierrio, [between 1908 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/01/019701b6de4f-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Gen'l Villa & Fierrio, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gen'l Villa & Fierrio
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This glass negative is titled "Gen'l Villa & Fierrio," which the sleeve links to Gen. Francisco "Pancho" Villa and his officer Rodolfo Fierro, though the record calls the title unverified. Villa led one of the largest armies of the Mexican Revolution, and Fierro was among his most feared commanders, so the pairing points to the northern Mexico campaigns of the revolutionary years. The date range of 1908 to 1919 covers the revolution's rise and peak, when American photographers and picture agencies such as the National Photo Company documented its military leaders. The streaks and surface blemishes on the plate are signs of the coating's natural deterioration over time.
| Created / published | [between 1908 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,345 × 5,977 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249177 |
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