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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadsheet relating to the great flood of Guanajuato on 30 June 1905, a description in the bottom section

1905
Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper
30 × 20 cm (11.8 × 7.9 in)

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