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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadsheet relating to a train that derailed in Zacatecas on 18 April 1904, a description in the bottom section continuing on verso after which the words to a song

1904
Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper
30 × 19.5 cm (11.8 × 7.7 in)

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