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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadside with a song honoring General Zaragoza and soldiers who died during a battle on May 5, portrait of the general

ca. 1900–1913
Type-metal engraving, Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper
30 × 20.3 cm (11.8 × 8 in)

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