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Witness to war : Mexico in the photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell / Susan Toomey Frost ; translation by Claudia Canales.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Publisher: San Antonio : Tinta Books/Trinity University Press, [2023]Description: 159 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781595349682
  • 1595349685
Other title:
  • Mexico in the photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell
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Contents:
Witness to war : Mexico in the photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell = Testigo de guerra México en las fotografias de Walter Elias Hadsell -- The people of Mexico -- Agriculture, mining, and railways -- Cities of Mexico -- State of Veracruz -- City of Veracruz -- U.S. invasion and occupation -- Return to mining and Arizona.
Summary: "Witness to War presents a visual record of a young American man's venture in Mexico as the country veered into revolution in the early 1900s. Walter Elias Hadsell, a skilled photographer who had recently graduated as a mining engineer, documented a critical period of foreign investment in Mexico's mining industry and, in the process, captured scenes of Mexican life in other cities. Susan Toomey Frost draws from an extensive collection of Hadsell's original photographic prints to narrate his ten years in Mexico. The images follow him from his time as a mining engineer in Honduras to his 1917 return to mining in Arizona, his home state. Hadsell documented the damage done in Mexico City during a ten-day uprising in 1913 that led to the assassination of Mexican president Francisco Madero. As a resident American citizen, he had immediate access to the military operation as it unfolded. His images show a defenseless city disrupted by the landing of thousands of American troops. With no exit plan, U.S. forces remained for seven months before abruptly departing"-- Provided by publisher.
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Witness to War presents a compelling visual record of a young American man's venture in Mexico as the country veered into revolution in the early 1900s. Walter Elias Hadsell, a skilled photographer who had recently graduated as a mining engineer, documented a critical period of foreign investment in Mexico's mining industry and, in the process, captured scenes of Mexican life in other cities.

Susan Toomey Frost draws from an extensive collection of Hadsell's original photographic prints to narrate his ten years in Mexico. The images in Witness to War follow him from his time as a mining engineer in Honduras to his 1917 return to mining in Arizona, his home state.

Planning for a future career in photography, Hadsell soon acquired the Kodak franchise for Veracruz, Mexico's most important port since colonial times. He documented the damage done in Mexico City during a ten-day uprising in 1913 that led to the assassination of Mexican president Francisco Madero.

Veracruz became a vortex for U.S. interference in the Mexican Revolution when President Woodrow Wilson invaded the country in 1914 in an attempt to thwart Mexico's successor president and to favor opposing forces. Hadsell, as a resident American citizen, had immediate access to the military operation as it unfolded. His images are essential historical records of Wilson's intervention in Mexican affairs.

Hadsell's camera recorded images of a defenseless city disrupted by the landing of thousands of American troops. With no exit plan, U.S. forces remained for seven months before abruptly departing. Hadsell's personal life took a tragic turn with the death of his wife, who left him with three young children, all born in Mexico. He endured another tragedy with the loss of his Veracruz studio during a period of anti-Americanism, though he ultimately left a rich legacy documenting U.S.-Mexico relations at a critical time.


Includes bibliographical references.

Witness to war : Mexico in the photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell = Testigo de guerra México en las fotografias de Walter Elias Hadsell -- The people of Mexico -- Agriculture, mining, and railways -- Cities of Mexico -- State of Veracruz -- City of Veracruz -- U.S. invasion and occupation -- Return to mining and Arizona.

"Witness to War presents a visual record of a young American man's venture in Mexico as the country veered into revolution in the early 1900s. Walter Elias Hadsell, a skilled photographer who had recently graduated as a mining engineer, documented a critical period of foreign investment in Mexico's mining industry and, in the process, captured scenes of Mexican life in other cities. Susan Toomey Frost draws from an extensive collection of Hadsell's original photographic prints to narrate his ten years in Mexico. The images follow him from his time as a mining engineer in Honduras to his 1917 return to mining in Arizona, his home state. Hadsell documented the damage done in Mexico City during a ten-day uprising in 1913 that led to the assassination of Mexican president Francisco Madero. As a resident American citizen, he had immediate access to the military operation as it unfolded. His images show a defenseless city disrupted by the landing of thousands of American troops. With no exit plan, U.S. forces remained for seven months before abruptly departing"-- Provided by publisher.

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