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Edgar Z. Steever was promoted to Brig. General in August 1912 and Gen. Huerta became president of Mexico in Feb 1913. The titles given in the caption suggests photo between those dates. Joaquín Téllez was governor of the Mexican state of Sonora.

Found a similar version of this photo in El Paso Herald issue september 12, 1912 (Library of Congress, newspapers, Cronicling America). Above is written: "United States and Mexican Army Officer On The Border"; below: "Left to right, those in the photgraph are: Gen. Victoriano Huerta commanding the army of northern Mexico, Gen. E. Z. Steever, U. S. , commanding the Department of Texas. and The United States border guard; Col. Frank West commanding the Second Cavalry and Fort Bliss; Gen. Joaquin Tellez, second command of federal army of northern Mexico and Col. D. A. Frederick commanding 22d infantry U.S.A. on American border patrol duty. Dr. Roberto Duarte

The El Paso herald., September 06, 1912, Page 5 reported that Gen. Victoriano Huerta, Gen. Joaquin Tellez and others paid a visit to Gen. E. Z. Steever. Steever visited Huerta in Juarez a few days before, see El Paso herald., September 05, 1912, Image 1, Col. 4.

Another photo of Steever:

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Thanks to all who contributed to identifying the people and the occasion. We can add some information when we next update the description.

Victoriano Huerta, President of Mexico, remembered as "The Jackal" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriano_Huerta

great shot

Thanks Infrogmation. We'll fill in the name, and add the date on the negative, "Aug. 12, 1913," next time we update the record. The library has some great political cartoons featuring this man. An example is titled "A peace lesson for Huerta."