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This photo is entitled elsewhere as Hacienda de San Diego about half March. Dr. Roberto Duarte

you can see a colored picture of this building (recently taken [with the name HDASAND 1]) in www.flickr.com/photos/sanfelipeelreal/2800678650/

If you go to Goole Maps in satelite or map views go aproximately 12 miles south from Casas Grandes and 3 miles west, aside from Peña Dorada, you'll find pictures of this building as the main house (casco de hacienda) of Hacienda de San Diego as it was its real name. There you can check that name engraved in the big medallion on the front porch. Could it be that Madero was here before beeing in Bustillos after his defeat in Casas Grandes on March 6, 1911, or he advanced from here first towards Casas Grandes and this picture is related to either? Dr. Roberto Duarte

Dr. Roberto Duarte: Thank for pointing us to other photos of this building. Here is another recent picture where you can also see the front medallion which states : "Hacienda de San Diego": www.flickr.com/photos/betocisneros/2398489349/ We will add this information to the description when we update.

Found an article in El Paso Herald, issue March 10, 1911 (The Library of Congress, Cronicling America ) in a subtitle "Rebels Gather Again": "It is reported here this evening that Pascual Orozco and his band has arrived at San Diego ranch....." It is stablished that Don Jacobo's ranch is San Diego (ranch) Hacienda. Is it possible this picture reffers to the events and date above mentioned and the man on the white horse in the front center of the picture is Pascual Orozco Jr.? So far, I haven't found something that mentions a stay of Madero in San Diego Hacienda. Dr. Roberto Duarte Plastic Surgeon

Francisco I. Madero, Sr. father of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., recently murdered President of Mexico and Rafael Hernandez. brother-in-law and cousin of the late President and who was his Secretary of the Interior arrived on March 7, 1913 from Vera Cruz aboard the Ward steamship Mexico according to this New York Times article of the following day: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E1D9133BE633A... Madero, Sr., was 64 at this time, and his son bore a remarkable family resemblance judging by the photograph of the son in this wikipedia artile: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_I._Madero Francisco I. Madero, Sr., also appears in the following group portrait as subject number 12, with his son the President as subject number 5: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2536794768/in/p... Other Bain collection photographs in this photostream relevant to President Madero are here: www.flickr.com/search/?q=madero&w=8623220@N02

great shot

Is this a grieving mood? His two sons (Gustavo and Francisco) were slain two weeks before.

I don't see the parents smiling. Maybe Raefel Hernandez was just in an award moment. We were'nt there so how can you comment on their mood. His wife Mercedes is looking at him very concerened

Francisco Ignacio Madero González (October 30, 1873 – February 22, 1913) was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce. However, once Díaz was deposed, the Mexican Revolution quickly spun out of Madero's control. He was deposed and executed by the Porfirista military and his aides that he neglected to replace with revolutionary supporters. His assassination was followed by the most violent period of the revolution (1913–1917) until the Constitution of 1917 and revolutionary president Venustiano Carranza achieved some degree of stability. Followers of Madero were known as Maderistas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_I._Madero

another Bain photo of the hacienda: