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Up to may 16th Juarez was already taken by the insurrectos (Maderistas) but the peace negotiations were still takign place, Díaz resignation hadn´t been signed. The revolutionary army people were in a standby (Madero threatening if Diaz would not resign, the revolutionists will resume fighting). The "Tratados de Ciudad Juarez" were signed on June 21rst. Dr. Roberto Duarte

Cusihuiriachic (ie Cusihuiriachi) es un pueblo minero en el centro de la región serrana del Estado de Chihuahua. Dr. Roberto Duarte Cirujano Plástico

jerodamor@yahoo.com.mx: Thank you for pointing out the name of the town on the negative. We will add the information when we update.

Found in El Paso Herald, issue December 26, 1910, pages 1 and 8, second subheading, lines 3 and 4 that says: "Cusihuiriachic Is Reported Captured" (The Library of Congress, Cronicling America). Although, by call nr. this picture is most likely situated in the year of 1911. Dr. Roberto Duarte

Found in Wikipedia, Revolución Mexicana, Batallas de la Revolución Mexicna. 1910 Toma de Cusihuiriachi 20 de diciembre Pantaleón Bustillos y Matilde Romero toman Cusihuiriachi. Is it possible this picture tells about this?

This must be circa 1890.

Between 1910 and 1915 took place only two manned free balloon flights in Mexico City, both in early 1914: On the Sunday, January 25, the mexican aviation pioneer Alberto Braniff Ricard (1885-1966) and the french technician Jules Dubois flew on a 2,200 m3 Gordon Bennett hydrogen-filled balloon just brought from France by Braniff himself. They took off from a Braniff's plot beside the former Colonia Railway Station (Estación Colonia) near the Paseo de la Reforma avenue (the balloon in the photograph seems to be above this place). As a Braniff´s guest were aboard the legendary mexican ballooning pioneer Joaquín de la Cantolla y Rico (1829-1914), at that time already an elder man, who would die three days later. The second flight took off on the Saturday, January 31, in the same place and on the same Gordon Bennett balloon manned by Braniff and Dubois. Alberto Braniff short biographies: www.jorgecornish.com/Braniff.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Braniff A photograph showing Alberto Braniff in the company of Pascual Orozco, Francisco Villa and Giuseppe Garibaldi (grandson of the italian hero): www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162707307/ www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=22081777 Braniff´s balloon taking off from the vicinity of the former Colonia Railway Station (photograph): img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=volar05ht1.jpg Braniff´s balloon taking off as was seen from the Cuauhtémoc Memorial (photograph): www.jorgecornish.com/images/Braniff_8.jpg From left to right: Cantolla, Braniff and Dubois aboard on the Alberto Braniff's balloon basket (photograph): img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=volar04av5.jpg Joaquín de la Cantolla inaccurate short biographies (in spanish): www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/notas/3843-En-tiempos-de-Can... www.uaq.mx/fcps/tribuna/343/opi07.htm Book review on a novel about Cantolla (in spanish): www.proscritos.com/larevista/notas.asp?num=51&d=t&...

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Tenochtitlán Siglo XXI (Ciudad de México), and we'd love to have this added to the group!