Gran Calavera Eléctrica (Large Electric Skull)
Around 1900, Mexico City began the transition from animal- powered streetcars to the new electric-powered version. The streetcar at the right of this image shows […]
News & Current Events
Ejemplar y Ciertisimo Suceso en la República Mexicana
Current events were not restricted to newspapers that catered to the upper echelon. The seedier events of the day were of greater interest to the […]
Espantosisima y Alarmante Noticia!
Posada refers to European examples of demonic figures inspiring evil in this broadside about a family murder story. While one evil creature dances with glee […]
¡¡Terrible y Espantoso Acontecimiento!!
Arroyo and Posada again depict the sinister ills of society that lead to terrible tragedies such as murder. According to the story, the protagonist in […]
La Inundación de Guanajuato
Not all stories published by Arroyo, and illustrated by Posada, are sensationalized accounts. Between June 30-July 1, 1905, a flood ripped through the mining city […]
Derrota de Emiliano Zapata (Defeat of Emiliano Zapata)
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican Revolutionary who gave his life defending the peasant class against oppressive upper-class landowners. As a fighter for land ownership […]
Asombroso Suceso (Astonishing Incident)
It was not uncommon for Arroyo to reprint broadsides years after the original publication. For example, this broadside with an initial date of ca. 1892, […]
La Continuación, Señores, de los Pronósticos Va (The Continuation, Gentlemen, of the Predictions Follows)
Horoscopes and the study of astrology are prominent in many world cultures and extends back thousands of years. In Mexico, the astrological system originated about […]