Mark Florea Upson Photographs
Scope and Contents Note
45 original photographs of the Mexican Revolution taken by Mark Florea Upson, who was living in Cuernavaca at the time. Also 69 photographs taken in the State of Guerrero, City of Iguala, and villages in the Sierra Madre Oeasle, 1908.
The Mexican Revolution photograph album can be viewed online from the University of Texas Digital Repository.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1908-1920
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Pictures were taken by Mark Florea Upson (b. Jan. 19, 1897[sometimes listed as 1896] d. July 5, 1998), who was living in Cuernavaca, Mexico at that time.
Historical Note
"Figaroa's Army from the State of Guerrero, under the command of Manuel Asunsulo, defeated the Federal Garrison at Iguala and marched to Cuernavaca in the State of Morelos. Cuernavaca had been declared an open city and the Government troops had retired to Mexico City.
Asunsulo took charge but was killed in Mexico City. Zapata, after defeating the Federal troops at the City of Puebla, in the State of Puebla, came to and occupied Cuernavaca. He remained in charge until Madero arrived in Mexico City after winning his revolution.
Madero, after a visit to the City of Puebla, became angry at Zapata after seeing the destruction and looting he had allowed his troops to do while accupying the city and demanded him to disband his troops.
When the Federal soldiers weere returning to Cuernavaca, Zapata, with a few of his followers, left. He went into the mountains of the State of Morelos where he became a bandit and was a thorn in the side of the Government for several years. He was finally ambushed and killed. His head was taken to Mexico City to prove he was dead."
--Description written by Mark Upson
Full Extent
114 photographs
Abstract
114 black and white photographs from the Mexican Revolution and the State of Guerrero.
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- Title
- Mark Florea Upson Photographs
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- Spring 2013: Finding aid expanded and photograph album #1 digitized by Benson Collection intern Esther Rivera.
- 2021 January: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu