agustín victor casasola

fortino samano before his execution, 1917

(i love this photograph)

detective murdered by the galician la cinta aznar's home (this was one of the era's most notorious criminals), mexico city, ca. 1920

prostitution is tolerated in certain ambiguous areas of the city, mexico city,  ca. 1935

miguel casasola in the darkroom of his studio in mexico city, 1925. 

(note the pistol in his belt)

árus balloon (and the photographer's shadow)

woman accused of witchcraft, mexico city, ca. 1935

the criminal investigation and identification research institute laboratory of criminals (physiognomic analysis is carried out here), mexico city, ca. 1935

colonel román león engages in target practice in mexico city, ca. 1924

el vaseo

homosexuals

mexican independence day, 1906

maria zavala, nicknamed "la destroyer", was famous for helping those who had fallen in battle to die a more rapid and less painful death. ca. 1915

playboys, mexico city, ca. 1935

soldadera, ca. 1915 

(soldadra was a warrior and a woman who acted in solidarity with the revolutionary troops) 

soldier during the mexican revolution, 1914