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Villa visits Mexico City and sits in the president's chair beside Zapata, who doesn't seem any too pleased.
Villa visits Mexico City and sits in the president's chair beside Zapata, who doesn't seem any too pleased.
Villa visits Mexico City and sits in the president's chair beside Zapata, who doesn't seem any too pleased.

Villa visits Mexico City and sits in the president's chair beside Zapata, who doesn't seem any too pleased.

Sitter (1877 - 1915)
Sitter (1878 - 1923)
Sitter (1879 - 1919)
Photographer
DateDecember 1914
Locale
Mediumalbumen print
Dimensions6 1/8 × 8 15/16 in. (15.6 × 22.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of William K. Durbon on behalf of Colonel and Mrs. Donald A. Young
Terms
    Object numberPA1977.065.094
    DescriptionPancho Villa sits in the president's chair in Mexico City next to General Emilliano Zapata (to Villa's left). The three seated men in the front are (from l-r): Tomas Urbina, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, and OtillioSupporters crowd around them in the room. Deposed President Diaz had once boasted that Villa would never occupy the chair. Villa and Zapata posed for this photo and sent it to President Diaz, who was then in exile in Spain.
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