Que viva Mexico : photographs and materials related to the film, 1930-1931
Sergei Eisenstein collection at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
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Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Eisenstein, Sergei,
1898-1948.
TitleQue viva Mexico : photographs and
materials related to the film, 1930-1931
Call No.
PG3476 .E54
Extent
1514 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The collection consists of photographs
(prints and negatives), loose photo captions, and postcards related to Eisenstein's
film
Que viva Mexico, released in 1933 as
Thunder over Mexico. The photos were taken before and
during the atual filming, and include both shots of scenes from the film and of the
crew at work and play. The captions were intended to accompany photos used to
publicize the release of
Thunder over Mexico. The
nearly 80 postcards include both commercial cards and ones prepared from photos
taken by and of the crew.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Historical Note
The basic facts concerning Sergei Eisenstein's attempt to make a film in Mexico in
1931 are well established. In 1928, Eisenstein, Eduard Tissé and G.V. Alexandrov
left Russia for Western Europe. In April of 1930 Eisenstein signed a contract with
Paramount pictures, and arrived in Hollywood in June. Several projects including a
film version of Dreiser’s An American Tragedy, were proposed, but agreement could
not be reached on any of them, and in October the contract was terminated.
Through the intervention of Charlie Chaplin, Eisenstein met with Upton Sinclair and
his wife, and they agreed to help finance a film to be made in Mexico. The contract
was signed on 24 November 1930.
Eisenstein and his party arrived in Mexico City on 9 December 1930. They left in
mid-February of 1932, in a flurry of artistic, economic and political controversy,
with the film still unfinished. They were refused entry visas to the U.S. At Laredo,
Texas, and did not reach New York until the end of March. On 19 April 1932,
Eisenstein sailed for Europe, and despite later negotiations, he was never able to
complete the film or edit the footage than had been shot.
In 1933, a portion of the film, which had remained under Sinclair’s control, was
released as Thunder Over Mexico. Since then, other portions of the film have been
released on occasion, but the film that Eisenstein would have made has been
irretrievably lost. While the facts are straightforward enough, their
interpretations have been widely divergent. As the 15-page bibliography in Geduld
and Gottesman’s Sergei Eisenstein and Upton Sinclair: The Making and Unmaking of Que
Viva Mexico! attests the interest in this 50-year-old film – or un-film if you
prefer – has been high ever since the venture was first announced. Charges and
counter-charges as to who was the villain, who the victim, have been leveled by the
principals as well as by people with no connection at all to the original
enterprise.
Geduld and Gottesman’s book is probably the most balanced and complete treatment of
the whole affair, which is currently available. It is based on large part on the
correspondence between Sinclair, Eisenstein and other individuals involved in the
actual filming, correspondence which is in the Lilly Library Manuscripts.
Arrangement
The basic arrangement of the photos and negatives is chronological, based on the
"Chronology and Itinerary" in Geduld and Gottesman. For ease of storage, the large
and medium size photos and the small (ca. 3.5 x 4.5 cm.) photos have been arranged
in separate sections. Within each of these, the photos are further divided into
shots from and for the film and biographical shots, in which crew members and others
not in the film appear. The photos and negatives have been numbered consecutively
through 1225. There are many nearly identical shots of the same subject, which have
been designated –a, --b, --c, etc. Counting these separately, the total number of
photos and negatives, excluding duplicates, is 1514.
The collection is arranged according to the following series:
- Large and Medium size prints and negatives
- Small size prints and negatives
- Photo Captions
- Postcards
The first two series are further divided into two subseries: From and for the film,
and Biographical. Materials are then arranged by location.
Scope and Content Note
The photos, negatives, loose photo captions, and postcards in this collection were
acquired by Lilly Library as part of the Upton Sinclair archives. The photos were
taken before and during the actual filming, and include both shots of scenes from
the film and of the crew at work and play. The captions were intended to accompany
photos used to publicize the release of
Thunder Over
Mexico
. The nearly 80 postcards include both commercial cards and ones
prepared from photos taken by and of the crew.
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Indexing Terms
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Names
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Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
--Photographs.
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Eisenstein, Sergei,
1898-1948 --Photographs.
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Aleksandrov, Grigoriĭ
Vasilʹevich, 1903-1984 --Photographs.
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Tissé, É (Éduard ),
1893-1961 --Photographs.
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Kimbrough, Hunter
Southworth, 1900-1994.
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Que viva Mexico (Motion
picture)
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Thunder over Mexico.
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Mexico --Description and
travel --Photographs.
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Mexico --Social life and
customs --Photographs.
Related Material
Sinclair mss.,
Film mss., also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
For information concerning the making of the film see
Sergei
Eisenstein and Upton Sinclair: the making and unmaking of "Que Viva
Mexico".
Edited by Harry M. Geduld and Ronald Gottesman. Bloomington,
Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1970.
Other Source Material in the Lilly Library
Books and Catalogues:
- PN1977.G28 : Geduld, Harry M. & Ronald Gottesman, eds. Sergei
Eisenstein and Upton Sinclair: The Making and Unmaking of
Que Viva Mexico! Bloomington, Ind. Indiana
University Press, 1970. (The definitive work on the subject, and the source
for much of the information in this list.)
- PS 3537.I85 Z4666 Reading Room : Gottesman, Ronald. Upton Sinclair: An
Annotated Checklist. Kent, O. Kent State University Press, 1973. (The most
complete listing of Sinclair's writings available. Items particularly
related to Eisenstein and the film are noted below in separate
entries.)
- PS 3537.I85 Z689 : Harris, Leon. Upton Sinclair: American Rebel. New York:
Crowell, 1975. (Chapter XXII: "Que Viva Mexico!" pp. 281-293.)
- PS 3537.I85 Z6943 : Indiana University-Library-Lilly Library. A Catalogue
of Books…from the Upton Sinclair Archives [1963]. (The Introduction by
Gottesman gives information on the scope of the Sinclair collection and how
it came to Lilly.)
- PS 3537.I85 Z55 1962a : Sinclair, Upton Beall. The Autobiography of Upton
Sinclair. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962. (Pages
262-267).
Journal: AP2.E96 Experimental Cinema
- Vol. 1, no. 3 (1931): Lewis Jacobs, "Eisenstein"; S.M. Eisenstein, "The
Cinematographic Principle and Japanese Culture; with a Digression on Montage
and the Shot."; and "Hollywood Bulletin: Eisenstein in Mexico".
- Vol. 1, no. 4 (1932): Agustin Aragon Leiva, "Eisenstein's Film on
Mexico."; S.M. Eisenstein, "The Principles of Film Form"; Morris Helprin,
"Que Viva Mexico!". (Many black & white photos of this issue; most are
in this collection)
Reprints and Clippings:
- PS 3537.I85 Z6839 : Gottesman, Ronald. Sergei Eisenstein & Upton
Sinclair. London, British Film Institute, 1965. 2 leaves Xeroxed from Sight
and Sound, Summer issue 1965. First publication of Sinclair's correspondence
with Stalin, including a reproduction of Stalin's cable of 21 November
1931.
- PS 3537.I85 Gottesman A 1505 : "Résponse à Eisenstein", par Upton
Sinclair; and "La Vérité sur l'Affaire", par Henry Poulailie. In Le Petit
Bara, III (5 October 1934), 3.
- PS 3537.I85 L58 1933f (2 copies) : Sinclair, Upton Beall [Letter
beginning: After thirty-three months the chariot-wheels of Sergei Eisenstein
have rolled on] Letter date 21 August 1933.
- PS 3537.I85 L58 1933g (2 copies) : Sinclair, Upton Beall [Letter
beginning: After thirty-three months….] Letter dated 30 September
1933.
- PS 3537.I85 L58 1933h : Sinclair, Upton Beall [Letter to the editor of The
Modern monthly concerning the Eisenstein Mexican picture] (In The Modern
monthly, 1933, p. 373) Letter dated 1 June 1933.
- PS 3537.I85 Gottesman A1413 : Sinclair, Upton Beall "Thunder over
Eisenstein": Page 210 of The New Republic, July 5, 1933, with Sinclair's
letter regarding the making of the film and its editing by Sol
Lesser.
- PS 3537.I85 L58 1933d : Sinclair, Upton Beall. Thunder over Mexico. (In
The Modern monthly, v. 7, no 9, October 1933, pp. 575-576) A letter to the
editor.
- PS 3537.I85 Gottesman A 1419 : Sinclair, Upton Beall. Upton Sinclair
Replies. Page 232 of The New Clarion, September 9, 1933, containing a reply
to an attack by Ivor Montagu made in the same magazine, August 5,
1933.
Miscellaneous:
- PS 3537.I85 G95 : Sinclair, Upton Beall [Guy Nunn interviews Upton
Sinclair, 1963] Tape recording, 46 minutes
- PS 3537.I85 T898 : Sinclair, Upton Beall. Thunder over Mexico. Envelope I
- Newspaper clippings, 1930-1948 and undated. Envelope II - Journals,
programs, pressbook. Envelope III - Magazine clippings and reprints,
circulars
- PS 3537.I85 T8982 : Sinclair, Upton Beall [Thunder over Mexico: film
captions for Spanish version of Eisenstein's short documentary (1931) El
desastre en Oaxaca]
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Lilly Library as part of the Upton Sinclair archives.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Que viva Mexico : photographs and materials
related to the film, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Processing Information
The preparation of the list, which was accomplished by the separate efforts of
two individuals, took almost exactly as long as the making of the film.
Inconsistencies in identification and terminology have been corrected as far as
possible, but may still be found. Any additional information which can be
furnished by individuals using this collection as to correct identification of
persons, places and/or dates will be greatly appreciated.
Container List
Series:
Large and Medium size prints and negatives
Subseries:
From and for the film
Subseries:
Mexico City, ca. January
1931
Item 1
Head and shoulders of Indian in headdress with beaded
headband and pendants and upright feather crown. He is playing a
guitar.
12.4 x 17.6 cm.
2 copies.
Copy 1 - on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo
by/G.Alexandrov.”
Item 2
Head and shoulders of another Indian in headdress with
spreading feather crown. He wears a scarf knotted around his
neck and a beaded blouse trimmed with fringe.
7.2 x 12.3 cm.
Item 3
Profile of Indian in bead and feather headdress and satin
(?) blouse.
3 copies
Copy 1 – On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by G.
Alexandrov.”7.5 x 12.5 cm.
Copy 2 – On back, written in pencil: “Mexican Indian
chieftain, dressed for religious ceremonial. Posed by Sergeius
Eisenstein for his Mexican moving picture, Mexico, 1931;”
stamped in black: “044.” 12 x 16.8 cm.
Copy 3 - On back, stamped in black: "044."12 x 16.8
cm.
Item 4
Three-quarter figure shot of Indian in Item 3 above
playing a guitar.
11.7 x 17 cm.
Item 5
Two Indians in procession, brick wall in background.
Indian in front wears bead and feather headdress; Indian in back
carries banner on pole. On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
10.4 x 17.6 cm.
Item 6
Long shot, from above, of fiesta or ceremony. Indian with
guitar, costumed as in Items 1-6 above, at lower right. Crowd of
performers and/or spectators in background.
8.2. x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 7
Medium shot of performers in work clothes and costumes as
in Item 6 above playing guitars. Crowd in
background.
8.2 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Subseries:
Tehuantepec, circa February 6,
1931
Item 8
Girl in “weepeel” headdress leaning over man lying in
hammock with baby in his lap. Tropical foliage in
background.
5 copies
Copy 1 - On Back, written in blue ink: “Our leading
lady/in Tehuantepec. /None of these are/for publication./Others
for that shortly.” Directly below, written in pencil: “[H.S.
Kimbrough writing].”
Copies 2-3 - 8.6 x 11 cm.
Copies 4-5 - 16.5 x 21.8
Item 8a
Another shot of group in Item 8 above.
12.2 x 18 cm. (2 copies)
Item 8b
Close-up group portrait of man, woman and child in Items
8-8a above. 3 ½ negatives on a strip; “Eastman” printed at edge
of strip.
3.4 x 6.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 9
Profile shot of man seen in Items 8-8b above lying in the
same hammock.
8.9 x 14.2 cm. (2 copies)
Item 10
Another man half-lying in hammock seen in Items 8-9
above.
10.4 x 18.1. cm.
Item 11
Young Indian man sitting in a hammock. Field and grove in
background.
8.6 x 11.3 cm.
Item 12
Four young boys wearing only conical straw hats seated on
stone steps.
On back, stamped in purple: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
28 1934;” stamped in black: “A68.”
8.4 x 10.8 cm.
Item 12a
The same four boys, standing with backs to
camera.
3.5 x 3.7 cm. (Negative)
Item 13
Group of five women wearing “weepeel” headdresses, seated
in a row.
On back, stamped in purple: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
28, 1934; “ stamped in black: “A68.”
8.1 x 10.5 cm.
Item 14
Close-up of woman in center of group in Item 13 above.
Women on either side of her partially visible.
On back, stamped in black: “A67.”
8.1 x 10.5 cm.
Item 15
Close-up of Indian woman wearing “weepeel” headdress; ¾
profile.
12.3 x 17.2 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 16
Young Indian woman wearing “weepeel” headdress; ¾
profile; head and upper torso.
On back, stamped in black: “A67.”
8.3 x 10.4 cm.
Item 17
Profile of subject of Item 16 above.
On back, stamped in purple: “Kug-Art/The Best/Feb 28
1934;” stamped in black; “A68”
8.1. x 10.9 cm.
Item 18
Three-quarter length profile shot of subject of items
16-17 above. Left hand on waist. Palm trees in
background.
On back, purple label: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb 28
1934;” stamped; “582;” Written in pencil: “A67.”
8.1 x 11.5 cm.
Item 19
Young woman in “weepeel;” facing front, head and upper
torso.
Three negatives on a strip, 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
“Nitrate Film” printed at edge of strip.
Item 20
Close-up profile shot of older Indian woman in
“weepeel;” palm tree in background.
Three negatives on a strip, 3.4 x 5.8 cm.
“Kodak” printed at edge of strip.
Item 21
Three-quarter profile of young Indian woman in “weepeel;”
head and upper torso. Palm tree in upper right corner of
background. See same subject in Item 28 below.
On back: stamped, “582;” in pencil, “A68”
8 x 10.9 cm.
Item 22
Group of eight Indian women in “weepeels” standing on
rocks. Leafless tree and building in background.
On back: purple label, “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb 28
1934;” stamped in black: “A468.”
8 x 10.6 cm.
Item 23
Group of eight Indian women in “weepeels.” Tropical
foliage in background.
On back: purple label, "“ A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb 28
1934;” stamped in black: “A68.”
8.3 x 10.6 cm.
Item 24
Group seen in Item 23 above dancing. Same
background.
Stamped in blue on back: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 17.6 cm.
Item 25
Group of seven Indian women in costume with “weepeels.”
Setting the same as in Items 23-24 above.
Scratches in lower right corner.
8.1 x 10.1 cm. (Negative)
Item 26
Indian woman dancing. Figures to her right and left
partially visible. Group of men in background.
12.1 x 18.5 cm.
Item 27
Young woman in “weepeel” with fruit basket on her head.
Background same as for Items 13-14 above.
9.3 x 14.3 cm.
And negative, 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
Item 28
Full-length shot of two young Indian women. Both wear
“weepeels” and carry round decorated baskets containing small
lacy flags on their heads. Tropical foliage in background. These
women are seen individually in Items 21 and 33.
12 x 17.8 cm.
Item 29
In center, young Indian woman seated among roots of large
tree surrounded by round decorated baskets filled with fruit. In
right foreground, a figure wrapped in a shawl and seated on a
low wooden chair with back to photographer.
On back: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and
“Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
12.2 x 17.4 cm. (2 copies)
Item 30
Young Indian woman in Item 29 above carrying a basket of
fruit on her head. Taken from slightly below, from waist up.
Tropical foliage in background.
On back: stamped, “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov;”
written in ink, “Leading Tehuana girl.”
12.5 x 18.1 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 31
Young Indian woman in Items 29-30 above with one
decorated basket on her head and one held in her hand. Fruit in
both baskets. Head and shoulders.
On back, stamped: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions”
and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
11.4 x 15.9 cm.
Item 32
Head and upper torso of Indian woman holding a basket of
fruit on her head. Serape over her left shoulder. Tropical
foliage in background.
Lower right-hand corner of photo torn.
12.1 x 18.6 cm.
Item 33
Young Indian woman (from the waist up) holding a
decorated basket containing small lacy flags in her left hand.
Tropical foliage in the background. Same subject as in Item 28
above.
8.5 x 10.8 cm.
And negative, 8.1 x 10.6 cm.
Item 34
Young Indian woman (from the waist up) carrying on her
head a decorated round basket with small lacy flags in
it.
On back, stamped: “665;” written in pencil over the stamp,
“A67.”
8 x 10.8 cm.
Item 35
Head and shoulders of young Indian woman leaning against
a bamboo fence. She wears a decoration with roses and ribbon in
her hair. A man’s face is partially visible at extreme left.
8.5 x 11.1 cm.
Item 36
Young woman in Item 35 above against same background.
Head and upper torso.
On back, stamped: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb 28 1934”
and “582;” written in pencil: “A46.”
8.1 x 10.6 cm.
Item 37
Two Indian girls wearing flower wreaths in their hair.
One at right has hand on trunk of palm tree; one at left has
hands crossed on palm branch and is leaning toward the first
girl. Palm trees in background.
12.2 x 17.7 cm.
Item 38
Young Indian woman leaning head against palm branch; a
garland of flowers in her hand.
12.2 x 18 cm.
Item 39
Young Indian woman in white headdress decorated with
spray of flowers, white frilled blouse and fringed shawl. She
holds a bouquet of flowers. Head and upper torso.
On back: stamped in purple: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
28 1934;” stamped in blue, “A67”
8.2 x 10.5 cm.
Item 40
Young Indian woman holding up a half-peeled banana. Her
hair is braided around her head, with a decoration of leaves and
flowers over her forehead.
On back: stamped in blue, “A68.”
8.1 x 10.6 cm.
Item 41
Indian woman seated beneath a stick framework over part
of which a cloth has been draped as a sunshade. On a counter in
front of her is a large pile of pineapples. In the lower right
corner, another Indian woman is standing with her right arm on
the counter and her left hand steadying a round decorated bowl
on her head. In the background, Indian women and children and a
low building with a tile roof.
On back, stamped, “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions”
and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
12.1 x 18.1 cm.
Item 42
Young Indian woman seated, right, in front of a large
wooden frame on which is stretched a piece of cloth; she appears
to be sewing or embroidering on it. The pattern is similar to
that on the blouse which she is wearing. To her left is a
smaller frame with another piece of cloth on it. In the
background is a fence similar to the one seen in Items 35-36
above.
On back, stamped: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions”
and “Photo by G/Alexandrov”
12.4 x 17.2 cm.
Item 43
Group of five older Indian women in “weepeel”
headdresses. The woman second from left is applying paint or
makeup to the face of a half-crouching young Indian man. The
woman to her left holds a staff with flowers on the
end.
9.1 x 14.5 cm.
Item 44
Long row of Indian women, seated.
On back, stamped: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions”
and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
9 x 14.1 cm.
Close-ups of an elderly Indian woman wearing a dark cloth
veil on her head and holding up a chain and coin (?)
necklace.
Item 45
Her eyes are closed and she is smiling.
On back, stamped: “S.M. Eisenstein/
Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.3 x 16.3 cm.
Item 46
Her eyes are open and she has a more serious
expression.
12.3 x 18.7 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 47
She is smiling and biting one of the coins (?) of the
necklace.
12.1 x 18.5cm.
Item 48
Two Indian women, one at left putting food onto a large
round tray; one at right seated watching her. Low brick wall in
foreground, trees in background.
On back, stamped in purple: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
28 1934;” stamped in blue, “A66.”
8 x 10.7 cm.
Item 49
Foliage and bamboo or large reeds at edge of
pond.
12.6 x 17.8 cm.
Subseries:
San Blas, circa February 17,
1931
Item 50
Seven young Indian women in “sunflower”
headdresses.
On back, written in pencil: “Native girls at San Blas,
Mexico.”
16 x 21.7 cm.
Item 51
Large group of Indian women in “sunflower”
headdresses.
8.6 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 52
Five young Indian women wearing “sunflower” headdresses
climbing a hill. Village in background.
On back, stamped in purple: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
24 1934;” stamped in blue: “A68.”
8.2 x 10.8 cm.
Item 53
Two files of young Indian women in “sunflower”
headdresses seated and standing on either side eof a flight of
stone steps. Thatched fence or wall at extreme right; large
building, probably a church, in background.
8.8 x 11.2 cm. (3 copies)
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
Copy 3 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo
by/G.Alexandrov.”
Two close-up views of a young Indian woman wearing
“sunflower” headdress.
Item 54
Lighted from front and left side.
Stamped on back, in blue: “A67.”
8.1 x 10.4 cm.
Item 55
Lighted from behind. Woman is smiling.
On back, stamped: “582;” written in pencil:
“A67”
8 x 10.8 cm.
Item 56
Close-up of young Indian woman wearing “sunflower”
headdress (face and ruffle only)
8.7 x 10.8 cm. (2 copies)
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.
Item 57
Five young Indian women wearing “sunflower” headdresses
and carrying long palm branches standing in front of a
house.
On back, stamped in purple: “A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
28 1934;” stamped in blue: “A68.”
7.9 x 10.7 cm.
Item 58
Two women from Item 57 above in same location. One, lower
left corner, with back to camera, the other at far right holding
palm branch and looking upward.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov;”
written in blue ink: “K.”
8.3 x 11.1. cm.
Item 59
Two women descending the steps of the house in Items
57-58 above. One at left wears white, a fringed shawl and
carries flowers; one at right wears dark shawl over her
head.
On back, stamped in purple: “A/Kug-Art/print/The Best/Feb
28 1934;” stamped in blue: “582;” written in pencil:
“A67.”
8.1 x 10.8 cm.
Subseries:
Mérida, Yucatan, circa March 22-31, 1931
Item 60
Close-up profile of young woman in mantilla. A second
woman partially visible in background.
4 copies; 1 negative
Copies 1, 2 - On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.Alexandrov.”
11.9 x 17 cm.
Copies 3, 4 - On back, written in pencil: “Society girls
of Yucatan, Mexico, posing for Eisenstein’s moving picture. 12.2
x 17.5 cm.
Negative - 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 61
Full-face shot of Item 60 above. Two other young women in
mantillas partially visible at either side behind
her.
7.9 x 10.4 cm
Item 62
Subject of Items 60-61 above holding large opened fan in
front of her. Two other women in mantillas partially visible on
either side behind her.
On back, stamped in blue: S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12 x 17.2 cm.
Item 63
Profile shot of young woman in mantilla holding open fan
in front of her. Other young women partially visible in
background.
3 copies
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
9.7 x 17.2 cm.
Copies 2, 3 - On back, written in pencil: “Society girls
of Yucatan, Mexico, posing Eisenstein’s moving picture.” 10.2 x
17.4 cm.
Item 64
Another young woman in a mantilla; flowers on her right
shoulder and at the left side of her head. From the waist
up.
7.8 x 10.4 cm.
Item 65
Three young women in mantillas, holding open fans. Woman
in the middle is the subject of Items 60-62 above. Woman at
right is the subject of Item 64 above.
6.4 x 8.5 cm.
Item 66
Young woman in mantilla; cluster of flowers at left side
of her head. Right arm raised as though it is resting on
something; she holds an open fan in her hand. Also seen in Item
65 above, at left.
7.9 x 10.4 cm.
Three similar views of a group of young women in
mantillas seated in a patio(?) or garden(?). The subject of
Items 63 above is seated in the right foreground; the subject of
Item 64 above is seated second from left, playing a
guitar.
Item 67
Untitled
6 x 8.2 cm.
Item 67a
Untitled
7.3 x 9 cm.
Item 67b
Untitled
8.8. x 11.4 cm.
Item 68
Close-up of subject of Item 64 above, playing a guitar as
in Items 67 – 67b above. A second woman in a dark mantilla is at
her right; this woman is seated to her right in Items 67-67b
above. Head and upper torso of each.
8.8 x 11.4 cm.
Item 69
Another young woman in a dark mantilla, holding a fan. A
second woman is partially visible at extreme right.
7.8 x 12 cm.
Item 70
Two young women, seated, wearing mantillas and holding
fan. The woman at left wears a dark mantilla; the one at right a
white one.
On back, stamped in blue; "A.M.
Einstein/Collective/Productions" and "Photo
by/G.Alexandrov."
10.8 x 16.8 cm.
Item 71
Close up of young woman in mantilla at left, another
partially visible behind her at right holding an open
fan.
"TE FILM" stamped at edge of strip.
1 ½ negatives on strip, 3.4 x 6 cm.
Item 72
Young woman in mantilla at left, another behind her at
right holding an open fan.
"NITRATE" stamped at edge of strip.
1 negative on strip. 3.4 x 2.7 cm.
Item 73
Two young women seated in a coach; driver holding reins
in the box. One woman is dressed in white, with a white mantilla
and holds flowers; the other is in a dark mantilla and dress.
Church in background.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
11.8 x 17 cm.
Item 73a
Closer shot of young woman in white in Item 73 above
looking out of coach window. Driver is seated in box. Taken from
slightly behind the coach.
8.5 x 11.1 cm.
Item 74
2 ½ contact prints on one strip.
“PANCHROMATIC” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.8 x 9.1 cm.
- Cut off, only legs of two men and floor
visible.
- David Liceaga in rocking chair on veranda.
- Church façade.
Item 74a
2 1/3 contact prints on one strip.
Printed in reverse at edges of strip, “Du Pont” and
“3H82979”.
3.9 x 8.8 cm.
- Young man seated in a rocking chair seen in Item 74,
no. 2 above. He wears a high-crowned Mexican hat and is
playing a guitar.
- The same, but from a different angle, and the young
man has moved slightly.
- Unidentifiable; some foliage visible.
Item 75
David Liceaga, seated in rocking chair as in Item 74, no.
2 above. See also Item 335 below.
8.1. x 10.6 cm.
Item 76
Close-up of David Liceaga in same rocking chair as seen
above. Head and upper torso.
2 copies:
Copy 1 – 7.9 x 10.5 cm
Copy 2 – 12.3 x 17.5 cm.
Liceaga having his hair arranged by another man. See also
Items 335 and 605 below.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 77
Two prints.
3.9 x 7.6 cm
Item 77a
2 ¾ prints.
(1) Partially cut off. Lower left corner of strip
torn.
4 x 9.7 cm.
Item 78
2 ¼ contact prints on a strip.
4.3 x 8.1 cm.
- Liceaga in front of a full-length mirror.
- Liceaga and another bullfighter in front of the same
mirror; the other man is helping to fix Liceaga’s hat.
- Unidentifiable; a man’s arm and shoulder with another
man’s hand resting on the shoulder.
Various similar scenes of Liceaga and another bullfighter
on the veranda seen in Item 74 above.
Four strips of contact prints.
Item 79
2 1/3 prints.
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.1 x 8.6 cm.
Item 79a
3 ¼ prints.
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.1 x 11.8 cm.
Item 79b
3 1/3 prints.
“Du Pont” and “8J22300” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.3 x 12.1 cm.
Item 79c
2 ¼ prints.
“Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.1 x 8.3 cm.
Item 79d
Same subjects and setting as Items 79-70c above. Liceaga
and another bullfighter on veranda in front of
mirror.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Production” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
11.7 x 17.1 cm.
Liceaga and another bullfighter kneeling on stone steps
of church or chapel in front of large crucifix on wall. See also
Item 607 below.
Three strips of contact prints.
Item 80
Three prints.
3.1 x 11.7 cm.
- (1) Liceaga standing with hand on wooden railing,
possibly in veranda seen in Items 77-79d
above.
- (2,3) As described above.
Item 80a
Three prints.
3.1 x 11.1 cm.
- (1) Empty church.
- (2,3) As described above.
Item 80b
Three prints.
Numbers and words at edge of strip have been cut off
and are unreadable.
3.2 x 12.1 cm.
Item 81
Medium shots of crucifix seen in Items 80-80b above. See
also Item 607 below.
Three contact prints on a strip.
3.4 x 11.6 cm.
Various shots of individuals in coach seen in Items
73-73a above. See also Items 336-337a below.
Item 82
Three contact prints on a strip.
“Du Pont” and “8J22294” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.5 x 8.4 cm.
- Young women seen in Items 73-73a above seated in
coach.
- Long shot of Liceaga and another matador seated in
coach.
- The same, but a medium shot.
Item 83
Liceaga and second matador in and around
coach.
Three contact prints on a strip.
“Du Pont” and “8J22293” printed in reverse at edges of
strip.
4.3 x 11.6 cm.
Item 84
4 ½ contact prints on a strip.
“Du Pont” and “8J22292” printed in reverse at edges of
strip.
4.1 x 16.9 cm.
Item 85
Liceaga and second bullfighter seated facing each
other in coach.
On back, written in pencil: “En route to the bull
ring.”
9.1 x 14.2 cm.
Item 86
Close-up of Liceaga and second matador in
coach.
2 copies
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov”. 13.8 x 18.8. cm.
Copy 2 - On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Production:” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov”; written in pencil: “En route to the bull ring”.
12.5 x 17.9 cm.
Item 87
Long shot of coach seen in Items 82-86 above passing by a
church. Liceaga is visible seated in the coach.
8.4 x 10.9 cm.
Item 88
David Liceaga seated left, elderly woman seated right in
armchair. An open framework above and behind them, and foliage
in the background; probably on a veranda.
8 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in pencil: “Liciago (sic) saying
farewell to his mother before entering the bull ring. (After the
elaborate ceremony of dressing, Liciago goes to church to say
his prayers.)” 12.3 x 17.7 cm.
Copies 2, 3, 4 - On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.Alexandrov.”
12.3 x 17.7 cm.
Copies 5, 6 7 - 12.3 x 17.7 cm.
Copy 8 - On back, written in pencil in Spanish: “[ ] [ ] a
la madre/Para [ ].” 5.9 x 8.4 cm.
Item 89
Same subjects and setting as Item 88 above. Liceaga
bending forward for his mother to kiss him on the
forehead.
2 copies
Copy 1 - Has been cut in two pieces; one with Liceaga’s
arm, 4 x 9.9 cm. Rest of picture, 9.9 x 11.2 cm.
Copy 2 - On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov;”
written in pencil: “Bullfighter saying farewell to mother.” 12.3
x 17.5 cm.
Item 90
Same setting and subjects as Items 88-89 above. Woman
kissing Liceaga on forehead.
7.8 x 10.5 cm.
Item 91
Same setting and subjects as Items 88-90 above. Liceaga
kissing woman’s hand.
7.9 x 10.3 cm.
Same subjects and setting as Items 88-91 above. Liceaga
and elderly woman and in some shots a second
bullfighter.
Four strips of contact prints.
Item 92
Four full and two half-prints.
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.9 x 17.7 cm.
Item 93
Four full and two half prints.
“Du Pont,” “Panchromatic” and “8J22293” printed in
reverse at edges of strip.
4.2 x 17.6 cm.
Item 93a
Four full and two half prints.
“Panchromatic” and “8J22293” printed in reverse at
edges of strip.
First 3 prints overlap last three of Item 93
above.
4 x 17.6 cm.
Item 93b
Four full and one half prints.
“Panchromatic,” “Du Pont” and “ …282” printed in
reverse at edges of strip.
4 x 17.6 cm.
Item 93c
Same setting as Items 89-93b above. Liceaga alone; head
and upper torso; wearing suit of lights, hat, cape over left
shoulder.
7.8 x 10.4 cm.
In the bull ring, Liceaga and another matador; behind the
fence, other men.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 94
Three prints.
“Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edges of
strip.
4.3 x 11.6 cm.
- Long shot of all four men.
- Close-up of matador holding cape.
- Medium shot of all four men.
- Very narrow section of next picture, which has
been cut off, shows upraised man’s arm and
hand.
Item 94a
3 1/3 prints.
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.3 x 12.2 cm.
- (1) Cut off, but appears to be same as Item 94 no.
3 above.
- (2) Liceaga, arm upraised, looking over his right
shoulder at man in straw hat and dark shirt. See
Item 94 no. 4 above.
- (3, 4) Same as no. 2, but Liceaga is looking to
his left.
Various shots of Liceaga in the bull ring with a man
wearing a suit and high crowned Mexican hat standing behind the
fence. Other spectators in the stands visible in some
pictures.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 95
Liceaga walking past man at fence.
3 1/3 prints.
4.1 x 12.5 cm.
(4) Cut off, but man in suit seen from the waist up, not
standing behind fence.
Item 96
2 ½ prints.
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4 x 9 cm.
- Liceaga and man, both partially cut off.
- Man alone behind fence.
- Cut off; close-up of man behind fence.
Liceaga in the bull ring.
Item 97
Head and upper torso; smiling and looking slightly to
his left.
8.4 x 11.3 cm.
Item 98
Head and upper torso; almost a full profile
shot.
8 copies; 1 negative
Copies 1-7 - 12.8 x 17.5 cm.
Copy 8 - On back, written in pencil in Spanish: “[…]
[…]amente”. 7.9 x 10.4 cm.
Negative - 8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Liceaga in bullring as above, but wearing
hat.
Item 99
Head and upper torso, partial profile.
7.8 x 10.3 cm.
Item 100
Full-face shot.
7.8 x 10.3 cm.
Item 101
Liceaga in arena, three-quarter figure shot. Cape draped
over left shoulder and wrapped around his waist; he holds the
folds of it in his hands. Bright spot of reflected light just
above his head and slightly to his right.
4 copies
Copy 1 – 6.9 x 10.1 cm.
Copies 2-4 – 12.6 x 17.7 cm.
Item 101a
Subject and setting the same as in Item 101 above, but
taken from a slightly different angle.
8.5 x 10.9 cm.
Item 102
Liceaga in the bullring. Full figure shot; he holds fold
of cape at waist in his right hand. Empty seats of arena in
background.
n back, stamped in blue; “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo
by/G.Alexandrov.”
11.9 x 17 cm.
Item 103
Liceaga in the bullring. Similar to Item 102 above, but
portion of barrier or gate is seen behind Liceaga, at extreme
left of photo.
7.8 x 10.3 cm.
Item 104
Liceaga in bullring. Full figure shot; he is facing
front, holding his hat in the air in his right hand, and a sword
and working cape in his left.
7.9 x 10.4 cm.
Item 105
Liceaga in the bullring. Similar pose to that in Item 104
above, but taken from the left side.
On back, written in pencil: “The Matador, Liceaga, taking
part in the Eisenstein moving picture in Mexico.”
12.2 x 17.1 cm.
Four shots of Liceaga making passes with the
cape.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 106
2 ½ prints.
“8J22” and “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edges
of strip.
4.3 x 8.7 cm.
- Bent forward from the waist, he holds the cape in
front of himself and slightly to the right.
- Moving the cape to the right.
- Partially cut off; only his arm visible.
Item 106a
2 1/3 prints
4 x 8.2 cm.
- Cut off; but identical with item 106 no. 2
above.
- Liceaga, bent forward from the waist, holding cape
in front of himself. Identical with Item 106 no. 3
above.
- Bent from the waist, leaning to the left and
holding cape in front of himself to the left.
Liceaga twirling cape around his head and
body.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 107
2 prints.
4.3 x 8.6 cm.
- Taken from his left; cape is behind and above his
head.
- Taken from his left and slightly behind; cape is
behind him and slightly to his right.
Item 108
2 ½ prints
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.3 x 9.1 cm.
- Cut off, only sky visible.
- Taken from the front, he is leaning to the left
and passing cape to his left.
- Taken from the left; cape in front of him, only
just visible at extreme left of photo.
Liceaga, holding cape in front of himself, empty seats of
bull ring and another matador in background.
Item 109
Three –quarter figure shot.
7.8 x 10.3 cm.
Negative, which is marked for cropping, 8.2 x 10.1
cm.
Item 109a
Enlarged version of Item 109 above, cropped according
to marks on negative.
2 copies
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue; “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo
by/G.Alexandrov.” 11.9 x 16.8 cm.
Copy 2 – 11.8 x 17.1 cm.
Item 110
Liceaga in similar pose to that in Items 109, 109a above.
Turned slightly the left, holding the cape slightly to his left,
mouth open. Portion of upper part of stands seen in lower right
hand corner.
2 copies
Copy 2 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
11.7 x 17 cm.
All long shots taken from above, showing Liceaga in the
bull ring making passes with his cape.
Four strips of contact prints.
Item 111
2 1/3 prints.
4 x 8.7 cm.
Item 111a
1 ½ prints.
3.2 x 4.8 cm.
- Cut off, but identical with Item 111 no. 2
above.
- Facing left, cape on the ground to his right;
identical with cut-off prints, Item 111 no. 3
above.
Item 112
2 ½ prints.
“Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4 x 9 cm.
- Cut off, shadow and legs visible.
- Passing cape to his right.
- Walking to the left, cape dragging on the ground
to his right.
Item 112a
2 ½ prints.
“Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.1 x 8.9 cm.
- Identical with Item 112 no 1 above.
- Identical with Item 112 no. 2 above.
- Cut off, but identical with Item 112 no. 2
above.
Item 113
Liceaga in bullring, moving cape with his right hand.
Full-figure shot, taken from in front and to his right. Portion
of empty stands in background.
6 x 8.1 cm.
Item 114
Liceaga in bullring, passing cape in front of himself
with his right hand. Full-figure shot, taken from above and to
his left. Portion of stands (?) visible in lower right
corner.
7.7 x 10.3 cm.
Item 115
Liceaga in bullring, passing cape behind himself.
Full-figure shot, taken from above and to his right.
7.3 x 10.3 cm.
Item 116
Close-up of Liceaga passing cape around himself. Taken
from slightly below and to his left. Portion of empty stands
visible, lower right. Pasted on back, another photo, of
architectural details of cornices of the Annex and the Igesia at
Chichen Itza (see item 179 below).
13.2 x 18.8 cm.
Item 117
Liceaga in the bullring, twirling cape behind him with is
right hand. Full-figure shot, taken from directly in front.
Portion of fence and empty stands of arena, and a second man,
visible in background.
9.5 x 11.1 cm.
Item 118
Liceaga in the bullring, passing the cape in front of
himself to his right with his right hand. Full-figure shot,
taken from above and in front of him. Portion of arena fence
visible in upper left-hand corner.
7.9 x 10.4 cm.
Item 119
Another matador, holding a sword, left, and Liceaga,
holding his cape, right, standing in front of the fence. Behind
the fence, between them, a man in a light coat and high-crowned
Mexican hat is standing. Two other men partially visible in the
stands behind them.
7.8 x 10.3 cm.
Item 120
Closeup, right profile shot of Liceaga, head and upper
torso.
7.9 x 10.3 cm.
Item 121
Close-up of Liceaga standing behind the barrier. Empty
stands and a cape draped over the seats in the background. Right
profile; his right arms rests on the barrier.
9.3 x 12.9 cm.
2 copies
Two similar medium shots of Liceaga standing behind the
barrier at the bullring. His arms are resting on top of the
barrier, a cape is stretched out on the empty seats behind
him.
7.8 x 10.3 cm.
Item 122
His head is turned slightly toward the
camera.
Item 122a
His head is turned away from the camera, to give a
full right profile shot.
Three similar shots of another matador posed with his
working cape held perpendicularly in front of himself. Empty
seats of arena in background.
All 8.5 x 11.1 cm.
Item 123
Three-quarter figure shot
Item 123a
Fill-length shot
Item 123b
Close-up, from waist up.
Item 124
Subject of items 123 – 123b above; almost full-figure
shot. Holding the cape with his right hand beside his right
leg.
8.5 x 11.1 cm.
Item 125
Same subject and setting as Items 123-124 above. Long
shot of matador turned to the right, with cape held in left hand
and sword in right.
8.5 x 11.1 cm.
Item 126
Liceaga in the arena, making a pass to his right with his
cape; a bull charging him. Portion of arena fence and a few
spectators visible in background.
11.8 x 17.1 cm.
Item 127
Liceaga leaping to evade charging bull. Portion of arena
fence and a few spectators visible in background.
11.9 x 17.1.
Item 128
Liceaga approaching bull for the kill; sword in right
hand, cape in left.
3 copies
Copies 1, 2 – 8.9 x 13.9 cm.
Copy 3 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and Photo by G.Alexandrov.”
9.4 x 14.7 cm.
Three scenes of the bull fight all long
shots.
Two strips of contact prints
Item 129
1 ½ prints.
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.6 x 5.3 cm.
- Profile shot of Liceaga killing the bull. Arena
fence and stands full of spectators in
background.
- Cut off; only stands and fence and portion of
arena visible.
Item 129a
2 1/3 prints.
“6” printed in reverse at edge of strip.
4.5 x 8.8 cm.
- (1) Cut off, only portion of stands, fence and
arena visible, but identical with same portion in
Item 129 no. 2 above.
- (3) Liceaga confronting the bull. Another matador
climbing over the fence in background.
Various scenes at the bullfight.
Two strips of contact prints
Item 130
2 1/3 prints.
“Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.6 x 8.6 cm.
- Cut off, but shows Liceaga, back to camera, a man
atop the fence reaching out with a sword or stick to
prod the bull. Spectators visible in the
background.
- Long shot of Liceaga dodging bull; fence and
spectators in stands in background.
- Spectators, men in foreground, women in mantillas
in upper row.
Item 131
2 prints.
“8J22277” printed in reverse at top edge of
strip.
3.6 x 7.6 cm.
- Long shot of Liceaga with bull charging his cape.
Fence and stands with spectators in
background.
- Liceaga making pass with his cape at the bull; a
second matador in the background. Fence and stands
as before.
Item 132
Bullfight scene; arena with spectators in stands; bull in
front of barrier, three matadors in foreground running toward
bull.
8.1 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 133
Head and upper torso of picador wearing round-crowned,
wide-brimmed hat with chin strap and tall ribbon and flower (?)
decoration on left side. Portion of pillar and arch visible in
background.
8.1 x 10.6 cm.
Item 134
Two other picadors in costumes similar to that worn my
subject of item 133 above, standing beside a high adobe
wall.
8.2 x 11.4 cm.
Item 135
Picador with decoration on hat similar to those worn by
subjects of Items 133-134 above. Arms raised; taken from
above.
8.2 x 10.7 cm. (Negative)
Scenes in the bullfight featuring the
picadors.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 136
1 2/3 prints.
4 x 7.6 cm.
- Picadors, matadors and other figures in sombreros
in empty arena, also cart with bull’s head
attached.
- Cut off, spectators leaning over wall, seen
through archway.
Item 136a
2 1/3 prints.
Bottom half of photo black, “Du Pont” printed in
reverse at edge of strip.
4.2 x 10.1 cm.
- Cut off, three men in empty arena; identical with
Item 136 no. 1 above.
- Picador on horseback in archway; a man in a pith
helmet holds gate open for him, spectators leaning
over wall above. Identical with item 136 no. 2
above.
- Close-up of same picador in archway.
Various shots of picador lying on ground with his
saddle.
Three strips of contact prints.
Item 137
1 ½ prints.
“Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3 x 5.8 cm.
- Picador lying on left side, feet still in
stirrups.
- Cut off, only feet and legs of picador visible, in
same position as in (1).
Item 137a
2 ½ prints.
3.5 x 9.8 cm.
- Cut off, but identical with item 137 no. 1
above.
- Identical with Item 137 no. 2 above.
- Picador trying to rise; back against fence.
Item 137b
2 ¼ prints.
“Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.6 x 4.7 cm.
- Cut off, but identical with item 137a no. 3
above.
- Picador sitting on the ground, his feet still in
his stirrups, head against hand, elbow resting on
knee.
More shots of picador on ground with saddle.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 138
2 ½ prints.
“Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.7 x 9.9 cm.
- Subject trying to rise, hand on fence.
- Subject slumped on round.
- Cut off, but subject again trying to rise, hand on
fence.
Item 138a
1 ½ prints.
“Panchromatic” and “3H85267” printed in reverse at
edges of strip.
3.6 x 5.1 cm.
- Cut off, but identical with Item 138 no. 2
above.
- Subject trying to rise, hand on fence; identical
with Item 138 no. 3 above.
Item 139
Same subject, setting as Items 137-138a above. Picador
lying on his left side, feet still in stirrups, head on the
ground.
7.4 x 10.4 cm.
Various scenes in the bullring
Four strips of contact prints
Item 140
2 ¼ prints.
4.2 x. 8.9 cm.
- Almost entirely cut off.
- Men guiding mules who are hauling a dead bull out
of the arena.
- Spectators in the stands.
Item 141
2 ½ prints.
“3H85276” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4 x 9.3 cm.
- Cut off; lower torso and legs of man wearing white
shirt and light-colored trousers.
- Same man, in empty arena, twirling cape with his
right hand.
- Same man, twirling cape in the air with his right
hand.
Item 142
2 ¼ prints.
“Panchroma.” printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.1 x 8.5 cm.
- (1,2) Similar full-length profile shots of man in
white shirt, dark trousers, standing in empty
arena.
- (3) Cut off, man’s arm and portion of empty arena
visible.
Item 143
2 ½ prints.
“…not” printed in reverse at edge of strip.
4 x 9.1 cm.
- (1,2) Medium and long shots of man in dark clothes
riding a horse in the arena. Spectators in
background.
- (3) Cut off, only a portion of the arena fence and
stands with spectators visible.
Item 144
Three young women in sombreros and folk costumes riding
in the back of a horse-drawn coach in a bullring. Spectators in
the stands appear to be mostly men in business suits, unlike the
mixed, casual crowds seen in the preceding photos.
9.5 x 14.4 cm.
Item 145
Man in dark suit and top hat waving a cloth at a charging
calf with another man on its back. In some type of corral or
arena with spectators visible at the top of the adobe wall in
the background, but this is not the arena seen in previous
photos.
On back, stamped in black: “347” and “Velox” (twice).
Written in pencil: “Our friend Pacheco (“[Russian word”) in a
comic bull fight. (Yucatan)”. Written in pencil below, in a
different hand: “(Eisenstein’s writing: the Russ, word in
parenthesis means “Frog)”.
7.5 x 12.5 cm.
Item 146
Man in Chaplinesque moustache and outfit, holding up
large sign on a stick. Sign has a picture of a man in a hat, and
the words: “La Vencedora’/Es la unica ca-/sa que tience
el/sombrero que/ud. Necesita/la Bolivar”
Copy 1 – on back, written in red pencil, A Russian phrase.
Beneath it, in pencil and in a different hand: “[“hat
advertising”/(Eisenstein’s handwriting)]”. 9.3 x 11
cm.
Copy 2 – 9.3 x 11 cm.
Copy 3 – 9.4 x 11.3 cm.
Item 147
Young woman in matador’s costume, standing on a shallow
flight of stone steps. Wall 148 behind her, foliage in
background. She is holding a cape in front of
herself.
Copy 1 – on back, written in pencil: “Mexican dancing girl
(from Eisenstein’s Mexican picture)”. 9.2 x 14.2 cm.
Copy 2 – 9.2 x 14.2 cm.
Copies 3-4 - Same pencil inscription as on Copy 1. 13.8 x
19 cm.
Item 148
Close-up profile shot waist up. One edge of cape held in
left hand.
9.2 x 14.3 cm.
Item 149
Oval portrait on glossy white stock. From left, young
Indian woman, elderly Indian woman wearing narrow shawl
(seated), young Indian man. Embossed seal on front:
“Fotografia..Guerra.Mérida.”
On back, stamped and written in pencil:
“86859”.
4.9 x 12.2. cm.
Item 150
Corpse of heavy-set woman lying on tile floor, right arm
extended. In background, four men (visible only from the waist
down).
On back, written in blue pen: “Murdered woman
(strangulated)/Mérida, Yucatan. March 1931./Photo
Raoul/Caneara.” Directly below, in another hand in pencil:
“[Eisenstein’s handwriting]/”
12 x 7.2 cm.
Subseries:
Chichen Itza, Yucatan
Various similar views of the Castillo, some with trees
and/or other foliage visible.
Item 151
Trees on either side.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.6 x 11.6 cm.
Item 151a
Tree on one side, opposite side blurred.
8.2 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 152
Tree branches around top and upper sides of photo.
One bare branch hangs down directly over top of
Castillo.
1 print, 4 negatives
Print: 8.7 x 11.4 cm.
Negatives: 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
Item 153
Closer view; partially cut off on one side. No
foliage.
(2 negatives)
8.1 x 10.5 cm.
Item 153a
Medium shot from another angle. Tree, with few
leaves, at far left. Far right side of one copy
blurred.
(2 negatives)
8.2 x 10.4 cm.
Item 154
Medium shot from another angle. Tree, with few
leaves, at far left. Far right side of one copy
blurred.
(2 negatives)
8.2. x 10.4.
Item 155
Medium shot with bush in lower left corner and leafy
branch in upper right.
(2 negatives)
8.2 x 10.5 cm.
Item 156
Long shot of buildings at Chichen Itza. Left, the
Castillo (unfinished side); center background, Temple of the
Jaguar and the Ball Court; right, Temple of the Warriors and
colonnade.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.7 x 11.9 cm.
Item 157
View of Temple of the Warriors and colonnade, taken from
atop the Castillo. Portions of walls of temple on the Castillo
are visible at right and left.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.5 x 11.7 cm.
Item 158
Similar to Item 157 above; same view of Temple of the
Warriors from the Castillo, but more of the doorway of the
Castillo temple is visible. Stone carvings can be seen in wall
to the left.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.6 x 11.7 cm.
Item 159
Long shot of Temple of the Warriors. Trees at left and in
background.
On back, stamped in black and considerably blurred:
“427”.
8.5 x 11.6 cm.
Item 160
Close-up of Temple of the Warriors, framed by tree branch
at left and top of photo. Front colonnade, main stairway and
entrance to upper temple.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo
by/G.Alexandrov.”
13.6 x 18.7 cm.
Corner view of the Temple of the Warriors, including
portions of the front acolonnade, main stairway and entrance to
upper temple.
2 negatives
8.2 x 10.5 cm.
Item 161
Upper left corner and entire right side
blurred.
Item 161a
White blur (thumbprint?) at top, left
Item 162
Close-up of corner of the Temple of the Warriors, showing
four levels and carved friezes.
3 copies
Copy 1. On back stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 17.7 cm.
Copy 2. On back, written in pencil: “9” over a partially
erased “7.” 13.3 x 18.5 cm.
Copy 3. On back, written in pencil: “7” superimposed over
a “9” with two parallel pencil lines over the top portions of
both. To the right and slightly below, another pencilled “9.”
13.3 x 18.5 cm.
Item 163
Colonnade beside the Temple of the Warriors. Trees and
brush-covered mounds in background.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.5 x 11.6 cm.
Item 164
Taken from top of main stairway, Temple of the Warriors.
Portion of colonnade at lower left; serpent head and stone
figure at top of stairway at right. Briefcase lying at top of
stairway. Foliage in background.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.4 x 11.5 cm.
Item 165
Close-up of serpent’s head and stone figure above it at
top of main stairway of the Temple of the Warriors. Taken from
below and to the left.
On the back,stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 17.7 cm.
Close-ups from different angles of stone serpent’s head
at top of stairway, Temple of the Warriors.
Negatives
Item 166
Similar to Item 165 above, but from a different
angle.
2 copies
8.2 x 10.5 cm.
Item 166a
An extreme close-up, taken from almost directly below
the head.
8.3 x 10.5 cm.
Item 167
Stone serpent’s head at entrance to upper temple, Temple
of the Warriors. An Indian woman stands on the far side of it,
facing left. In front of it, another Indian woman is seated on a
stone slab; she also faces left.
On the back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 17.7 cm.
Item 168
Similar to Item 167 above, but without the Indian women,
and taken from a slightly different angle.
8.2 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 169
Entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors.
Chac-Mool at far right. At far left, the serpent’s head seen in
Items 167-`68 above, with young Indian man seated on the ground
in front of it.
12.7 x 17.8 cm.
(4 copies)
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue, “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
Copies 2-4 – attached to each on thin paper, the
typewritten note: ‘THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/in filming “Thunder Over
Mexico”/Sergei M. Eisenstein found much/photographic beauty
among the mayan (sic)/ruins in the tiny village of Chicen/Ytz’a.
This is in the Temple of the/Warriors.”
(Negatives) various similar views of the entrance to the
upper temple, 170c Temple of the Warriors.
Item 170
Serpent pillars at entrance, with heads on the
ground.
8.2 x 10.6 cm.
2 copies
Item 170a
Medium shot of entrance, with portions of walls on both
sides, and the Chac-Mool visible.
8.2 x 10.5 cm.
2 copies
Item 170b
Similar to Items 170a above, but very little of wall at
left is visible.
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Item 170c
Similar to Items 170a and 170b above, but more of wall at
left if visible.
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Various similar views of young Indian man posing against
a wall of the upper temple, Temple of the Warriors, and of the
stone head above him on the wall.
Item 171
Close-up of young man from waist up, with his arms
crossed on his chest.
8 copies
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.” 13 x 18.3 cm.
Copy 2 – 12.5 x 17.9 cm.
Copy 3 – on back, written in pencil: “Eisenstein’s
picture of Mayan ruins.” 12.6 x 4 cm.
Copy 4 – 12.6 x. 17.4 cm.
Copies 5-8 – typewritten note on thin paper attached
to Copies 5 and 8; remains of similar notes on backs of
Copies 6 and 7. “THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/The genius of Sergei
M. Eisenstein is manifest many times in/”Thunder Over
Mexico.” In this scene the great Russian places/an Indian of
today closely resembling the Indian ancestor carved/in stone
centuries ago in the pyramids of Teotihuacan (sic).” 22 x
25.8 cm.
Item 171a
Medium shot of young Indian man from the knees
up.
2 copies
Copy 1 – 13.9 x 18.9 cm.
Copy 2 – on back, stamped in blue: “Foto
Mantel/[indecipherable]” 12.2 x 17.8 cm.
Item 171b
Young man from waist up, his head turned to the
right.
8.2 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 172
Long shot of stone head on wall.
On back, stamped in black: “427”
8.6 x. 11.8 cm.
Item 173
Another shot of stone head on the wall, from a
different angle, and closer up.
8.3 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 174
View of the colonnade. Temple of the Warriors, from
ground level, looking down a row of pillars. One large tree
visible over the tops of the pillars; brush and a smaller tree
visible at end of row.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.6 x 11.8 cm.
Item 175
Close-up of carving, probably from one of the pillars in
the colonnade, Temple of the Warriors. Head of man wearing
plumed headdress.
On back, written in pencil: “2”.
8.9 x 13.7 cm.
Item 176
Close-up profile shot of young Indian woman in
flower-print dress and dark narrow shawl posed in front of a row
of pillars in the colonnades, Temple of the Warriors.
10 copies
12.9 x 17.9 cm.
Item 177
Interior of the sacred Ball court, looking lengthwise.
Donkey standing in the background. Goal ring on wall at right.
Piles of stone scattered through-out.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.6 x 11.9 cm.
Item 178
Medium shot of the Annex to the Palace of the Nunnery and
the Iglesia.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.6 x 11.6 cm.
Item 179
Close-up of cornices of Annex and Iglesia. Identical with
photo pasted on back of Item of Item 116 above.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.8 x 17.7 cm.
Item 180
Long shot of the Palace of the Nunnery, with the Annex
and Iglesia at far left.
On back, stamped in black: “427”.
8.6 x 11.9 cm.
Item 181
Two large and two small stone statues enclosed in a small
walled area, possibly at the Southeast Colonnade. The two larger
figures support large stone blocks on their heads.
On back, stamped in black: “471”.
8.5 x 11.8 cm.
Item 182
Detail of a wall of an unidentified building.
8.2 x 10.5 cm. (2 negatives)
Mayan funeral sequence. Various similar shots of two
young Indian men carrying a wooden casket with the felt of the
“corpse” visible. The only differences among these shots are
slight alterations in the positions of the mens’ heads and
hands, and the feet of the “corpse”.
Item 183
Untitled
8.7 x 11.5 cm.
And negative, 8.3 x 10.5 cm.
Item 183a
Untitled
2 copies
on back, written in pencil: “A funeral ceremony of
Mayan Indians posedby Eisenstein for moving
picture.”
Item 183b
Untitled
8.3 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 184b
Untitled
8.3 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Mayan funeral sequence. Two slightly different views of
three Indian women with their chins resting on the top of the
coffin. Three bowls of grain (?) in front of them.
Item 184
11 copies
Copies 1-9 – 12.9 x 17.9 cm.
Copies 10-11 – on back, written in pencil: “A funeral
ceremony of Mayan Indians posed by Eisenstein for moving
picture.” 12.6 x 17.6 cm.
Item 184a
Slightly more of background visible.
8.2 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Mayan funeral sequence. Two slightly different views of
three Indian women, head and shoulders only, beside the coffin.
A bowl of grain (?) in front of them on top of the coffin. Taken
from in front and slightly to their right.
Item 185
12 copies
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov”; written in pencil. “Funeral scene in Yucutan
[sic]”. 12.4 x 17.2 cm.
Copy 12 -9 x 12.8 cm.
Item 185a
A slightly wider shot.
On back, written in pencil: “A67”; stamped in blue:
“582”.
8.2 x 10.9 cm.
Mayan funeral sequence. Two similar views of three men
(left) and three women seated on either side of the coffin.
Three bowls of grain (?) in a row on top of the coffin; head of
“corpse” visible.
8.2 x 10.5 cm.
Item 186
Top of head and upper face of “corpse”
visible.
Negative
Item 186a
Head and shoulders of “corpse” visible. In upper
corner, hand holding one side of a large cloth (?) which is
hung as background.
Negative
Item 187
Mayan funeral sequence. “Corpse” in open coffin, which is
resting on the ground. Behind it and to the right an elderly
Indian man in white hat and native clothes is standing among
henequen plants.
2 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in pencil: “2”. 8.9 x 13.7
cm.
Copy 2 - 12.7 x 17.7 cm.
Two similar shots, head only, of Indian
woman.
Item 188
Profile; subject looking ahead and slightly
up.
9 copies; 1 negative
Copies 1-9 – 12.9 x 17.9 cm.
Negative – 10 x 12.6 cm.
Item 189
Three-quarter profile; subject looking up and to the
right.
9 copies
12.9 x 18 cm.
Item 190
Close-up of young Indian women wearing a dark patterned
cloth shawl over her head and shoulders.
10 copies
12.8 x 17.8 cm.
Item 191
Close-up of four Indian women standing in a row; a fifth
kneeling or sitting in front of them at far left.
9 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 – on back, remains of brown tape (?) which may have
been used to Attach typewritten note on thin paper which
accompanies photos. Note reads:‘THUNDER OVER MEXICO’/Type of
Mexican Indian woman chosen,/”Thunder Over Mexico.”
Copies 2-912.8 x 17.9 cm.
Negative 10 x 12.6 cm.
Subseries:
Izamal, Yucatan
Item 192
Indian woman, head and shoulders wrapped in a dark cloth
shawl, with her right arm around a cloth-draped object on top of
which rests a pile of tortillas. In the center background is a
pottery jug with three small round handles.
12.7 x 17.7 cm.
Item 193
Two Indian men wearing black cloth over their heads and
no shirts. Their outstretched arms are tied with rope to a long
cactus stem. Taken on the roof of a church, the towers of which
are seen in the background.
Attached to the back and folded over the lower front of
each copy is a piece of browned paper with the typewritten note:
“THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/self flagellation of the Mexican Indians
at Easter time/plays a part in the Sergei M. Eisenstein film
“Thunder Over Mexico.” These Indians carrying across their bare
flesh limbs/of giant cacti the thorns and spines of which pierce
their/flesh. It is a penance for their sins during the
years.”
11 copies; 1 negative
Subseries:
Xochimilco
Various scenes of groups of men and women in boats at the
“Floating Gardens.”
Seven strips of contact prints.
Item 194
3 prints on a strip.
On back, in pencil: “X”.
3.1 x 11.7 cm.
- Three women and two men seated in a low
boat.
- Long shot of same group.
- Long shot of same group, with boatman standing in
the rear of the boat.
Item 195
3 prints on a strip. All are badly faded or bleached
out, but show similar scene with young woman wearing white
mantilla playing a guitar, a young man seated to her left
(evidently on the floor of the boat), and a second young
woman in a high-crowned Mexican hat seated to his
left.
On back, in pencil: “X”.
3.5 x 13.1 cm.
Item 196
3 prints on a strip.
On back, in pencil: “X”.
3.1 x 11.7 cm.
- Same group as seen in Item 195 above, but both
women are holding guitars, and another boat is
visible in the background.
- Man and second woman from proceeding photo, with
another ma at right.
- Two Indians in low canoe.
Item 197
3 prints on a strip. Similar scenes of a young woman
in a dark mantilla and a young man in a wide-brimmed hat
sitting on a deck of a barge or on a dock, beneath a fringed
top. The man holds a guitar.
On the back, in pencil: “X”.
3.2 x 11.8 cm.
Item
3 prints on a strip.
On back, in pencil: “X”.
3.1 x 11.8 cm.
- (1, 2) Long shots of man in straw hat and woman in
mantilla, playing a guitar, in a boat with “Viva
Mexico” on a flowered arch in the middle of the
boat.
- (3) Closer shot of the same couple.
Item 199
3 prints on a strip. Medium shots of same couple seen
in Item 198 above; boat moored at end of dock.
On back, in pencil, “X”.
3.1 x 11.7 cm.
Item 200
3 prints on a strip. Closer shots of same couple. At
edge of strip.
Printed in reverse: “[]V93855.” On back, in pencil:
“X”
3.3 x 12.1 cm.
Subseries:
Hacienda Tetlapayac
Item 201
Outer walls of the hacienda, with “Maria” (Isabel
Villasenor) walking past, lower left.
23 x 25.7 cm.
2 copies
Copy 1 – on back, pasted down and evidently also taped
down at some time, a typescript note on thin paper; “THUNDER
OVER MEXICO”/The Hacienda of Tetlapayac, built more than 300
years ago as a monastery/ - now used as the ranch house of the
owners of a maguey plantation. It/is here that Sergei M.
Eisenstein laid the episode of the ‘Hacienda’/of the motion
picture, “Thunder Over Mexico.”
Item 202
Courtyard of the Hacienda, with Indian men wearing
serapes and holding sombreros lined up against the walls far
left and lower right.
14 x 19 cm.
Item 203
Three Indian men lined up against a wall. The one at far
left holds his sombrero in front of himself against his legs;
the one in the middle stands on a raised stone (?); the one at
far right has his eyes closed and his head tilted to his
right.
2 copies; 1 negative
Copies 1-2 – on back, pasted down, a typescript note on
thin paper: “THUNDER OVER MEXICO” /When Sergei M. Eisenstein
photo-/graphed “Thunder Over Mexico” in/the southern republic he
used none/but natives in his cast. This/ Photograph shows the
type of native/laborer from the maguey plantations/chosen by the
great Russian/director.” 12.9 x 17.6 cm.
Negative – 10 x 12.6 cm.
Item 204
Medium shot of two Indian men standing against a wall of
the courtyard, as in Items 202-203 above. Man at right is seen
in center, Item 203 above.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.8 x 17.8 cm.
Item 205
Medium shot of two Indian men by a courtyard wall, as in
Items 202-204 above. Man at left is visible only from the waist
down; he holds his sombrero against his left leg. Man at right
is seated, leaning against the wall. His sombrero is on the
ground to his right.
5 copies; 1 negative
Copies 1-4 – Pasted down on back and folded over lower
left side of photo, a typescript note on thin paper: “THUNDER
OVER MEXICO”/Thirty years ago The Mexican/laborer in the maguey
fields/greeted each working day with a/a [sic] hymn to the sun.
A scene/from “Thunder Over Mexico” as/directed by Sergei M.
Eisenstein.” 12.8 x 17.9 cm.
Copy 5 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo /G. Alexandrov.”
12.4 x 17.7 cm.
Negative – 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 206
Close-up of two Indian men leaning against a courtyard
wall, as in Items 202-205 above. man at left is seen at right in
Item 205 above. He is seated, leaning against the wall. Man at
right is standing, his sombrero held in his right
hand.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo
by/G.Alexandrov.”
13.1 x 17.8 cm
Item 207
Medium shot of the same two men as seen in Item 206
above, taken from directly in front of them. They are further
apart, but otherwise their positions are unchanged.
20.2 x 25.7 cm.
8 copies
Item 208
Long shot of three Indian men standing against a
courtyard wall, as in Items 202-207 above. All three hold
sombreros against their legs. A considerable vertical portion of
the wall behind them is seen.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
13.6 x 18.7 cm.
Item 209
Medium shot of three Indian men standing against a
courtyard wall as in Items 202-208 above. They hold their
sombreros against their legs. Taken from directly in front of
them.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
13.8 x 18.7 cm.
Two similar views of “Maria” (Isabel Villasenor) and
“Sebastian” (Martin Hernandez) standing, left; “Maria’s father”
seated on a donkey, center; and a woman wearing a sombrero and
dark shawl standing at right. They are standing among the maguey
plants, with a large expanse of sky and clouds behind them. A
donkey stands behind “Maria” at right.
Item 210
Long shot.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/
Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 17.8 cm.
Item 210a
A medium shot of the same scene; the donkey at right
is not visible; more of the landscape in the background can
be seen.
Pasted to the back and folded over the lower left
corner of each copy, a typescript note on thin paper;
“THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/ “Before sundown. she is to become/
your bride” ..and the father of the/girl rides into the dusk
of the coming/night. A scene from “Thunder Over/Mexico”
directed by Sergei Eisenstein. /The players are laborers in
the maguey/fields.
12.1 x 17.9 cm.
6 copies
Item 211
Center, “Maria’s father” riding his donkey to the
right. Two large maguey plants on either side of him. Almost
entirely hidden behind second plant from the left is the
woman seen in Items 210-210a above. A large expanse of sky
and clouds in background.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective
Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 17.6 cm.
Item 212
“Maria” (Isabel Villasenor) and “Sebastian” (Martin
Hernandez) standing in front of large maguey plant; another to
their right in the foreground; a third at extreme right. In
front of this last plant a man wearing a sombrero is standing;
only partially visible.
7 copies; 2 negatives
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
12.8 x 17.7 cm.
Copies 2-7 – Pasted to back and folded over lower portion
of front of photo, a typescript note on think paper: “THUNDER
OVER MEXICO “/ “Maria” and “Sebastian” who play the leading
roles in/Sergei M. Eisenstein’s “Thunder Over Mexico”. If
the/great Russian director intended there be romance in/the
“Maguey episode” of his picture, then these two/ characters must
be considered, as they say in Hollywood,/”the lovers.” 12.9 x
17.9 cm.
Negatives – 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 213
Medium shot of “Maria” and “Sebastian” in profile,
standing beside large maguey plant.
4 copies
Copy 1 - 12.3 x 17 cm.
Copies 2-4 - Pasted to back and folded over lower portion
of front Of photo, a typescript note on thin paper: “THUNDER
OVER MEXICO” Sebastian and Maria, the Mexican-Indians who play
the /leads in “Thunder Over Mexico” directed by Sergei
M.Eisenstein. Martin Hernandez, a Plantation worker of Apam, /is
the boy – the girl is unknown, much of The records of/the motion
picture’s expedition having been lost in/ Eisenstein’s hurried
departure from the United States.” 20.6 x 25.5 cm.
Item 213a
Almost identical to Item 213 above, but subjects have
moved slightly.
12.3 x 17 cm.
Item 214
Setting and subjects the same as in Items 212-213a above.
“Sebastian” is holding his sombrero against his
legs.
19.8 x 24.4 cm.
Item 215
‘Maria (on donkey) and “Sebastian” (to her left). In
center foreground, a donkey colt. Behind it, to the left, two
Indian men are walking. in the background, the
Hacienda.
5 copies
Copy 1 – on back, written in pencil: “Hacienda Tetlapayac”
and “9” stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
13.4 x 18.5 cm.
Copies 2-5 – Pasted to back and folded over lower portion
of front of photo, a typescript note on brown paper: “THUNDER
OVER MEXICO” Maria and Sebastian arrive at the Hacienda on/their
wedding day. A marriage which is never/consummated. Before night
fall…the bride-to-/ be is despoiled and the peons are in revolt.
The/picture is taken from the Sergei M. Eisenstein/film,
:”Thunder Over Mexico,” 13 x 17.9 cm.
Item 216
Close-up of “Sebastian” in profile, reaching up with his
left hand to touch a painted wooden (?) bull.
On back, pasted on lower right corner and folded back, a
typescript not on thin paper: “THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/Sebastian
and the bull of/the Corpus Christi celebra-/tion in “Thunder
Over Mexico” directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein.”
12.6 x 18 cm.
4 copies
Item 217
Scene in the Hacienda courtyard; Julio Saldivar and young
woman, left, waving; mule-drawn carriage with two men in the
box; in the background, on the steps of the Hacienda, three
Mexicans are standing.
On back, pasted to lower right corner and folded back, a
typescript note on thin paper; “THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/The
daughter of the Hacendado [sic] /arrives at the plantation
for/the celebration of the Corpus/Christi holiday. a scene
from/”Thunder Over Mexico” directed by/Sergei M.
Eisenstein.
12.9 x 17.9 cm.
4 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 – on back, written in pencil: “Saldivar plays
part/in “Maguey”/episode.
Copy 2 – on back, written in pencil: “Julio/Saldivar.”
Negative – 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 218
Scene at entrance of Hacienda. In left foreground, seated
man holding a bottle (of beer?); right foreground, two men
seated on either side of a table with which covering and many
liquor bottles on it. Center, “Maria” (Isabel Villasenor)
standing at top of steps. Three men in various attitudes behind
her, and two leaning against balcony rail at upper
right.
On back, written in pencil: “Hacienda Tetlapayac;” stamped
in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by
Alexandrov.”
13.3 x 18.3 cm.
Item 219
Two men wearing sombreros leaning against balcony rail;
trees, courtyard and portion of Hacienda visible in background.
Man at right is Julio Saldivar.
8.5 x 11.1 cm.
Item 220
Two men in sombreros accosting “Maria” at main door of
Hacienda. Man at far right carries a whip in his left
hand.
12.3 x 17.8 cm.
9 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 – on back, written in pencil: “Hacienda
Tetllapayac;” stamped in blue; “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
Copies 2-9 – Pasted to the back and folded over the front
or back of the photos, a typescript note on brown paper:
“THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/Maria is attacked by a guest at the
hacienda – Upon/this sequence in the ‘episode of the hacienda’
in “Thunder Over Mexico” Sergei M. Eisenstein holds his revolt
of the/peons which later leads to revolution and the over-throw
of/the plantation class of government. The names of none of/the
players in this scene are know [sic] having been lost in/rush
[sic] of Eisenstein to leave the United States and return
to/Moscow.” Paper torn from Copy 2 but accompanies it. Negative
– 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 221
Close-up of Indian in sombrero, neck scarf and Mexican
jacket, with a cartridge belt over his right
shoulder.
Pasted to the back and folded over the lower front portion
of each photo, a typescript note on thin paper: “THUNDER OVER
MEXICO”/A villain goes unpunished…and unknown. When they
Soviet/government recalled Sergei Eisenstein to Russia, many of
the/records of the “Thunder Over Mexico” expedition was lost in
the/hurried scramble. Among them the names of many of the
native/players, this Mexican-Indian who lays the villain in the
“maguey/episode” among them.”
4 copies; 1 negative
20.4 x 25.7 cm.
Negative – 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 222
Julio Saldivar and young woman crouching at the foot of a
large cactus; he is firing a rifle, she a pistol.
8 copies
Copy 1 – on back, written in pencil: “Owner of/Hacienda
Tetlapayac;” directly below In a different hand: “Saldivar;”
stamped in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/ Productions” and
“Photo by/G. Alexandrov.” 12.5 x 17.6 cm.
Copies 2-8 – on back, pasted on lower right corner and
folded back, a typescript note on thin paper: “THUNDER OVER
MEXICO”/The battle in the cacti/fields, Sergei M.
Eisenstein/chose a scene of great natural/beauty to stage his
battle/between the peons And the/guards of the hacienda
in/”Thunder Over Mexico.” 12.9 x 17.9 cm.
Item 223
Hacienda owner (Julio Saldivar) on horseback on top of a
hill with the body of his “daughter” lying over the saddle in
front of him. Just visible over the edge of the hill behind him
and to the right is another rider leading a third horse. The
Hacienda in the background.
12.7 x 18 cm.
6 copies
Copies 1-2 – Pasted to the back and folded over the lower
left portion of the front of the photo, a typescript note on
thin paper; “THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/The end of the battle of the
hacienda/guards and the peons, the death of the/daughter of the
plantation and the/arrival of the body at the hacienda. /A scene
from “Thunder Over Mexico”/directed by Sergei M.
Eisenstein.”
Copy 3 – on back, written in pencil: “Saldivar”/bringing
back/body of/Haciendado’s/daughter.” Remains of paper on back
and front of photo
Item 224
“Maria” kneeling, left, beside body of ‘Sebastian,” who
has been buried to his chest in the ground. In the right
background, a maguey plant; beyond, hills and sky.]
4 copies; 2 negatives
Copies 1-2 – Pasted on back and folded over, a typescript
note on brown paper: “THUNDER OVER MEXICO”/After the ‘punishment
of the horses’ comes little/Maria, the sad faced Madonna of
“Thunder Over Mexico”/What was to be a day of great happiness,
her wedding day/ - is one of death and tragedy. A scene from
the/Sergei M. Eisenstein film.” 12.2 x 18 cm.
Copy 3 – same attached typescript note. 12.9 x 18
cm.
Copy 4 – remains of brown paper on back. 12.9 x 18
cm.
Negatives – 10 x 12.5 cm.
Various shots of “Sebastian” (Martin Hernandez) which
cannot be placed in narrative sequences.
Item 225
Close-up; ¾ left profile. He is hatless and wears a
coarsely-woven poncho.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 18.2 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 226
Close-up, left profile. He wears a sombrero and a
cartridge belt over each shoulder.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
Copy 1 – 12.6 x 19.1 cm.
Copy 2 – 13.3 x 18.1 cm
Item 227
Medium shot, full figure, left profile. He is sitting
on a rocky hillside, holding a rifle in his hands. Below
him, at upper left, two men wearing sombreros and serapes
are standing with their backs to the camera.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions.” And “Photo
by/G.Alexandrov.”
13.4 x 18.4 cm.
Item 228
Medium shot, full figure, from the rear. He is
standing in a maguey plant, wearing straw that and fringed
serape with decorative border.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12 .8 x 17.8 cm.
Item 229
Long shot, full figure, right profile. “Sebastian”
standing between two maguey plants, wearing a sombrero and a
serape with a dark border. Night or storm light.
12.3 x 17.cm.
Item 230
Medium shot, full figure, right profile. Sitting on a
hill, his back to a maguey plant.
13.1 x 17.5 cm.
Item 231
Close-up, waist up. Seen through the leaves of a
maguey plant, his head turned to the left, facing camera,
drinking from a large decorated jug or gourd.
On back, stamped blue; “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.8 x 17.8 cm.
Various shots of “Maria” (Isabel Villasenor) which cannot
be placed in narrative sequence.
Item 232
Seated against a wall in a circle of light; her
folded hands resting on her raised knees; head turned upward
and toward the camera.
9 copies
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.” 13.3 x 18.3 cm.
Copy 2 – on back, written in pencil: “Indian
girl/(From Eisenstein’s Mexican/picture)” 12.4 x 17.4
cm.
Item 233
Close-up, seated full figure, right profile. Seated
as in Item 232 above, but looking down.
8 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 – on back, written in pencil; “Indian girl
on/Hacienda Tetlapayac;” stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.” 13.3 x 18.2 cm.
Copies 2-8 – 12.9 x 18 cm.
Negative – 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 234
Close-up, kneeling 3.4 figure, ¾ profile. Center,
“Maria” with her left arm around the neck of a donkey colt
which is looking straight at the camera. In the background,
maguey plants.
11 copies
Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.” 13.8 x 18.8
Copy 2-11 – Pasted on back and folded back, a
typescript note on thin paper: “THUNDER OVER
MEXICO”/Eisenstein and his camera. On ‘location’ and off,
the/great Russia seemed to find thousands of scenes,
incidents/and objects worth both his time and his shooting.
This is/the girl “Maria”; who she is, other than “just a
girl from/Mexico City” no one seems to know. It is to be
regretted/for the girl gives the finest performance in the
film, /”Thunder Over Mexico,” 12.9 x 18 cm.
Item 235
Close-up, head and shoulders. “Maria” with left arm
around neck of donkey colt and right hand stroking his neck.
She is looking down and to her right. Portion of maguey
plant visible at lower left. Upper half of photo is
sky.
On back, stamped in blue: “S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” And “Photo by/G.
Alexandrov.”
12.7 x 17.8 cm.
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa 31 Aug. - 9 Sept.
1931
Item 236
A doll-like figure on a wall over a doorway.
2 contact prints on a strip.
"Panchromatic" and "8J22358" printed in reverse at edges
of strip.
4.5 x 8.1 cm.
Item 237
Close-up, waist up, taken from directly in front and
slightly below. A large doll-like figure hanging from the
framework of a covered market stall (?).
On back, stamped in blue: "[AM OVO]."
8.4 x 10.9 cm.
Item 238
Dolls and piñatas (?) hanging from a pole in a market
stall (?). A clown doll with a mandolin, a crescent moon and a
female doll with a full skirt.
On back, stamped in blue: "[AM OVO]."
8.3 x 11.1 cm.
Item 239
Five-tiered display stand with skeleton dolls in various
clothes and poses. Bottom tier has skeletons in
coffins.
12.6 x 18.7 cm.
Dancers at the Death Day Fiesta. They are performing on a
raised wooden platform; a Ferris wheel is in the
background.
Two strips of contact prints
Item 240
Two similar shots of three women dancing. Woman at
left wears light-colored dress with elaborately ruffled
skirt.
2 prints on a strip.
On back, written in pencil: "X"
3.1 x 8.2 cm.
Item 241
Long shots of two women (those seen at left and
center in Item above) and three men wearing skeleton masks
dancing.
3 prints on a strip.
Numbers printed in reverse lower edge of strip, but
partially cut off and unreadable.
3.4 x 11.9 cm.
Item 242
Medium shots of a woman and a man dancing at the Death
Day Fiesta, on a raised wooden platform. Both are wearing
skeleton masks. A tent directly behind them, a merry-go-round
behind them to their left.
Two contact prints on a strip.
3.1 x 7.8 cm.
Item 243
Skeleton wearing dress and mantilla, and holding an open
fan.
8.2 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 244
Skeleton in ecclesiastical robes.
8.2 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 245
Skeleton dressed as a matador.
8.3 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 246
Head of skeleton figure in Item 427 below, in
profile.
Printed at edges of film, partially cut off; "..14" and
"…tic."
Three strips of contact prints showing various scenes of
groups and processions of monks.
Item 247
Long shots of three monks standing on a hill, the one in
the center holding a cross. Behind them is a church tower.
Approaching at right, another group of three monks, the one in
the center carrying a cross, and to their left a single
monk.
Three prints on a strip.
3 x 11.8 cm.
Item 248
Three prints on a strip.
On back, written in pencil; "X".
3 x 11.7 cm.
- (1, 2) Nearly identical medium shots of a group of
three monks, the one in the center holding a
cross.
- (3) A truck overturned in a ditch.
Item 249
Two prints on a strip
3 x 7.8 cm.
Nearly identical medium shots of eight monks. In the foreground,
two at left, two at right. In the background, four Standing
together, the two in the middle holding a cross.
Various scenes among tombs (or shrines?) in a
cemetery.
On back of each, written in pencil: "X".
Three strips of contact prints, three prints on each
strip.
Item 250
Strip of contact prints, three prints.
3.1 x 12 cm.
- (1, 2) Nearly identical scenes of two shrouded
figures between two elaborate monuments topped with
crosses.
- (3) The same scene, but a portion of the church
wall visible at extreme left.
Item 251
Strip of contact prints, three prints.
3.3 x 11.9 cm.
- Stone monument topped with a cross in front of a
rectangular tomb. On the far side of the tomb, a man
wearing a sombrero. In shadow, to his right, the
head of another person.
- The same scene, but several more people are
visible at left.
- A stone monument topped with a cross; steps
leading up to it. A man seated on the top
step.
Item 251a
Strip of contact prints, three prints.
"Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge
strip.
3.5 x 11.7 cm.
- (1, 2) Nearly identical with Item 251 no. 3
above.
- (3) Close-up of a bell in a tower. Man wearing
pith helmet at lower right.
Item 252
Three nearly identical scenes of a group of people around
a tomb. A portion of the church is visible in the background. In
the foreground, tall candles set in the ground, and in prints 2
and 4, what appears to be a skull set on a mound of
earth.
Three contact prints on a strip.
On back, written in pencil: "X."
3.4 x 11.8 cm.
Three strips of contact prints with scenes of various
women seen in silhouette in archways, with mountains visible in
the far distance.
On back of each, written in pencil: "X."
2.9 x 9.1 cm.
- (2) Three archways, with two women standing in both
the left and right, and two (?) women seated in the
center.
- (3) Two women standing in an archway, with two men
standing in the distance in front of them.
Item 253
2 ½ prints on a strip.
2.9 x 9.1 cm.
- Cut off; two women standing in archway with dead
tree in front of them.
- Three archways, with two women standing in both
the left and right, and two (?) women seated in the
center.
- Two women standing in an archway, with two men
standing in the distance in front of them.
Item 254
Three (?) prints on a strip.
3.2 x 12. 8 cm.
- (1, 2) Nearly identical shots of three women in an
archway with dead tree in front of them.
- (3) Very similar to Item 253 no. 2 above, but
there are three women seated in the center archway,
and the sunlight makes part of the interior behind
the archway to the right visible.
Item 255
Three prints on a strip.
Numbers printed in reverse at upper edges of strip,
but partially cut off and unreadable.
3.3 x 11.7 cm.
- (1, 2) Nearly identical shots of a car parked on a
hill. A portion of a city or town visible in the
center background, and mountains in the far
background.
- (3) Similar to Items 253 no. 2 and 254 no. 3
above, but the left archway is almost entirely cut
off. Numbers printed in reverse at upper edges of
strip, but partially cut off and unreadable.
Item
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Item Item
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Item
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Subseries:
Mexico City, circa Sept. - Nov. 1931
Item 256
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology.
Close-up of man-like stone figure; baldheaded, large earrings,
arms raised with palms facing outward.
On back, stamped in purple: "A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
28 1934;" stamped in blue: "582," written in pencil:
"A46."
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Item 257
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology.
Close-up of statues of Xochipilli, symbol of summer. Low crown
or headdress, arms raised and fingers loosely
clenched.
On back, written in pencil: "77;" stamped in blue: "Foto
Mantel/]…]nas 11."
Four contact prints on a strip.
3.2 x 15.1 cm.
And negative of print no. 3.8 x 11 cm.
Item 258
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology.
Extreme close-up of Xochipilli.
On back, written in pencil: "02;" stamped in blue: "Foto
Mantel/[…].
8 x 10.8 cm.
And negative, 8 x 11 cm.
Item 259
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology.
Close-up of stone head with close-fitting skullcap, large
earrings, and three circular medallions on each
cheek.
On back, written in pencil: "02;" stamped in blue: "Foto
Mantel/[...]nas 11."
8 x 10.8 cm.
Item
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology. Large
unidentified stone statue with large earring and prominent
teeth. Small stone figure with crossed arms in
front.
8 x 11 cm. (Negative)
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology. Stone
statue of Coatlique, goddess of life and death. Two heads in the
form of snakes, multiple hands on the chest, head of a bird (?)
at waist.
Item 261
On back, written in pencil: "02" stamped in blue:
"Foto Mantel/ […]nas."
11. 8.1 x 10.8 cm.
2 negatives, 8 x 11 cm.
Item 261a- 261b
Nearly identical shots of Coatlique, taken from
slightly further away than Item 261 above.
8.1 x 11.1 cm. (Negatives)
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa 12 - 20 Nov, 1931
Item 262
Officers of the Mexican army lined up in a courtyard.
Center, a fountain with a statue of a grasshopper in the middle;
left, seven officers; right, five officers. In background, a
large government (?) building.
12.5 x 18.8 cm.
Item 263
Either Independence Day parade or parade during athletic
and military maneuvers. Lines of marching men preceding two fire
trucks. Cars lined up along one side of street; people watching
parade. Taken from above.
8.2 x 10.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 264
Three officers at right; double line of soldiers in
background at left. Palm trees in background.
Three and 1/3 negatives on a strip.
"OJ88364" and "Du Pont" printed at edges of
strip.
3.4 x 6.5 cm. (Negatives)
Item 265
Large crowd filling plaza, with cathedral in
background.
12.8 x 18.1 cm.
2 copies
Copy 1 - on back, written in pencil:
"National/Independence day/Nov 12."
Item 266
A group of government officials standing on a balcony.
President Rubio third from right.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 12.7 x 18.1 cm.
Copy 2 - 12.4 x 17.7 cm.
Item 266a
Closer shot of same scene. President Rubio third from
right; man to his right is seated.
12.3 x 17.6 cm.
Item 267
Close-up portrait of President Rubio in formal wear,
including top hat. From the waist up, left profile.
12.7 x 17.4 cm.
2 copies
Subseries:
Unidentified Film Shots
Item 268
Head of stone statue and head of Indian man in profile.
No background. visible. The number "5" printed at edge. Possibly
taken at National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, circa Sept. - Nov.
1931.
8.1 x 11. cm. (Negative)
Item 269
Unidentified woman, child and man sitting on rocks or
sand, possibly at a beach.
8.2 x 10.4 cm. (Negative)
Five unidentified men in business suits on a patio with
arches and house behind them.
8.3 x 10.7 cm. (2 negatives)
Item 270
Grouped around a bench.
Item 270a
Leaving the patio, descending stone steps into a
garden (?)
Item 272
Unidentified woman holding a bouquet, standing in a field
of high bushes. Hills in the background.
7.8 x 13.9 cm.
Item 273
Unidentified man in business suit sitting on balcony
railing. Trees, street or park in background.
8.2 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 274
Man lying on ground, gag in his mouth and his arms behind
him. Four armed men in what might be uniforms standing behind
him. One at left wears two ammunition belts crossed over his
chest; one to his left wears a serape.
8.2 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 275
Doorway decorated with posters and banners. Sign reading
"5 cents" over the door.
8.2 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 276
View of lawn or garden with trees, shrubs and part of low
building (house, hotel?) in background.
10 x 12.5 cm. (Negative)
Series of photos with a group of four soldiers in the
left foreground, and various religious statues behind them to
the right.
Item 277
Statues of St. Joseph (?). At upper left, door of
church is visible.
9.6 x 11.9 cm.
Item 277a
Three women are setting down a statue of the Virgin
Mary to the left of the first statue. Door behind them at
far right.
9 x 13.4 cm.
Item 277b
Soldiers and the two statues.
8.7 x 11.8 cm.
Four women, three with backs to camera, one at right in
profile, all wearing dark shawls wrapped around themselves,
seated in a large paved courtyard with a tree in the middle.
Walls visible to the left and in the background.
Item 278
Untitled
12.8 x 18.5 cm.
Item 278a
Closer shot; only base of tree and of rear wall
visible.
11.5 x 18.3 cm.
Item 279
Trunk with upturned pith helmet on top of it. In the
helmet, a baby fox. A pair of sunglasses held on brim of helmet
by strap. Arm and side of man holding helmet just visible at
extreme left. Legs of another man visible at upper right. Other
articles of luggage behind the trunk.
On back, written in pencil: "2".
9 x 13.6 cm.
Item 280
Dirt road, right foreground, crossed by railroad tracks,
center. Background, trees and low hills.
8.7 x 14 cm.
Item 281
Lower right, a dirt road or path. To the left of it, a
huge fallen tree with steps leading up to it on the far side. On
top of the tree, a woman on horseback. A wood in the back
ground.
10.2 x 12.8 cm.
Item 282
View form cleft in hillside or entrance to the cave,
looking out to a lake in the valley below. Various types of
cactus on hillside.
On back, stamped in blue: blurred: "826".
8.9 x 15 cm.
Item 283
Two wooden dolls or statues, one male and one female,
facing each other as if dancing. Taken from below.
3.4 x 3.7 cm. (Negative)
Item 284
Women holding up a piece of cloth (?) with a picture on
it.
3.4 x 3.7 cm. (Negative)
Item
Painting of a figure in a tiger mask and costume kneeling
over a prostrate figure. Possibly from a work by Diego
Rivera.
"BE 40531" stamped at edge.
3.4 x 3.7 cm. (Negative)
Item 286
Portion of a wall mural with two large costumed figures
in the foreground. Part of doorway and window beyond in lower
right corner.
"BE 40530" stamped at edge of film.
3.4 x 3.7 cm. (Negative)
Various similar views of a church façade. No windows, two
open towers, the one at left with three bells in it.
Thatched-roof buildings and tropical foliage in the
background.
Item 287
9.2 x 14.2 cm.
Item 287a
Three contact prints on a strip. Print no. 3 nearly
identical with Item 287 above.
3.1 x 12.2 cm.
Item 288
Body of a man lying on his right side, with both arms
behind him. Feet and legs of two other men visible beyond him.
Bodies are lying in heavy undergrowth.
11.8 x 16.8 cm.
Three strips of contact prints of three women, separately
and together, in 289b a patio with dark and light
diamond-patterned floor tiles.
Item 289
1 ¼ prints.
4.3 x 4.6 cm.
- Cut off, showing only floor and part of a woman's
foot.
- The three women together; a medium shot.
Item 289a
2 1/3 prints.
"Panchromatic" written in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.2 x 8.7 cm.
- Cut off, showing only floor and feet of three
women, but apparently identical with Item 289 no. 2
above.
- Close-up shot of the three women.
- Full-length shot of woman seen at left in print
no. 2 above.
Item 289b
2 prints on a strip.
"…22287" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.2 x 9.1 cm.
- Full-length shot of woman seen center, Item 298a
no. 2 above.
- Full-length, ¾ left profile of woman seen at right
in Item 289a no. 2 above.
Item 290
Deck of unidentified ship, showing lifeboat and two large
conveyor belts (possibly used for loading of ore and/or grain)
folded upright.
6.4 x 10.7 cm.
Item 291
Town, with hills behind it, on the-edge of a (river,
lake, seacoast). Boat on the water, lower right. Might possibly
be Vera Cruz or Progresso.
4.8 x 7 cm.
Item 292
Long shot of a dock, with various ships and small boats
at and near it. In the background, trees with a church steeple
(?) showing over the tope of them.
5 x 7.cm.
Item 293
Sailboat on large body of water. Shore line in far
background.
5.2 x 7.4 cm.
Item 294
Man in canoe on body of water. In the background, on
shore, a large house and palm trees.
Light, blurred areas at upper right. Photo creased and
torn vertically near center.
5.1 x 7.4 cm.
Item 295
Medium shot of stern of sailing ship
Columbia. Houses visible in
background.
On back, stamped in black: "0005" in a diamond outline:
"Made by/Purple/Pigeon Studio/P. O. Box
2/Gulfport,/Miss."
5 x 7 cm.
Item 296
Two contact prints on a strip.
3.2 x 7.9 cm.
- Medium view of several buildings with
thatched-and-wood-shingled roofs.
- Close-up of gable and of house at upper right in print
no. 1.
Item 297
Three Indians: a woman standing between two men. A dog
standing between woman and man to her right; another dog at
lower right. A horse behind man at right. Trees and bushes
surround open area in background.
5.7 x 6 cm.
Item 298
Two Indian men holding mating donkey and mare in area
enclosed by adobe wall.
5.9 x 8.1 cm.
Item 299
Two mating turkeys in tropical undergrowth.
9.3 x 14.4 cm.
Item 300
Elderly man in riding boots, jacket, bell-shaped hat
seated and holding an open umbrella over his head. Undergrowth
and cactus in background.
8.9 x 13.9 cm.
Various shots of masked and costumed participants in
fiesta or ceremony.
4 negatives
Item 301
Close-up of person wearing devil (?) mask and
carrying a long trident spear.
8.1 x 10.6 cm.
Item 301a
Medium shot of several participants, including at far
right the person seen in Item 301 above.
8.2 x 10.5 cm.
Item 301b
Corner of building with participants or statues in
front.
Top of negative torn.
8.1 x 10.5 cm.
Item 301c
Group of participants playing guitars in a parade or
procession.
8.1 x 10.5 cm.
Subseries:
Biographical
Subseries:
Mount Vernon, Virginia, circa May
1930
Item 302
Alexandrov, left, with unidentified woman and man
standing on south lawn of Mount Vernon. House and kitchen wing
in background.
10.5 x 15.5 cm.
Subseries:
Calabasas, California, Summer
1930
Item 303
Full-length photo of Eisenstein standing on a lawn or
terrace, gesturing with both hands. Corner of house with balcony
just visible at upper left, trees and hills in
background.
8 copies
Copies 1-4 - On back, written in black ink: "Sergei M.
Eisenstein/in the summer of/1930 at Calabasas/California, at
the/home of King C. Gillette:" stamped in blue: "26." 9.2 x 14.9
cm.
Copies 5-6 - On back, stamped in blue: "26" 9.2 x 14.9
cm.
Copy 7 - Cropped more closely at top; very little of sky
visible. On back, written in pencil: "Eisenstein." 11 x 16.3
cm.
Copy 8 - Cropped as Copy 7 above. On back, written in
pencil: "S.M. Eisenstein." 11 x 16.3 cm.
Item 304
Same setting as Item 303 above. Aline Barnsdal and
Eisenstein standing together, laughing.
4 copies
Copy 1 - On front, written in black ink: "I hope we
shall/allways be like this!/ [Eisenstein's signature]'" and at
bottom, "Hollywood 1930." On back, written in pencil:
"Eisenstein &/Aline Barnsdall." Below, also in pencil, in a
different hand: "[dedication on front/in Eisenstein's
handwriting]." Stamped in blue: "5". 7.8 x 13.3 cm.
Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei
/Eisenstein/& Aline Barnsdall." 11.1 x 16.2 cm.
Copy 3 - On back, written in pencil: "Aline
Barnsdall/Eisenstein." 18.8 x 24.8 cm.
Copy 4 - 11.1 x 16.3 cm.
Item 305
Group of people standing on a broad patio or terrace,
with trees and hills in the background.
3 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in pencil: "1. Aline
Barnsdall/2. Alexandroff [sic]/3. Sergei Eisenstein/4. Berthold
Viertel/5. Tissé/at the house of King C. Gillette/at Calabasas,
California/ in the summer of/1930, with Upton Sinclair/party at
home of King C./Gillette." Stamped in purple: "Erich
Salomon/Charlottenburg 9/Holderlinstrasse 11/Amt Westend 441."
16.2 x 25 cm.
Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "From left to
right:/[repeats names and locale as given on Copy 1 above]".
17.3 x 26.4 cm.
Copy 3 - 17.5 x 26.4 cm.
Item 306
Same setting as Items 303-304 above. Standing, left to
right, Eisenstein, Upton Sinclair, Berthold Viertel.
11.2 x 16.5 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 307
Group of 14 people in same setting as Items 303-304, 306
above. Third from left, Aline Barnsdall; fifth from left, Eduard
Tissé; sixth from left, Mary Craig Sinclair; seventh from left,
Upton Sinclair; third from right, G. Alexandrov. Kneeling in
front, Berthold Viertel and Eisenstein.
On front, in lower margin, a pencilled "X". On back,
written in pencil: "Eisenstein/squatting"; and in a different
hand; "Eisenstein"; stamped in blue: "23".
9.1 x 14.8 cm.
Subseries:
Burbank, California, Summer
1930
Item 308
Left to right, Alexandrov, Eisenstein, Walt Disney,
Tissé. In front, Mickey Mouse. Standing in front of building
entrance, probably at Disney Studios.
20.3 x 25.7 cm.
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa December
1930
Item 309
Eisenstein, wearing a jacket, cap and gloves, kneeling at
left. Partially visible man behind camera to his left. At right,
an Indian in costume with a large plumed headdress and holding a
guitar. Spectators in background. See also Items 1-7
above.
3 copies; 1 negative
Copies 1-2 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei
Eisenstein (kneeling)/at work on his moving/picture in
Mexico,/December, 1930". 12.4 x 17 x 4 cm.
Copy 3 - 12.4 x 17.5 cm.
Negative - 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 310
Left to right, Eisenstein, Tissé, the governor of Oaxaca
state. All three in profile; the governor stands behind a
camera. Taken in front of a house(?) with a deep
patio.
On front, written on margin in black ink: "(over)". On
back, written in black ink: "The gov. of state of Oaxaca/during
earthquake./[inserted in pencil, in a different hand] in Jan.
1931/Also Eisenstein & Tissé." Stamped in black:
"33".
8.8 x 11.3 cm.
Subseries:
Tehuantepec, circa 6 February
1931
Three shots of Eisenstein and Tissé on steps leading to a
plaza or market place. Palm trees and various buildings in the
background. Bananas and other fruit on the steps.
Item 311
Eisenstein seated on the steps, holding up bananas,
other fruit beside him; buildings in the
background.
8.9 x 14.1 cm.
2 copies
Item 311a
Medium shot of Tissé, standing at top of steps,
leaning on camera, and Eisenstein, seated on top step,
holding a bunch of bananas.
9.1 x 14.4 cm.
Item 311b
Closer shot of Eisenstein and Tissé as Item 3111a
above. Feet of photographer at bottom of photo, center
foreground.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 9 x 14.1 cm.
Copy 2 - 15.5 x 23.8 cm.
Item 312
Tissé (partially hidden) and Eisenstein behind camera on
tripod. Beside it, to the right, Dr. Adolfo Best-Maugard seated
on a chair, helmet between his knees, shooting with a small
hand-held camera. At far left, a young Indian girl. Thatched
buildings in background.
9.1 x 14.1 cm.
Item 313
Eisenstein posing young Indian women wearing "weepeel"
headdresses. See Item 25 above.
On back, stamped in purple: "A/Kug-Art/Print/The Best/Feb
28 1934;" stamped in blue: "A68"
8.1 x 10.9 cm.
Various shots of Eisenstein and others standing with
young Indian women in front of straw hut.
Item 314
Three Indian women, left; Eisenstein, right. Camera
on tripod at far right.
9.4 x 14.2 cm.
Item 315
From left to right: Indian woman seen standing next
to Eisenstein in Item 314 above, Eisenstein, Alexandrov. Dr.
Best-Maugard behind Eisenstein, just visible over his right
shoulder.
9.2 x 14.2 cm.
Item 316
Left to right, close-up of young Indian woman,
Alexandrov, woman seen in Item 315 above.
3 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in pencil: "Grisha." 8.9 x
14.3 cm.
Copies 2-3 - 9 x 13.4 cm.
Item 317
Alexandrov and two Indian women as before; Hunter
Kimbrough at right.
On back, written in pencil: "Hunter Kimbrough/Eduard
Tissé[sic]."
9 x 14.3 cm.
Item 318
Left to right, young Indian woman seen in Item 135
above, Kimbrough, unidentified man, Indian woman (only
partially visible).
5 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter
Kimbrough." 9 x 14.4 cm.
Copy 2-4 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter
Kimbrough/teaching a Mexican girl to/pose for Eisenstein's
Mexican/moving picture./Mexico, 1931." 17.3 x 27.5
cm.
Copy 5 - On back, written in pencil, same note as on
Copies 2-4 above, but in a different hand. 17.5 x 27.8
cm.
Item 319
Standing left, Eisenstein. Seated, right, young Indian
woman, head and shoulders only visible. Trees and building in
background.
9.1 x 14.2 cm.
Item 320
Tissé seated on an upended trunk on a wooden platform
mounted on railroad wheels on a track. Young Indian women on the
platform and in front of it, lower left. Cloth-draped camera
partially visible behind Tissé.
On back, written in pencil: "Picture taken
in/Tehauntepec[sic]/Mexico."
11.3 x 16.5 cm.
Item 321
Taken from behind. Left to right, Eisenstein,
unidentified man operating camera [probably Tissé], Dr.
Best-Maugard, unidentified man in dark cap and jacket holding
round decorated bowls beside Indian woman holding similar bowl
containing lacy flags on her head. See Item 32 above. Woman
stands on a bench. Trees and foliage in background.
9.1 x 14.3 cm.
Item 322
Alexandrov, left, with arm around shoulders of Indian
wearing high-peaked straw hat. Foliage in
background.
9.1 x 14.1 cm.
2 copies
Item 323
Hunter Kimbrough, in profile, holding an Indian baby in
the air. Head of unidentified man visible in lower left corner.
Palm trees in background.
4 copies
Copies 1-2 - 9.1 x 14.3 cm.
Copies 3-4 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter
Kimbrough/teaching an Indian baby to/pose for Eisenstein's
Mexican/moving picture - Mexico - 1931." 17.3 x 27.8
cm.
Item 324
Kimbrough standing on a balcony, his hand resting on the
railing.
2 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in blue ink:
"Tehuantipec[sic]/Alexandrof[sic] took this with/along distance
lense[sic]/I was holding reflectors/on the balcony and did/not
know he was taking/this picture. It was/very hot." Below,
written in pencil: "6 of those" and in a different hand: "Hunter
Kimbrough." 11.3 x 17.4 cm.
Copy 2 - 12.5 x 18.7 cm.
Item 325
Kimbrough, left, wearing a "weepeel" headdress, seated
beside a young Indian woman wearing a "weepeel" and playing a
guitar.
3 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in blue ink: "One of our
actresses/in Tehuantipec[sic]/in the patio of our/hotel." Below,
written in pencil in a different hand: "[H.S. Kimbrough
writing?]." 8.6 x 11.5 cm.
Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter
Kimbrough/(who managed the/Eisenstein/film party)." 16.4 x 21.9
cm.
Copy 3 - 16.3 x 21.8 cm.
Item 326
Five men in front of a thatch-roofed wooden building.
Eisenstein and Tissé wiping their faces with towels; Dr.
Best-Maugard with towel over his shoulder, Kimbrough cutting
meat at a table.
5 copies
Copies 1-3 - On back, written in pencil: "From left to
right:/Sergei Eisenstein/Edward[sic] Tissé/Mexican gentleman
(Dr. Best)/Hunter Kimbrough (preparing a safety meal)/Mexico
cook (in background)." 17.4 x 27.9 cm.
Copy 4 - Same inscription as on Copies 1-3 above, but in a
different hand. 17.4 x 27.9 cm.
Copy 5 - 9.2 x 14.4 cm.
Item 327
Same setting as Item 326 above. From left, Tissé bending
forward with towel in his hands. Dr. Best-Maugard and Eisenstein
both with backs to camera, Kimbrough at table, young boy behind
him, Mexican cook partially hidden by post supporting
overhand.
9.3 x 14.2 cm.
Item 328
Same setting as Items 326-327 above. Closer shot of
Kimbrough cutting meat. Mexican boy at far left, cook behind
Kimbrough to his left.
9.2 x 14.2 cm.
Item 329
Kimbrough, right profile, bending forward over table,
Mexican cook in background.
9.1 x 14.1 cm.
Item 330
Eleven young Mexican women wearing mantillas and carrying
fans. One stands at left behind camera on tripod. Others are
seated or standing in two rows in front of camera. Taken on
upper level of bullring, Mérida.
6 copies
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions." 12.4 x 17.6 cm.
Copies 2-4 - 12.4 x 17.6 cm.
Copies 5 - 9.6 x 15.7 cm.
Copy 6 - 7.9 x 10.4 cm.
Item 331
Same setting as Item 330 above. Tissé is kneeling in
front of young woman by camera, left; Eisenstein seated, holding
a fan; Kimbrough and Alexandrov seated on the floor.
2 copies; 1 negative
7.9 x 10.4 cm.
And negative, 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
Item 332
Group of young women wearing mantillas seated in a patio.
Young woman in left foreground holds a guitar, one in right
foreground holds an open fan. In background, Alexandrov and
Eisenstein are standing. See Items 67-67b above.
8.8 x 10.6 cm.
Item 333
Same setting and subjects as Item 332 above.
4 copies
Copies 1-3 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei
Eisenstein (at left)/Mexican society girls posing/for
Eisenstein's Mexican moving/picture (in center)/Alexandroff
[sic] (in center)/Hunter Kimbrough (at right). 17.2 x 27.9
cm.
Copy 4 - 8.9 x 13.8 cm.
Item 334
Hunter Kimbrough, left, wearing a dark mantilla over his
straw hat, seated next to a young woman wearing a light mantilla
and roses along the left side of her face.
On back, written in pencil: "Hunter Kimbrough/with
Señorita/Filming of/'Fiesta'."
11.8 x 17 cm.
Item 335
3 1/3 contact prints on a strip. See Item 74
above.
"Panchromatic""printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.2 x 12.2. cm.
- Filming scene of Liceaga having his hair arranged.
Kimbrough at left, holding up reflector; Eisenstein's
head visible behind camera at right. See Items 77, 77a
above.
- Eisenstein helping unidentified man put on his
jacket.
- Liceaga seated on rocking chair on wide patio. Hand
holding light meter (?) visible in lower left
corner.
- Cut off, only trees and what might be a cross
visible.
Two strips of contact prints showing Liceaga and second
matador in and around carriage. See Items 82-84
above.
Item 336
3 ½ prints on a strip.
"Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.3 x 13.7 cm.
- Liceaga and second matador standing beside
carriage.
- Liceaga seated in carriage.
- Close-up of lamp on side of carriage; Liceaga in
background, looking over his shoulder.
- Cut off, but shows camera, one of matadors and
Tissé.
Item 336a
2 ½ prints on a strip.
"Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4 x 9.7 cm.
- Identical with Item 336 no. 3 above.
- Identical with Item 336 no. 4 above, but a
complete print.
- Cut off, but showing Liceaga seated in
carriage.
Eisenstein, Liceaga and second matador seated in
carriage. Driver in box, holding reins.
Item 337
Untitled
8.8 x 13.8 cm
Item 337a
Slightly different angle; subjects have moved
slightly.
9.2 x 14.1 cm.
Three strips of contact prints showing various scenes in
flooded city streets.
Item 338
2 1/3 prints on a strip.
"Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.2 x 8.7 cm.
- Cut off and blurred.
- Hunter Kimbrough getting out of carriage on
flooded street.
- Man riding bicycle down flooded street.
Item 338a
2 ¼ prints on a strip.
"Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.4 x 8. 4 cm.
- Almost entirely cut off, but identical with Item
338 no. 2 above.
- Identical with Item 338 no. 3 above.
- Car being driven through flooded street.
Item 338b
2 ½ prints on a strip.
4.4 x 9.2 cm.
- Identical with Item 338a no. 3 above.
- Truck being driven through flooded street.
- Cut off, but taken at bull ring, showing man and
camera on upper level of stands. See Item 351
below.
Item 339
Eisenstein standing in front of carriage, which is
stopped at entrance to bull ring on back, written in pencil:
"2". See also Item 974 below.
9.1 x 13.6 cm.
Liceaga, his cape held in his right hand and spread on
the ground in front of him, standing beside Eisenstein in
bullring.
Item 340
On back, written in pencil: "Eisenstein/David
Liceaga./ Note: Hemingway/mentions/Liceaga in /"Death in the
/Afternoon'": stamped in blue: "Photo by/G.
Alexandrov".
9.4 x 14.5 cm.
Item 340a
1 ½ contact prints on a strip.
3.5 x 5.2 cm.
- Cut off, only lower portion left, but identical
with Item 340 above.
- Liceaga alone, in similar pose.
Item 341
Eisenstein, left, with arms around Liceaga. In
bullring.
9.4 x 14.2 cm.
And negative 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 342
Eisenstein, left, looking into camera on tripod. Liceaga
behind him, "attacking" him with banderillas.
8.6 x 13.5 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 343
2 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
"Du Pont" and "8J2278" printed in reverse at edges of
strip.
4.3 x 9 cm.
- Cut off, part of fence and stands and arms of man
holding hat visible.
- Unidentified man standing beside rack of
banderillas.
Item 344
1 ½ contact prints on a strip.
4.2 x 5.9 cm.
- Cut off, but Tissé, lying on side with camera.
Eisenstein kneeling at right and two unidentified men
holding reflectors are visible.
- Liceaga in empty arena, twirling cape in the air in
front of himself.
Item 345
From left, Liceaga, with cape spread on the ground in
front of him; two unidentified men holding reflectors; Tissé
lying on his right side on the ground with camera; Eisenstein
kneeling behind him. Another matador in background. In empty
arena.
4 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions' and "Photo by/G. Alexandrov,"
12.8 x 17.8 cm.
Copies 2-3 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei
Eisenstein in Mexico/posing a bull fighter for/his Mexican
moving/picture (Eisenstein in/helmet)." 12.5 x 17.4
cm.
Copy 4 - Same inscription as on Copies 2-3 above, but in a
different hand. 12.5 x 17.3 cm.
Negative - 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 346
1 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
4.4 x 4.6 cm.
- Tissé, center, with his arms around the shoulders of
Liceaga, right, and another matador, left. Empty stands
of bull ring in background.
- Cut off, but part of second matador and stands
visible.
Item 347
Variant of Item 346 above.
8 x 10.7 cm. (Negative)
Item 348
2 contact prints on a strip.
"8J22305" printed in reverse at edge of strip.
4.4 x 7.7 cm.
- Liceaga standing in arena wearing a decorated
sombrero.
- Eisenstein adjusting brim of sombrero.
Six strips of contact prints. Various shots of Alexandrov
in the arena, making passes with a cape. Empty stands in
background.
Item 349
Two prints on each strip.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 4.6 x 8.7 cm.
Copy 2 - 4 x 9 cm.
Item 349a
2 ½ prints on a strip.
First print cut off.
4.2 x 9.1 cm.
Item 349b
2 ¼ prints on a strip.
"Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4 x 8.5 cm.
- Passing cape around himself from the left. Print
is spotted.
- Passing cape to his right.
- Cut off only empty stands visible.
Item 349c
2 ½ prints on each strip.
First print cut off, but shadow and portion of left
leg correspond to Item 349b no. 2 above.
"Du Pont" printed in reverse at edge of each
strip.
Copy 1- 4 x 8.9 cm.
Copy 2 - 4.6 x 9.2 cm.
Item 350
Two contact prints on a strip. Both show scenes of women
in mantillas on upper level of stands in bullring. Eisenstein,
other crew members, and camera in background.
4.2 x 8.3 cm.
Item 351
Eisenstein leaning on rail at upper level of bullring
stands. Camera on tripod to his right, unidentified man in straw
hat in background, left. See Item 338b no. 3 above.
9.5 x 14.4 cm.
Item 352
Two similar scenes of Eisenstein, right, showing fallen
picador how to pose. See Items 137-139 above.
Item 353
On back, stamped in blue: "Photo by/G.
Alexandrov".
3 copies
9.5 x 14.4 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 354
Eisenstein, left, standing behind Tissé, at camera, who
is filming two young women on a small balcony outside the arena,
near the entrance. See also Items 617b and 976
below.
On back, written in pencil: "2".
9 x 13.7 cm.
Item 355
Liceaga, left, and Eisenstein, both in street clothes,
seated on a stone lover's bench (seats face in opposite
directions) in patio or plaza.
8.9 x 14 cm.
Item 356
From left, Alexandrov, unidentified man, Eisenstein,
Liceaga, Tissé, standing with arms linked outside a large
corrugated metal building. (Possibly an airport?)
9.4 x 14.3 cm.
Item 357
Same setting as Item 356 above. Liceaga, left, shaking
hands with Raccini. Third man partially visible at extreme
right.
On back, written in pencil: "[Mauro?] [A?] Raccini
("Rigoletto")."
9.2 x 14.3 cm.
Item 358
Large group of men in same setting as Items 356-357
above. Left, unidentified man seen second from left in Item 356
above. Third from left, Raccini. Center, Liceaga.
9.5 x 13.4 cm.
Subseries:
Chichen Itza, Yucatan
Item 359
The Castillo, with a group of Indian women beside base of
stairs, and members of crew at corner, far right. Bush, lower
left corner; tree branches, upper right corner.
5 copies
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions" and "Photo by/G. Alexandrov."
13.8 x 19 cm.
Copies 2-4 - Pasted on back and folded over lower front
portion of photos, a typewritten note on thin paper: "'THUNDER
OVER MEXICO'/A memory of early Mayan culture….the Cabrera castle
[sic] in Chichen/Ytz'a ]sic] in Yucatan. Here Sergei Eisenstein
made many of the sequences/in 'Thunder Over Mexico.'" 20.4 x
25.8 cm.
Copy 5 - On back, remains of brown paper and discolored
area where note evidently was attached at one time. 20.4 x 25.9
cm.
Item 359a
The Castillo, with a group of people at the base of the
stairs. Bush and tree as in Item 359 above.
Negative; 2 copies
8.2 x 10 and 8.3 x 10.6 cm.
Item 360
Tissé, seated on ground behind camera at far left, and
Eisenstein, seated on trunk, at base of Castillo stairs.
Unidentified man seated on steps.
On back, written in pencil: "2".
9 x 13.6 cm.
Item 361
Two unidentified men on stairs of Castillo. Above them on
the stairs, an Indian women.
On back, written in pencil: "2".
8.9 x 13.6 cm.
Item 362
Eisenstein, seated left, and Alexandrov, standing beside
camera, on top of the Castillo. Temple of the Warriors in the
background.
4 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions." 12.8 x 17.7 cm.
Copy 2 - Cut off, only Eisenstein and portion of Temple of
the Warriors visible. 8.9 x 12.8 cm.
Copy 3 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei Eisenstein
with his/assistant Alexandroff, [sic]/at Mayan ruins
in/Mexico/(Eisenstein in helmet)." 12.5 x 17.3 cm.
Copy 4 - Same inscription, but in a different hand. 12.5 x
17.3 cm. Negative - 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 363
Same setting as Item 362 above. Portion of the wall of
the temple atop the Castillo now seen at right and
center.
3 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions" and "Photo by/G. Alexandrov."
12.6 x 17.6 cm.
Copies 2-3 - On back, written in pencil:"Sergei Eisenstein
with his/assistant Alexandroff, [sic] at/Mayan ruins in
Mexico/(Eisenstein in helmet)." 12.5 x 17.3 cm. Negative - 10 x
12.5 cm.
Item 364
Tissé, left, with camera, unidentified man, Eisenstein,
on steps of the Temple of the Warriors. Eisenstein seated beside
stone serpent's head.
8.7 x 12.5 cm.
Item 365
Indian man standing on a trunk and leaning against a wall
of the Temple of the Warriors, upper level. At right,
unidentified man wearing hat; Tissé kneeling with camera;
Eisenstein standing behind him; unidentified man at extreme
right.
4 copies
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions" and "Photo by/G. Alexandrov;"
written in pencil: "9" 13.5 x 18.4 cm.
Copies 2-4 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei
Eisenstein posing an Indian/at Mayan ruins, Mexico, for/his
moving picture./(Eisenstein in helmet)."" 12.5 x 17.3
cm.
Item 366
Left, Alexandrov supporting young Indian man seen in Item
365 above on his shoulders; right, Eisenstein stands looking at
them.
2 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions.." 12.8 x 17.8 cm.
Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei Eisenstein
posing an Indian/at Mayan ruins, Mexico, for his/moving
picture/(Eisenstein in helmet)." 12.6 x 17.3 cm.
Negative - 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 367
Same setting as Items 365-366 above. Indian man on truck.
Three unidentified men, one behind camera and two steadying it
to the side, and Eisenstein, in background.
8.7 x 11.3 cm.
And negative, 8.2 x 10.4 cm.
Item 368
Eisenstein seated in front of stone serpent pillar at
entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors. See Item 169
above for Indian man in same position.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.2 x 14 cm.
Item 369
Four men and three women standing in front of ruins,
possibly Temple of the Jaguar and the Ball Court. Man in center
is Hunter Kimbrough, rest are unidentified.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.3 x 14 cm.
Item 370
Three women (and elderly man) seen in Item 369 above
seated among ruins at same location.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.2 x 13.9 cm.
Mayan funeral sequence. See Items 183-187
above.
Item 371
Men carrying coffin containing "corpse" over a narrow
wooden walkway amid henequen plants. In front of them,
center, Eisenstein, and Tissé with camera.
On back, written in pencil: "2".
9 x 13.8 cm.
Item 372
Same setting and subjects as Item 371 above. Tissé at
camera, with cloth over his head. Eisenstein standing below
him, in left profile.
8.4 x 13.4 cm.
Item 373
Eisenstein posing men on either side of head of
coffin. Camera at extreme right.
10 x 12.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 373a
Close-up of Eisenstein and two men at head of coffin;
head of "corpse" also seen.
10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 374
Posing three Indian men, chins resting on top of
coffin. Alexandrov, far left, back to photographer;
Eisenstein, kneeling, wearing a sombrero, on opposite side
of coffin from Indians; Tissé standing behind him. Stone
wall in background.
On back, written in pencil: "2".
9.2 x 13.7 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 375
Same setting as Item 374 above. Three Indians as
before, with backs to photographer; Tissé standing on
opposite side of coffin; Eisenstein in sombrero kneeling in
front of him. Other men visible in background.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.2 x 14 cm.
Item 376
Left, Eisenstein with camera; right, Alexandrov and
Tissé posed with chins on top of coffin.
4 copies
Copy 1 - On back, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions." 12.8 x 17.7
cm.
Copies 2-3 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei
Eisenstein with his assistantsTissé and Alexandroff [sic],
at work in/Mexico (Eisenstein in helmet)." 12.5 x 17.4
cm.
Copy 4 - Same inscription; lower right corner torn
off. 12.5 x 17.5 cm.
Item 377
Same setting as Items 374-376 above. Eisenstein,
seated, facing photographer, at left; behind him, standing,
Alexandrov. In background, three Indian men with chins on
one side of coffin, three Indian women on opposite
side.
8.4 x 13.5 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 378
Same subjects and setting as Items 374-377 above,
Eisenstein at left, holding reflector. Tissé at camera,
Indians grouped around coffin.
10 x 12.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 379
Unidentified man at left, behind camera; either Tissé
or Alexandrov placing bowl on top of coffin.
10 x 12.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 380
Same setting as subjects as Items 374-379 above.
Tissé at right, behind camera, Eisenstein second from right,
on far side of coffin.
2 copies
On back of each copy, written in pencil:
"2".
9 x 13.9 cm.
Item 381
Eisenstein, left, and Tissé(?) kneeling at camera,
which is focussed on Indian women bending forward over a
trunk.
2 copies; 1 negative
Copy 1 - On back, written in pencil: "Sergei
Eisenstein in Mexico/(posing an Indian for his/Mexican
picture)/Eisenstein in helmet." 12.7 x 17.5 cm.
Copy 2 - Same inscription, but in a different hand.
12.7 x 17.4 cm.
Negative - 10 x 12.5 cm.
Subseries:
Izamal, Yucatan, 21-28 April 1931
Item 382
Taken on roof of church. Tissé, far left, head under
cloth on camera. Three men at right, holding reflector; man
kneeling, right, steadying leg of camera. In front of camera,
Eisenstein posing Indian penitent with arms tied to cactus stem.
See Item 193 above.
8.6 x 13.3 cm.
Subseries:
Progreso, Yucatan, circa 29
April 1931
Item 383
Eisenstein standing on dock beside stern of ship, on
which its name is printed: "Coahuila;" and below,
"Progreso."
8.5 x 13.5 cm.
Item 384
Group of men on ship's deck. Left, barber cutting man's
hair; behind him, Hunter Kimbrough smoking a pipe.
7.9 x 13 cm.
Item 385
Three contact prints on a strip.
On back, written in pencil: "X".
3.2 x 11.6 cm.
- (1) Identical to Item 194 no. 3 above.
- (2, 3) Similar shots of unidentified man lying on his
right side at front of low barge or boat. Another man
seated under canopy at rear.
Subseries:
Hacienda Tetlapayac, Hidalgo State, May-August
1931
Item 386
Same carriage as seen in Item 217 above. Eisenstein,
holding camera, seated beside driver. Tissé (?) standing beside
carriage door. Another man partially visible at extreme right.
On back, written in pencil: "7".
9.1 x 13.5 cm.
Item 387
Eisenstein in Hacienda courtyard standing beside wooden
frame of Corpus Christi bull. See Items 216 above and 388
below.
On back, written in pencil: "7".
9 x 12.8 cm.
Item 388
Filming scene with "Sebastian" (Martin Hernandez) and
Corpus Christi bull. From left, unidentified man holding
reflector; "Sebastian" crouching beneath bull; unidentified man
with reflector; Tissé seated on ground, filming; Alexandrov,
kneeling to his right; Agustin Leiva (arm raised) standing
behind Alexandrov; Eisenstein standing beside Leiva.
On back, written in pencil: "gl. Print."
12.8 x 17.9 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.6 cm.
Item 389
Two Mexican men standing on the side of a rocky hill. One
at left carries a rifle and wears two cartridge belts crossed
over his chest; one at right has a serape over his left
shoulder. Behind them, higher on the hill, Eisenstein standing
behind camera.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.2 x 13.9 cm.
Item 390
Eisenstein kneeling, left. "Sebastian" buried to his
chest in the sand; "Maria" (Isabel Villasenor) standing behind
him.
10 x 12.6 cm. (Negative)
Item 391
Group of people gathered around mule-drawn trolley bus on
railroad track.
2 copies
Copy 1 - On front, lower left margin, an "X" in pencil. On
back, written in black ink: "The Hacienda's private bus/from
railroad station - Distance/three or four miles." Below, written
in pencil and in a different hand: "The man at X is/Sergei M.
Eisenstein." 8.8 x 13.8 cm.
Copy 2 - On front, lower left margin, an "X" in black ink.
On back, written in pencil: "The hacienda's private bus from
railroad/station (distance three or four miles)?Man at X is
Sergei Eisenstein/The hacienda belongs [sic] to Col. Salazar
[sic]/Eisenstein's party will be guest at/this hacienda where
they will make/a portion of the Mexican picture)>" 15.9 x
23.7 cm.
Various shots of Eisenstein and a young woman wearing a
checked culotte with wide leg in the courtyard of the
Hacienda.
Item 392
Standing side by side
2 copies; 1 negative
8.8 x 13.5 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.6 cm.
Item 393
Standing side by side
2 copies
8.8 x 13.5 cm.
Item 393a
Standing side by side
8.9 x 13.6 cm
Item 394
Eisenstein is lying on the ground, looking out from
between the spread legs of the girl's culotte.
2 copies
13.5 x 18.5 cm.
Item 394a
Eisenstein is lying on the ground, looking out from
between the spread legs of the girl's culotte.
8.3 x 10.8 cm.
And negative, 8.1 x 10.4 cm.
Item 394b
Eisenstein is lying on the ground, looking out from
between the spread legs of the girl's culotte.
8.8 x 13.6 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 395
Eisenstein, wearing a striped bathrobe, leaning against a
balcony railing.
On back, written in pencil: ""Eisenstein
at/Tetlapayac--/Main entrance to/Hacienda in
Background."
9.1 x 13.6 cm.
Eisenstein in business suit on horseback in courtyard of
Hacienda.
Item 396
Facing camera.
On back, written in black ink: "On
Hacienda."
8.7 x 13.8 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 397
Trying to pull horse away from drinking
fountain.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 8.8 x 14 cm.
Copy 2 - 8.9 x 13.9 cm.
Item 398
In Hacienda courtyard. From left, woman on horseback;
Eisenstein standing; young boy on horseback, center foreground;
unidentified man wearing white plus-fours, dark shoes, jacket
and beret, standing, right.
On back, written in pencil: "3".
8.8 x 13.9 cm.
Item 399
Eisenstein and Salvador Baguez seated on steps in the
Hacienda courtyard.
On back, typed: "Eisenstein & Salvador Baguez, staff
artist/of LA Times, on hacienda."
13.7 x 18.6 cm.
Item 400
From left, Saldivar, Eisenstein and Baguez, seated on a
rise of ground in front of a maguey plant.
On back, typed: ""Saldivar, Eisenstein &
Baguez.""
13.8 x 18.9 cm.
Item 401
In courtyard of Hacienda, Eisenstein, left, with left
foot on edge of low fountain. Seated, right, unidentified man
seen in Item 398 above.
8.7 x 13.8 cm.
Various shots of Eisenstein and man seen in Items 398 and
401 above clowning beside a maguey plant. They wear serapes and
sombreros and in some shots have a large gourd.
Item 402
Seated in front of maguey.
On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO" and
"82."
8 x 10.7 cm.
And negative, 8.1 x 9.9 cm.
Item 403
Standing, shaking hands.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.3 x 14.4 cm.
Item 404
Standing, looking off right.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.3 x 14.5 cm.
Item 405
Man pretending to hit Eisenstein with
gourd.
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9 x 14.2 cm.
Item 406
Eisenstein alone.
On back, written in pencil: "2".
9.1 x 14.1 cm.
Item 407
On back, typed: "Eisenstein &
friend."
12.6 x 18.8 cm.
Various shots of Eisenstein and man seen in Items 398,
401-407 above, riding donkeys in courtyard of
Hacienda.
Item 408
On back of each, written in pencil: "4."
9.3 x 14.3 cm.
3 copies
Item 408a
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.2 x 13.8 cm.
Item 408b
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.2 x 14 cm.
Item 408c
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9 x 14.1 cm.
Item 408d
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.1 x 13.4 cm.
Item 408e
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.1 x 13.9 cm.
Item 409
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.3 x 13.9 cm.
Item 409a
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.1 x 14 cm.
Item 410
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.3 x 13.7 cm.
Item 410a
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.3 x 14.3 cm.
Item 410b
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.1 x 14.2 cm.
Item 410c
On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO" and
"82."
8.5 x 11 cm.
Item 410d
On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO" and
"87."
8.3 x 11.1 cm.
Item 411
From left, Alexandrov, man seen in Items 398 and 401-410a
above and Eisenstein, standing in front of Hacienda
out-buildings.
On back, written in pencil: "Eisenstein friend. G.
Alexandrov;" and "3."
9.3 x 14.3 cm.
Item 412
Alexandrov, left; unidentified young woman, center; and
man seen in Item 398 and 401- 411 above standing on trolley
tracks. Unseen person, probably Eisenstein, holding gourd
between Alexandrov and young woman.
On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO" and "87."
8.3 x 11 cm.
Julio Saldivar in various poses.
Item 413
On horseback in courtyard of Hacienda. On back,
written in pencil: "Sr.? Julio Salvidar/former owner/of
Tetlepayac."
Stamped in purple: "A/Kug- Art./Print/The Best/Feb 28
1934." Stamped in blue: "565" over which is written in
pencil "A65."
8.2 x 10.9 cm.
Item 414
Close-up, head and shoulders, taken in front of spiny
cactus so that it appears to be his hair or hat.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 8.4 x 13.7 cm.
Copy 2 - 8.4 x 13.5 cm.
Item 415
Lying on the ground, holding teacup and saucer;
looking over his shoulder at young German Shepard pup. Rocks
and undergrowth in background.
8.4 x 13.6 cm.
Item 416
Sitting in a large marguay plant.
On back, written in pencil: "Sr. ? Julio
Saldivar/former owner of/Tetlapayac." Stamped in purple: "AM
PHOTO."
8.2 x 10.8 cm.
Item 417
Seated on low wall, from left; man seen in Items 398
and 401-412 above; Eisenstein; young woman seen in Item 412
above; Julio Saldivar; unidentified man wearing sombrero and
diamond-patterned sweater and playing a saxophone. In front
of group a dog is standing.
On back, written in pencil: "4."
9.3 x 13.1 cm.
Similar shots of Saldivar lying on the ground with his
head in the lap of a young woman, who is holding an umbrella
over them.
Item 418
Unidentified man seated in the
background.
8.3 x 13.8 cm.
Item 418a
Taken from the side.
8.8 x 13.8 cm.
2 copies
Three similar shots of a group of people seated on rocks,
trees with Spanish moss in the background.
Item 419
Seven people; second from left, partially hidden by
woman, Eisenstein is standing. Saldivar. Other three men and
two women unidentified.
8.5 x 13.8 cm.
Item 420
Closer shot of woman, third from left and two men at
right in Item 419 above; also Saldivar, seated below
them.
8.4 x 13.6 cm.
Item 421
Closer shot of woman third from left and two men at
right in Item 419 above; also Saldivar, seated below
them.
8.4 x 13.6 cm.
Item 422
Two unidentified men standing on either side of a bull,
each with a hand holding its horns. Other cattle, low stone
fence and maguey plants in background.
On back, written in pencil; "2."
8.8 x 13.7 cm.
Four strips of contact prints showing various scenes of
dancers at Death Day fiesta.
On back of each strip, written in pencil: "X."
Item 423
Three prints on a strip.
3 x 12 cm.
- Dancer in skeleton mask and naval uniform, left,
and dancer in skeleton mask and cutaway coat,
right.
- Dancer in naval uniform on stage, Tissé, back to
photographer, standing behind camera, right.
- Similar to no. 2, but Eisenstein is at Tissé's
left.
Item 424
Three prints on a strip.
3.3 x 11.9 cm.
- Dancer in naval uniform.
- Blurred figure.
- Unidentified man in business suit seated beside a
woman with a skeleton mask pushed on top of her
head.
Item 425
Three prints on a strip.
3.1 x 12 cm.
- Eisenstein standing to the left of a dancer
wearing skeleton mask and long mantilla.
- Dancer in mantilla and dancer in skeleton mask and
charro costume.
- Full-figure shot of dancers from no. 2.
Item 426
Three prints on a strip. See Item 240
above.
3.2 x 11.2
- Six dancers, three men and three women.
- Dancers on platform; Tissé second from left in
foreground, seated on trunk; Eisenstein standing
beside him.
- Close-up of three male dancers seen in nos. 1 and
2.
Eisenstein with skeleton dressed in woman's clothes. See
Item 246 above
Item 427
Embracing skeleton.
8.3 x 12.3 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.6 cm
Item 428
"Dancing" with skeleton, arms raised.
10 x 12.6 cm (Negative)
Item 429
Alexandrov, right and policeman or soldier, left,
standing in front of stall displaying piñatas(?). Large doll or
piñata dressed as cowboy behind them.
On back, stamped in blue; "AM PHOTO."
8.2 x 11.1 cm
Six strips of contact prints, showing scenes around
cemetery of a church. See 434a Item 247-252 above.
On back of each strip written in pencil: "X."
Item 430
Two prints on a strip, showing slightly different
views of Eisenstein sitting on a flat tomb,
eating.
2.9 x 7.8 cm.
Item 431
Three prints on a strip.
3.3 x 12 cm.
- (1) Group of people gathered around a tomb.
- (2, 3) Eisenstein with child seated on same tomb;
he is arranging skull child holds as a doll.
Item 432
Three prints on a strip, showing slightly different
views of Eisenstein and an unidentified man in dark trousers
seated with a Mexican family around a tomb.
3.2 x 10.9 cm.
Item 433
Three prints on a strip, similar to Item 432 above,
but man in dark trousers in standing.
3.3 x 11.7 cm.
Item 434
Three prints on a strip.
3.1 x 11.8 cm.
- Heavy set man leaning against tomb, on which are
candles, a skull, a photograph and other
objects.
- Group of Mexicans beside same tomb; Tissé lying on
opposite side of tomb with camera.
- Unidentified man lying on his stomach on top of a
tomb.
Item 434a
Three prints on a strip.
3.3 x 11.9 cm.
- (1) Nearly identical to Item 434 no. 3
above.
- (2, 3) Man with back to photographer beside
camera; 4 monks seated on hill in front of him.
Church tower in left background.
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa Sept-Nov. 1931
Item 435
Taken at Tectihuacan. Eisenstein and Tissé (beside
camera) standing in front of Temple of the Sun. Two Indians
wrapped in blankets on first level behind them.
7.8 x 12.7 cm.
Two strips of contact prints, showing a young Indian man
being filmed in front of the statue of Chalchiuítilcue, the
water goddess. Probably taken at the National Museum of
Anthropology.
On back of each, written in pencil: "77." Stamped in blue:
Foto Mantel/[…]nas 11."
Item 436
4 prints on a strip.
3 x 14.6 cm.
Item 436a
2 ½ (?) prints on a strip.
"Du Pont" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.4 x 9.5 cm.
Item 437
Close-up of Indian in front of statue of
Chalchihuítloicue.
8 x 11 cm. (Negatives)
2 copies
Item 438
Medium shot of Eisenstein seated in front of statue of
Chalchihuítlicue.
8 x 11 cm. (Negative)
Two similar shots of Alexandrov, Agustin Leiva, and
Eisenstein with large posters.
On back of each, stamped in blue: "26."
8.7 x 14.7 cm.
Item 439
Tissé at far right.
Item 439a
Unidentified woman at far right.
Eisenstein with statue of bleeding Christ, in doorway of
church(?).
Item 440
Medium shot, full-figure.
8.5 x 12.4 cm.
Item 441
Close-up, waist up.
8.7 x 12.5 cm.
Various shots of Eisenstein, Tissé, Alexandrov and two
unidentified men amid tall, single-stemmed cacti.
Item 442
Long shot of all but Tissé in large touring
car.
9.1 x 14.2 cm.
Item 443
Medium shot of same group in car.
8.9 x 12.7 cm.
Item 444
Medium shot of all but Alexandrov in car.
9 x 12.8 cm.
2 copies
Item 445
Medium shot of same group in car.
8.9 x 12.8 cm.
Item 446
Eisenstein standing in front of clump of
cacti.
9 x 12.8 cm.
Item 447
Alexandrov standing in same clump.
On back, written in pencil: "Alexandrov."
12.5 x 17.8 cm.
Various shots of Eisenstein, Tissé, Alexandrov, and two
unidentified men in front of giant tree-like cactus.
Item 448
Long shot of Alexandrov (at wheel), Tissé, and
another man in large touring car; unidentified man in
sombrero and knee boots standing by car.
On back, written in pencil: "X."
9 x 12.7 cm.
Item 449
Medium shot of Alexandrov and unidentified man in
car, waving.
8.8 x 12.5 cm.
2 copies
Item 450
Medium shot of Tissé, Eisenstein, Alexandrov, and
unidentified man in car.
8.8 x 12.4 cm.
2 copies
Item 451
Tissé, Eisenstein and unidentified man seated in
front of cactus.
8.7 x 12.7 cm.
Item 452
Eisenstein standing in front of cactus.
8.7 x 12.7 cm.
2 copies
Item 453
Alexandrov standing in front of cactus.
On back, written in pencil: "Grigori 'Grisha'
Alexandrov."
9 x 12.8 cm.
Various similar shots of Eisenstein leaning against or
seated on a tall, round cactus in clump of shorter,
barrel-shaped cacti.
Item 454
8.6 x 12.6 cm.
2 copies
Item 455
8.7 x 12.7 cm.
Item 456
8.6 x 12.7 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 457
9 x 12.8 cm.
2 copies
Item 458
Eisenstein and unidentified man seen in Items 442-453
above seated in front of clump of cacti.
8.8 x 12.5 cm.
Subseries:
Mexico City, 12-20 Nov. 1931
Two scenes of President Rubio seated on the
sand.
Item 459
Unidentified woman in sun hat with arm on his
shoulder.
7 x 9.7 cm.
Item 460
Seated with two children on either side of
him.
5.7 x 8.9 cm.
Eisenstein standing on roof (?) of building; crowds in
street or plaza below.
Item 461
In background, a church, with doors
decorated.
12.2 x 17 cm.
Item 462
In background, trees and crowd.
8.3 x 11.5 cm.
Two similar shots of five men seated on steps leading
into a large building. Eisenstein, second from left, Tissé,
right. Others unidentified.
Item 463
Long shot of group, showing arched
entrance.
9 x 12.8 cm.
Item 463a
Close-up of group.
9 x 12.9 cm.
Item 464
Eisenstein standing on wide balcony with three
unidentified men. City in background.
8.7 x 12.4 cm.
Two similar shots of seven men in front of a van parked
in front of a large government (?) building. Tissé, second from
left; Eisenstein, center; Alexandrov, third from right. Others
unidentified.
Item 465
All standing.
12.7 x 18.6 cm.
Item 466
Tissé and man to his left seated on rear bumper of
van.
12.9 x 17.8 cm.
Scenes from parade for athletic-military maneuvers,
20 Nov.
1931.
Item 467
From left, unidentified man; in car, Tissé (with
camera), unidentified man, Eisenstein; policeman on
motorcycle.
12.7 x 18.6 cm.
Item 468
Taken from in front of car . Eisenstein in front
passenger seat; in back; standing, two unidentified men and
Tissé (with camera) standing on running board, a
policeman.
8.4 x 12.2. cm.
2 copies
Item 469
At left, rows of athletes searching. At right,
Eisenstein seated on front bumper of car; Tissé and
unidentified man in car.
8.4 x 12.2 cm.
Subseries:
Unidentified
Item 470-470k
Passport photos of Eisenstein in suit and striped
tie.
All badly browned
All approximately 8.7 x 12.8 cm.
And negative with each, 10 x 12.5 cm.
470a - On front, written in reverse: "Best
wishes/from/[…]ari/[….] Beach, Conn./U. S. A." On back, written
in pencil: "This I like best-/Weston/I shall finish."
Two views of a portrait of Eisenstein.
Item 471
Medium shot, showing Eisenstein framed in archway,
with a length of film in his hands.
On back, written in black ink; "[Three lines in
Russian];" written in pencil, in a different hand:
"Eisenstein/by[Montenegro]?" Stamped in blue: "Photo by/G.
Alexandrov."
12 x 16.3 cm.
Item 471a
Close-up of Eisenstein's head.
On back, stamped in blue: "Photo by/G.
Alexandrov."
11.5 x 16.4 cm.
Item 472
Man, (probably Eisenstein), at camera filming masked and
costumed participants in fiesta or ceremony. Possibly taken in
or near Mexico City.
8.1 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 473
Eisenstein standing beside camera in front of large palm
trees. Possibly taken near Tehuantepec.
12.8 x 17.8 cm.
Item 474
Eisenstein straddling a palm branch. Possibly in
Tehuantepec.
12.2 x 18.6 cm.
2 copies
Item 475
Eisenstein leaning against a pole supporting an overhang.
Leaning against opposite side of pole, a heavy-set man wearing
knee boots, a holster with pistol and a flat-brimmed hat.
Possibly taken in or near Tehuantepec.
12.8 x 18.1 cm.
Item 476
Group of 9 people on horseback in dense underbrush.
Center, man seen in Item 475 above and Eisenstein. Others
unidentified.
12.8 x 17.9 cm.
Item 477
Eisenstein, center, and two unidentified men standing in
front of thatch-roofed hut with drying coconuts on the ground
around them. Palm trees and other foliage in background.
Possibly taken in or near Tehuantepec.
12.8 x 18.1 cm.
Item 478
From left, Eisenstein, young Indian man, Dr.
Best-Maugard. Eisenstein and Best- Maugard have their arms
around the Indian. Palm trees and building with balcony in
background. Possibly taken in or near Tehuantepec.
12.8 x 18.1 cm.
Item 479
Three unidentified men, left, and Eisenstein, in front of
tall thatch-roofed building. Possibly taken in or near
Tehuantepec.
12.8 x 18.9 cm.
Item 480
Eisenstein and Tissé in front of building with white
columns. Palm trees and fence in front of building. Windmill in
background. Possibly taken in Mérida.
15.1 x 23.7 cm.
Item 481
Unidentified person, left, and Eisenstein standing on
roof or balcony of building with formal park or plaza below.
Possibly taken in Mérida or Izamal.
8.8 x 13.9 cm.
Item 482
Eisenstein standing on roof of church. Bell tower in
background, left. Taken from below. Possibly taken in either
Mexico City or Mérida.
12.9 x 18.1 cm.
Item 483
Eisenstein, bending over. Taken from behind. Church in
background. Possibly taken in either Mexico City or
Mérida.
8.9 x 13.8 cm.
2 copies
Item 484
From left, unidentified man in Eisenstein's bathrobe,
Tissé holding him by the arms, and Eisenstein. Standing in front
of hotel(?) doors.
On backs, stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions" and "Photo by/G. Alexandrov."
Written in pencil: "print."
9.1 x 15 cm.
And negative, 10 x 12.6 cm.
Item 485
From left, Eisenstein, unidentified woman, Dr.
Best-Maugard, Alexandrov, seated beneath cloth canopy. Possibly
taken at Xochimilco.
8.8 x 13.4 cm.
And two negatives, 3.4 x 3.8 cm. And 10 x 12.5
cm.
Item 486
In foreground, standing, Eisenstein. Behind him, on
horseback, a man and two women, all unidentified. Possibly taken
at the Hacienda Tetlapayac.
12.5 x 18.8 cm.
2 copies
Right profile close-ups of Eisenstein wearing pith
helmet.
3 negatives
Item 487
People and buildings in background.
3.4 x 3.7 cm.
Item 487a
Eisenstein, wearing a dark leather jacket, slumped in
a chair, pith helmet over his eyes.
13.7 x 18.8 cm.
Item 487b
Eisenstein sitting on step at left. Unidentified
person seated behind him on his left.
10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 490
Eisenstein standing on trunk on stone steps, behind
camera.
8.8 x 13.9 cm.
Item 491
Eisenstein playing tennis.
Photo appears to have been cut or torn along left
side.
On back, written in blue ink: "[Two lines in Russian;]"
and below, in pencil in another hand: ["What could be more
educational?!"/(Eisenstein's writing)]."
6.5 x 8.2 cm.
Item 492
Eisenstein standing beside one of a pair of decorated
pillars which flank a statue of a saint on a tall pedestal.
Unidentified man partially visible standing behind opposite
pillar.
8.7 x 12.6 cm.
Item 493
Two similar shots of Eisenstein lying on the ground, his
head under a dark cloth covering the camera.
Two contact prints on a strip.
3.6 x 7.6 cm.
Item 494
Two similar scenes of a group of people in and around a
car parked in front of a building, the door of which is open. In
car, with camera. Tissé; standing in doorway, wearing pith
helmet, Eisenstein.
Two contact prints on a strip.
4.5 x 7.7 cm.
Item 495
Three contact prints on a strip.
"8J…"and "Du Pont" printed in reverse at edges of
strip.
4.5 x 12.5 cm.
- (1) Unidentified man and small boy standing
together.
- (2, 3) Eisenstein standing between the two.
Item 496
From left, Tissé, Eisenstein and an unidentified man
seated in large, shabby bathroom.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 13.8 cm x 18.9 cm.
Copy 2 - Cut off so that only Eisenstein and unidentified
man are seen. 9.9 c 13.8 cm.
Item 497
Eisenstein, back to camera, wearing bathrobe, being
chased by Tissé in interior of large house or hotel.
On back, typed: "Eisenstein"; stamped in blue: "S.M.
Eisenstein/Collective/Productions" and "Photo by/G.
Alexandrov."
10.6 x 16.3 cm.
Item 498
Eisenstein walking in plaza or street; building with
Moorish-arch arcades in background.
On back, written in pencil: "4".
9.1 x 14 cm.
Item 499
Taken from inside archway or arcade, with two women
standing at extreme left. On steps beyond arch, Eisenstein
(standing beside camera on top step), Tissé (seated on second
step), and others; in the street, a carriage pulled by a white
horse. In background, building with "'El Cielo'/Miscelanea en
General/[Two other lines, undecipherable]" printed on
wall.
On back, written in pencil: "4."
2 copies
Copy 1 - Top right hand corner torn off. 8.8 x 13.3
cm.
Copy 2 - 9.4 x 13.9 cm.
Item 500
Eisenstein and either Kimbrough or Dr. Best-Maugard
seated side by side in chairs facing in opposite directions.
Unidentified woman in background.
9.1 x 9.5 cm.
Item 501-503
Shots of Eisenstein playing with a monkey in what appears
to be a large park.
8.7 x 12.6 cm.
Item 504
Eisenstein squatting in a field, drinking from a
coconut.
9.4 x 14.4 cm.
Item 505
From left, Tissé, unidentified man, Dr. Best-Maugard (?),
and Eisenstein standing in a field. Tissé stands in front of
camera. Palm trees and unidentified man in
background.
8.6 x 11.3 cm.
2 copies
Two similar shots of Eisenstein and Diego Rivera with two
unidentified women beside a large tree in a garden or
patio.
8.8 x 12.8 cm.
Item 506
On back, written in blue ink: "Diego Rivera L/Sergei
Eisenstein R."
Item 506a
On back, written in pencil in a different hand, same
inscription as on Item 506 above.
Item 507
From left, standing in front of a Pan-American trimotor
plane, Tissé, unidentified man, Eisenstein.
9.4 x 14.6 cm.
Item 508
Group of men sitting and standing beside a single-engine
plane. Eisenstein, seated, second from right; rest
unidentified.
8.8 x 13.8 cm.
Item 509
Eisenstein seated with unidentified man and woman on a
grassy lawn. In the background, a large body of water, with two
cruise boats(?) at dock. Branches of willow tree across top of
photo.
10.4 x 15.6 cm.
Item 510
Two contact prints on a strip.
4 x 7.6 cm.
- Alexandrov leaning against one column of an arcade;
another figure and a long, low building in the
background.
- Eisenstein in silhouette on a beach; boat and water in
the background.
Item 511
2 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
3.8 x 8.9 cm.
- (1) Alexandrov leaning against one column of an
arcade; another figure and a long, low building in the
background.
- (2, 3) Similar shots of Eisenstein (second from left)
and other unidentified men with four boats. Three boats
are drawn up on a beach, the fourth is some distance out
on the water.
Item 512
Seated on a dock, with water and shore line in
background, from left, Alexandrov, Kimbrough, Eisenstein. Two
unidentified figures with backs to camera at far
left.
4 copies
Copies 1-2 - On back, written in pencil: "From left to
right, facing the/camera:/Alexandroff [sic]/Hunter
Kimbrough/Sergei Eisenstein/A rest hour during the making/of
Eisenstein's Mexican moving/picture. Mexico, 1931." 17.3 x 27.9
cm.
Copy 3 - On back, written in pencil but in a different
hand, the same inscription as on Copies 1-2 above. 17.7 x 27.4
cm.
Copy 4 - 9.2 x 14.3 cm.
Item 513
Eisenstein seated, center, amid a group of 10 men on a
beach, some seated, some standing. They are eating and drinking
from ceramic cups.
12.8 x 18 cm.
Various shots of Tissé , in canoe, with small alligator
alongside.
Item 514
8.6 x 11.2 cm.
Item 515
9.3 x 14.2 cm
Item 516
9.3 x 14.3 cm.
Item 517
8.3 x 10.9 cm. (Negative)
Item 518
8.6 x 11.2 cm.
Item 519
2 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
4 x 9.1 cm.
Item 520
Two contact prints on a strip.
3.6 x 7.6 cm.
Item 521
Two contact prints on a strip.
4.4 x 7.6 cm.
Item 522
Alligator crawling over a leg of the camera
tripod.
On back, written in pencil: "Abrirle los ojos y
brillo/en los dientes;" and below, in a different hand:
"["Open your eyes & show your teeth"].
8.6 x 11.2 cm.
Item 523
Eisenstein(?) standing in shallow water holding alligator
by tail and one front leg.
9.4 x 14.5 cm.
Item 524
Close-up, right profile, of Tissé, wearing pith helmet,
in front of building. A number of people in background. There
are two marks or scars on his cheek just at the side of his
mouth.
On back, stamped in black: "77."
8.8 x 14.6 cm.
3 copies
Item 525
Tissé (?) leaning against fluted pedestal on top of which
is a large two-handled urn. Urn and pedestal each ca. 6 feet
high.
8.6 x 12.5 cm.
Item 526
Dr. Best-Maugard, Kimbrough, and Tissé standing with
camera on wide sandy area in front of thatched hut and other
buildings.
4 copies
Copy 1 - 9.2 x 14.2 cm.
Copies 2-4 - On back, written in pencil: "From left to
right:/A Mexican gentleman (Dr. Best)/Hunter Kimbrough/Edward
[sic] Tissé /(assisting Eisenstein in the making/of his Mexican
moving picture.)/Mexico, 1931. 17.8 x 27.2 cm.
Item 527
Alexandrov seated on an adobe balustrade beside a large
jug with legs and handles.
On back, written in pencil:
"Grisha/Alexandrov."
8.7 x 13.6 cm.
Item 528
Dr. Best-Maugard and Alexandrov on balustrade of building
overlooking a city. Large church in background.
On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO."
8.2 x 10.9 cm.
Item 529
Alexandrov, in left profile, seated on carved railing.
Site of Item 528 above in background.
On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO."
9.1 x 12.1 cm
Alexandrov and another man (Kimbrough or Best Maugard?)
standing in a sandy area with palm trees in
background.
Two strips of contact prints.
Item 530
2 1/3 prints on a strip.
"8J223…" and "Du Pont" printed in reverse at edges of
strip.
4.6 x 8.8 cm
- Cut off, blurred.
- Alexandrov.
- Other man.
Item 530a
One complete and two partial prints on a
strip.
4.5 x 7 cm.
- Cut off, but appears to be identical with Item 530
no. 2 above.
- Identical to Item 530 no. 3 above.
- Cut off, unidentifiable.
Item 531
Alexandrov seated on the ground, drinking from a coconut.
Large reeds in the background.
9.2 x 14.2 cm.
2 copies
Item 532
Alexandrov, right, and unidentified man seated on running
board of small car. Trees, shrubbery and building in
background.
On back, written in pencil; "Alexandrov."
10.4 x 15.6 cm.
Item 533
Three contact prints on a strip.
On back, written in pencil: "10," stamped in blue: "Foto
Mantel/[,,,]nas 11."
3.2 x 11.8 cm.
- (1) Alexandrov, second from right, standing on
guardrail. Mountains in background. Three other men, all
unidentified.
- (2,3) Similar shots Of mountains.
Various shots of Hunter Kimbrough and young Mexican man
in canoe.
Item 534
Seated beside unidentified young woman in similar
shirt. His arm is around her waist and they are leaning
slightly apart.
8.2 x 11 cm.
2 Copies
Item 534a
Similar to Item 534 above, but they are closer
together.
8.2 x 10.5 cm. (Negative)
Item 535
Cut-out close-up of Alexandrov. A portion of the
sleeve of the woman's blouse has been pasted on his shoulder
to hide the woman's hand.
On back, written in pencil: "Tissé [marked
out]/Eisenstein's)/photo man;" and above, in a different
hand: "Alexandrov."
11.7 x 17.3 cm. (irregular)
Various shots of Hunter Kimbrough and young Mexican man
in canoe.
Item 536
3 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 4.1 x 12 cm.
Copy 2 - 4.2 x 12.6 cm.
(4) Cut off, but on Copy 2, Kimbrough's head can be seen.
Item 536a
Two contact prints on a strip, showing Kimbrough,
walking along a beach. Identical to Item 536 no. 4
above.
4.1 x 7.5 cm.
Item 537
2 ¼ contact prints on a strip.
"..22341" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
3.8 x 8.8 cm.
(1) Kimbrough wearing dark jacket and holding rifle standing
in shallow water in front of large sailboat.
Item 537a
3 ½ contact prints on a strip.
"8J22341" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.4 x 12.8 cm.
- (1) Cut off, but identical to Item 537 no. 1
above.
- (2,3) Identical to Item 537 nos. 2, 3
above.
Item 537b
Enlargement of Item 537a no. 3 above.
9.2 x 14.3 cm.
Item 538
2½ contact prints on a strip.
4.1 x 9.8 cm.
Item 539
9.3 x 14.3 cm.
2 copies
Copy 1 - Creased and wrinkled.
Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil:
"Kimbrough."
Item 540
9.3 x 14.3 cm.
2 copies
Various shots of Kimbrough and others in and around
sailboats and canoes. Location probably the same as for items
536-540 above.
Item 541
2 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
"8J223401" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
4.2 x 8.9 cm.
- (1, 2) Kimbrough in boat, securing sail;
unidentified man standing in bow; young Mexican seen
in Items 536-540 above standing in shallow water
beside bow.
- (3) Cut off, only top of palm tree visible.
Item 542
2 ½ contact prints on a strip.
4.1 x 10.4 cm.
- Cut off, stretch of beach with palm trees at
right.
- Alexandrov standing by bow of sailboat, Kimbrough
and unidentified man seated in boat.
- Long shot of boat with two figures in it. Palm
tree in foreground.
Item 543
3 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
4.8 x 12.8 cm,
- Cut off.
- Group of people, all unidentified, in front of car
and thatched hut.
- Four men on beach, row boat and sail boat in
background.
- Unidentified man wearing pith helmet, dark jacket
and white shorts wading out to row boat; another man
at side of boat.
Item 544
3 1/3 contact prints on a strip.
5 x 12.7 cm.
- (1,2) Unidentified man seen in Item 543 no.4 above
climbing into boat.
- (3) Kimbrough, holding rifle, standing at bow of
boat.
- (4) Cut off, only Kimbrough visible.
Item 545
Kimbrough standing in bow of boat, smoking a
cigarette, with alligator draped over bow at his
feet.
9.3 x 14.2 cm.
2 copies
Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter
Kimbrough"
Item 546
Close-up of Kimbrough, left, and unidentified man
standing in a boat holding a large fish on a line.
9.2 x 14.1 cm.
Item 547
Hunter Kimbrough asleep on his left side, his head
resting on various pieces of luggage.
9.3 x 14.2 cm.
2 copies
Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter
Kimbrough."
Item 548
Kimbrough, right, kneeling beside an unidentified man
reading notes or letters. Building in background.
8.9 x 14.2 cm.
2 copies
Hunter Kimbrough in city park or plaza with two
unidentified women. Both pictures slightly out of
focus.
On back, stamped in purple
18. 7 x 11.6 cm.
Item 549
Standing between the women, his arms around their
shoulders.
Item 549a
Seated on the grass with the woman at right in Item
549 above.
Kimbrough and two unidentified men standing by the wheel
and engine room telegraph on the deck of a ship.
On back, written in pencil: "13"
7.2 x 11.8 cm.
Item 550
Kimbrough, left, and man in business suit and
fedora.
Item 551
Kimbrough, right, at wheel, and man in work clothes
and straw (?) hat.
Item 552
Two unidentified men together.
Group of men on deck of ship with three large sea
turtles.
On back, written in pencil: "13"
Item 553
Four men holding turtles. Kimbrough is second from
right.
7.2 x 11.7 cm.
Item 554
Man at right in Item 553 above and another
unidentified man with turtle in net.
7.1 x 11.9 cm.
Item 555
Three contact prints on a strip.
"Du Pont" printed in reverse at edge of strip.
3.6 x 11.9 cm.
- Unidentified man in chaps and flat-crowned hat
standing in front of adobe wall.
- Another unidentified man in straw hat and dark
trousers shaking hands with first man.
- Eisenstein shaking hands with first man.
6 negatives
All in one plastic sleeve.
All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
Item 556
Row of carousel horses(?) covered with a tarp. Man
with leg thrown over the back of one horse at extreme
right.
Item 557
Eisenstein standing beside large wall mural, looking
up at it. Portion of door and window beyond visible behind
him. Probably same location as Item 286 above.
"EAST…." Stamped at edge of film.
Item 558
Eisenstein standing in corridor(?) with archways,
high beamed ceilings and wall murals.
"NITRATE FILM" and "6C 26387" stamped at edges of
film.
Item 559
Eisenstein standing in front of camera, two
unidentified men standing on either side. Building in
background.
Item 560
Close-up of three football players in
uniform.
Item 561
Football team walking past spectators. Palm trees in
background.
"6A" printed at edges of film.
4 negatives
All in one plastic sleeve.
All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
Item 562
Four men standing at corner of building; another
large building with archway and cupola in
background.
Item 563
Four men beside large building. Probably same men and
location as Item 562 above.
Item 564
Man, seen in profile, seated on base of large stone
cross in a town plaza(?). Large building in background with
sign reading "…PLOYMENT AG…MERELY PACIFIC."
"Du Pont" printed at edge of film.
Item 565
Man standing in front of gable end of 3-story house.
Another man standing in doorway.
6 negatives
All in one plastic sleeve.
All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
Item 566
Group of people on a bench. Low hills in far
background.
Item 567
Three men grouped around a camera. Village with
thatched roofs, palm trees in background.
Item 568
Two men, arms linked with two women in native
costume.
"Du Pont" printed at edge of film.
Item 569
Eisenstein and unidentified man in pointed hat
standing in front of large bushes.
Item 570
Man, in profile, seated under tall palm trees,
drinking from a canteen(?).
"49931" printed at edge of film.
Item 571
Partially naked man, back to camera. To his right, a
second man, facing camera, fully clothed.
"0589" printed at edge of film.
4 negatives
All in one plastic sleeve.
All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
Item 572
Man standing beside wrecked auto, which is lying on
its side.
"…romantic" printed at edge of film
Item 573
Group of young women in mantillas, most with backs to
camera, standing beside square stone signpost with "Ye Bull
Pen Inn" in raised letters.
Item 574
Long shot of crew filming in front of wall. Long
balcony above wall with people watching the
filming.
Item 575
Eisenstein standing in front of large stained glass
window.
Item 576
Middle-aged man wearing business suit, fedora, and
glasses on horseback. Rocky hillside with cactus and low brush
in background.
8.4 x 13.7 cm.
And negative, 8.3 x 10.9 cm.
Item 577
Unidentified man in business suit and high-crowned straw
hat, with left arm on a railing.
7.9 x 10.4 cm.
And negative, 8.3 x 10.9 cm.
Item 578
Unidentified man in work clothes standing beside
car.
On back, written in pencil: "3".
8.6 x 13.6 cm.
Item 579-582
Various shots of unidentified man with young mountain
lion.
8.8 x 12.6 cm.
Item 583
Unidentified woman seated in wicker chair beside a
tree.
12.7 x 19.3 cm.
2 copies
Item 584
Three men in business suits standing in front of a
building, a window of which is in center background. At far
right, a fourth man is visible behind one of the other
men.
On back, written in pencil: "["Thunder Over
Mexico"]"
13.4 x 19 cm.
Item 585
Unidentified man (Kimbrough?) standing in front of the
entrance to the "[….]" You Café" holding a glass (of
beer?).
8.3 x 13.2 cm.
Item 586
Three unidentified men walking toward camera.
Pan-American plane in background.
8.9 x 13.8 cm.
3 copies
Item 587
Two men and two women dressed in good clothes. Photo
faded and scratched; none can be identified.
5.9 x 8.3 cm.
Item 588
Painting of a man seated at a table, holding a miniature
of a woman in his left hand.
On front, lower right margin, written in black ink:
"Montenegro."
On back, written in black ink: "Se Senor anticuario
Jesus/Reyes - de Guadalajara/Mex, colleccionador de/bellesos (?)
y de todo. [Se….]/M. Eisenstein." Below, a caricature with the
note: "Su novia."
12.7 x 17.7 cm.
Item 589
A man, possibly Tissé, beside a bus on a
beach.
Two contact prints on a strip.
2 copies
Copy 1 - 4.1 x 7.7 cm.
Copy 2 - 4 x 7.6 cm.
Item 590
Four unidentified men on a grassy hillside; palm trees
behind them.
6.6 x 9.1 cm.
Item 591
Long shot of man in business suit seated on low wall.
Trees and heavy brush behind him. Street and trolley/train in
front of him. Telephone/telegraph pole at far right.
8.3 x 14 cm.
Item 592
Long shot of large excursion boat under way.
On back, stamped in black in a diamond frame: "Made
by/Purple/Pigeon Studio/P.O. Box 2/Gulfport,/Miss.," and
"0005."
8 x 13.1 cm.
Item 593
Various shots of thatch-roofed buildings in small
village.
Three contact prints on a strip.
On back written in pencil: "10;" stamped in blue: "Foto
Mantel/[….]as 11."
3.2 x 11.9 cm.
Item 594
Various shots of thatch-roofed buildings in small
mountain village. May be same location, but not same buildings,
as seen in Item 593 above.
Three contact prints on a strip.
On back, written in pencil: "10;" and stamped in blue:
"Foto Mantel/[….]as 11."
3.3 x 11.8 cm.
Item 595
Three contact prints on a strip.
On back, written in pencil: "10" and stamped in blue:
"Foto Mantl/[….]as 11."
3.2 x 11.8 cm.
- (1) Two dogs lying on the ground.
- (2,3) Similar shots of two men, separately, standing
at the corner of a wooden-rail fence, with pine trees,
mountains and a long two-story building in
background.
Item 596
Shorelines of two adjoining lakes (?) with mountains in
background. Probably taken from a hill, bushes and trees of
which are visible in lower foreground.
On back, stamped in blue: "A66."
8.4 x 10.8 cm.
Series:
Small size prints and negatives (ca. 3.5 x 4.5 cm)
Subseries:
From and for the film
Subseries:
Tehuantepec, circa 6 Feb
1931
Item 597
Same young woman seen in Item 27 above, wearing a
"weepeel" headdress and holding a large, round, decorated bowl
on her head.
On back, stamped in blue: "561"
Item 598-603
Various shots of young couple lying in a hammock hung
beneath palm trees at the edge 603 of a bench (?)
598 - (2 copies)
599 - (2 copies) and negative, 10 x 12.6 cm.
601 - (5 copies)
602 - (4 copies)
603 - (2 copies)
Subseries:
Mérida, Yucatan, circa 22-31 March 1931
Item 604
Interior, sitting room.
Contact print.
Item 605
David Liceaga having his hair dressed. See also Item
77-77a and 335 above.
Contact print.
At edge of print, numbers printed in reverse, but cut off
and undecipherable.
Item 606
Four young woman wearing mantillas grouped around a
pillar at the edge of a patio (?).
Contact print.
At edge of print, printed in reverse: "8J22…"
Item 607
Close-up of crucifix seen in Items 80-81 above. Slight
enlargement of Item 81 no. 3 above.
Contact print.
Item 608
David Liceaga in arena, twirling cape. Empty stands in
background. See also Items 106-118 above.
Contact print.
2 copies
Item 609
Liceaga in arena, riding a bicycle.
Contact print.
Item 610
Picador seated on a bench, head in hand. See also Items
133-135 above.
Contact print.
Shots of parade of automobiles around arena.
Item 611
Long shot, taken from upper stands. Parade
approaching camera.
Item 612
Long shot, taken from same position as Item 611
above. Parade moving away from camera
Item 613
Medium shot of auto with 6 young women seated in
rear.
Various shots of bull fight.
Item 614
Matador on knees confronting bull. Second matador
behind him; spectators in stands in background.
2 copies
Item 615
Long shots of three matadors in ring with
bull.
On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO"
Item 616
Identical to Item 136 no. 1 above.
Contact print.
Various shots of exterior of arena
Item 617
Carriage in middle foreground.
Item 617a
Carriage in distance; figures on balcony at far
right.
Item 617b
Medium shot of three young women standing on
balcony.
Item 617c
Arcade above entrance to arena.
Subseries:
Chichen Itza, Yucatan, 12-17 April
1931
Item 618-645
Various long and medium shots of the Castillo from
different angels 645 and at different times of day
622 - (2 copies)
623 - (4 copies)
627 - (2 copies)
628 - (2 copies)
629 - (3 copies)
631 - (2 copies)
632 - (3 copies)
636 - (2 copies)
638 - (2 copies)
640 - (2 copies)
641 - (4 copies)
643 - (3 copies)
645 - (2 copies)
Various long shots of the Castillo. Most, if not all,
taken from around 662 the Temple of the Warriors.
Item 646
Taken at sunset. Castillo in silhouette partially
visible at far left; corner of upper temple of Temple of the
Warriors at far right in silhouette.
2 copies
Item 647-648
Taken from upper level of Temple, with stone
serpent's head and Chac-Mool in foreground.
Item 649
Similar to Items 647-648 above, but only serpent's
head is visible.
2 copies
Item 650
Taken from upper level of Temple, with corner of
temple at far left.
2 copies
Item 651
Long shot of Castillo and Temple, at
right.
Item 652-653
Chac-Mool in foreground
652 - (2 copies)
Item 654
Taken from near edge of upper level, with only stone
figure atop serpent's head by main stairs visible, lower
left.
2 copies
Item 655
Open mouth of serpent's head at entrance to upper
temple frames Chac-Mool and Castillo.
3 copies
Item 656-658a
Unidentified ruins in foreground.
656 - (2 copies)
658 - (2 copies)
658a - (2 copies)
Item 659-662
Various shots with pillars around Temple in
foreground.
660 - (2 copies)
662 - (2 copies)
Item 663-668
Various close-up shots of the Castillo
666 - (2 copies)
667 - (2 copies)
Item 669-670
Shots of unidentified figures on steps of
Castillo.
Item 671-674
Shots of Indian women standing by base of Castillo. In
Items 671-672, there are two women; in Items 673-674, there are
three.
672 - (2 copies)
674 - (2 copies)
Item
Various shots of the Temple of the Warriors taken from
atop the Castillo.
682 - Portion of stairs rising behind serpent's head can
be seen.
683 - Close-up of serpent's head
684 - (2 copies)
685 - (2 copies)
685a - (2 copies)
Item 686-694
Long and medium shots of the Temple of the Warriors, most
taken from in front
690 - (2 copies)
691 - (2 copies) Taken from the rear
692 - (2 copies)
Item 695-696
Similar shots of the Temple of the Warriors, corner of
upper levels.
695 - (3 copies)
Item 697-703
Various views of lower portions of front of Temple of the
Warriors
697 - (2 copies)
697a - (2 copies)
699 - (2 copies) Portion of colonnade and central
staircase
700 - (2 copies) Long shot showing lower front corner of
Temple and colonnade
701 - Colonnade at side of Temple
702 - Medium shot of colonnade and portion of central
staircase
703 - Pillars in front of central staircase
Item 704-709
Various shots of corners and sides of Temple of the
Warriors, showing the various levels and portions of the upper
temple and the colonnade
705 - (2 copies)
709 - (2 copies)
Item 710-713
Various shots of portions of the colonnade surrounding
the Temple of the Warriors
Item 714-723
Close-up, right profile shots of young Indian woman in
colonnade at the Temple of the Warriors
714 - (2 copies)
715 - (2 copies)
716 - (2 copies)
720 - (2 copies)
723 - (2 copies)
Item 724
Column, left, in colonnade at the Temple of the Warriors
with wall of the Temple at right and serpent's head at top of
central staircase visible, upper Center.
3 copies
Item 725-738
Various shots of the colonnade at the Temple of the
Warriors and of individual columns in it
725 - (2 copies)
728 - (2 copies)
729 - (2 copies)
732 - (2 copies)
733 - (2 copies)
735 - (2 copies)
736 - (2 copies)
Various shots of stone serpent's heads at the Temple of
the Warriors.
Item 739
Head with horn at base of pillar.
2 copies
Item 740-750
Head with small figure on top of it at top of central
staircase.
742 - (2 copies)
744 - (2 copies)
750 - (2 copies)
Item 751-751a
A third head is profile against the sky.
751 - (2 copies)
Item 752-755a
Various shots of Indian women near stone serpent's head
at entrance to upper to upper temple of the Temple of the
Warriors.
752 - (2 copies)
754 - (2 copies)
Item 756-758
Close-up shots of stone serpent's heads at entrance to
the upper temple of the Temple of the Warriors, with head on
left side of entrance in foreground.
756 - (2 copies)
757 - (2 copies)
Item 759-768a
Various shots of entrance to upper temple of the Temple
of the Warriors, with stone serpent pillars visible in all.
Taken from various angles and distances.
760 - (2 copies)
761 - (2 copies)
761a - (2 copies)
762 - (2 copies)
765 - (2 copies)
768a - (2 copies)
Various shots of the Chac-Mool in front of the entrance
to the upper temple of the Temple of the Warriors.
Item 769
Taken from directly in front
2 copies
Item 770
Taken from in front and to the left
Item 771-773
Shots of young Indian sitting in front of serpent's
heads. See Item 169 above.
Item 774
Young Indian seen in Items 771-773 above, seated beside
stone serpent's head at entrance to upper temple of the Temple
of the Warriors, taken from behind.
2 copies
Item 775-779
Medium shots of figure on outer wall of upper temple of
the Temple of the Warriors.
776 - (2 copies)
777 - (2 copies)
Item 780-781
Close-up shots of figure seen in Items 775-779
above.
780 - (2 copies)
781 - (2 copies)
Item 782
Close-up of masks of Chac at corner of upper temple
Temple of the Warriors
2 copies
Item 783-784
Young man posing against wall of upper temple, Temple of
the Warriors, See also Item 171-173 and 365-367
above.
783 - (2 copies)
Item 785-797
Various shots of columns and architectural details from
the walls of the Temple of the Warriors
786 - (2 copies)
786a - (2 copies)
789 - (2 copies)
790 - (2 copies)
791 - (2 copies)
793 - (2 copies)
794 - (2 copies)
796 - (2 copies)
Item 798-800
Views of the sacred ball court
798 - (2 copies)
Item 801-804
Various shots of the Nunnery, the Annex and the Annex and
the Iglesia.
801 - (2 copies)
802 - (2 copies)
804 - (2 copies)
Item 805-807
Details of the Annex
807 - (2 copies)
Item 808
Side of the Iglesia
Item 809
Corner of the upper frieze of the Iglesia
2 copies
Item 810-822a
Details of corners of the Annex and the Iglesia, showing
the masks
813 - (2 copies)
815 - (2 copies)
816 - (2 copies)
820 - (2 copies)
821 - (2 copies)
822 - (2 copies)
Item 823
Corner of the Nunnery
Item 824
Long shot of the Nunnery, with corner of unidentified
building in left foreground
Item 825-825a
The Caracol (Observatory) seen in the distance past the
corner of the Nunnery
Item 826-831
Various long and medium shots of the Caracol
826 - (2 copies)
829 - (2 copies)
831 - (2 copies)
Item 832-833
Close-up shots of the dome of the Caracol
832 - (2 copies)
832a - (2 copies)
833 - (2 copies)
Item 834-834a
The Chichanchob (Red House) from a distance, with trees
and rocks in the foreground.
834 - (2 copies)
843a - (2 copies)
Item 835
Long shot of the Temple of the Jaguars, with outlines of
the Great Ball Court visible behind.
The Temple of the Three Lintels.
Item 836
A corner of the Temple.
2 copies
Item 837
Mask of Chac at a corner of the Temple.
Item 838
The Temple of the Dates. Early Mayan dated lintel
supported by later Toltec Atlantean figures. See also Items
1047-1049a below.
3 copies
Item 839
Unexcavated mound immediately north of the Temple of the
Warriors, with corner of Temple wall at far right.
Item 840
Long shot of Temple of the Wall Panels.
2 copies
Item 841
Wall of upper Temple of the Jaguars.
2 copies
Item 842
Stone serpent column, entrance to upper Temple of the
Jaguars.
2 copies
Item 843
Temple at south end of Great Ball Court, with lower
Temple of Jaguars at right.
Item 844-847a
Stone statues at unidentified site (possibly the
Southeast Colonnade). Large, light- 847a colored figures holding
dark square blocks on their heads. Smaller, darker figures
beside them. Details of scene in Item 181 above.
844 - (2 copies)
845 - (3 copies)
847 - (2 copies)
847a - (2 copies)
Details of stone-work from unidentified
sites.
Item 848-849
Close-ups of large stone head.
849 - (2 copies)
Item 850-851
Details of stone-work from unidentified
sites.
Item 852
Details of stone-work from unidentified
site.
2 copies
Item 853
Lizard on stone wall or pavement.
Item 854a-854c
Possibly the bas-relief lower wall of the Great Ball
Court.
854a - (2 copies)
854b - (2 copies)
854c - (2 copies)
Various scenes from Mayan funeral sequence. See also Item
183-187 and 371-381 above, and Item 1065-109b below.
Item 855-857
Various similar shots of three Indian men with chins
on coffin; bowls of grain (?) on top of coffin. Three bowls
of grain (?) on top of coffin. Head of "corpse" visible in
coffin.
Item 858
Scene from Mayan funeral sequence.
2 copies
Item 859
Close-up of Indians' heads on coffin, taken from foot
of coffin.
Item 860-866
Various shots of three Indian women seated by
coffin.
861 - (2 copies)
862 - (2 copies)
863 - (2 copies)
865 - (2 copies)
865a - (2 copies)
866 - (2 copies)
Item 867-877
Various scenes of funeral procession, with men
carrying the coffin and (in some photos) women watching,
taken in henequen fields.
867 - (2 copies)
871 - (2 copies)
872 - (2 copies)
873 - (2 copies)
873a - (2 copies)
874 - (2 copies)
875 - (2 copies)
875a - (2 copies)
876 - (2 copies)
Item 878-878a
Similar shots of two Indian men holding foot of
coffin on their shoulders. Feet of "corpse" visible over top
of coffin.
Subseries:
Izamal, Yucatan, 21-28 April 1931
Views of large church or cathedral and surrounding
buildings; also shots taken on roof of church. This is location
of scenes with Indian penitents seen in Items 193 and 382 above.
See also Items 1098-1124.
Item 879
Long shot of plaza with stairs or ramp leading to
archway and colonnade. Church in far background. Seen
through another archway, with railing in Lower foreground.
See Items 1098-1100 a below.
Item 880-882
Shots of buildings adjoining church.
Item 883-885
Views of large church or cathedral and surrounding
buildings; also shots taken on roof of church.
Item 886-887
Shots of streets beside church, taken from roof or
upper walls
Item 888
Taken from roof or upper wall, looking down into
walled garden.
Item 889
Stone sundial on roof or upper wall of church. See
Item 1103-1104a below.
Item 890-891
Shots of towers at front of church, taken from the
roof.
891 - (2 copies)
Item 892
Close-up of bells hanging on right side of central
tower in Items 890-891 above.
Item 893-897
Various shots taken on roof of church
895 - (2 copies)
897 - (2 copies)
Subseries:
Hacienda Tetlapayac, Hidalgo State, May-August
1931
Item 898
"Sebastian" (Martin Hernandez) with "Maria" (Isabel
Villasenor) seated on a donkey, between two maguey plants. See
also Items 210-215 above.
Item 899
Taken from above. Carriage drawn by five mules, with
Julio Saldivar and a young woman standing beside it, waving. See
Item 217 above.
Item 900
Similar to Item 218 above; taken from slightly different
angle.
2 copies
Item 901
Two men wearing sombreros leaning on a
railing.
Item 902
Man wearing sombrero kneeling over young woman
("plantation owner's daughter")
Scenes of Julio Saldivar on horseback with "body" of his
"daughter" lying across the saddle in front of him.
Item 903
See Item 223 above.
Item 904-904a
Close-up of Saldivar.
Item 905
See Item 224 above.
Item 906
"Maria" lying across mound of earth in which "Sebastian
is buried"
Item 907
"Sebastian" seen in left profile, wearing sombrero,
poncho, and cartridge belts across both shoulders. He is
standing against a large rock on the side of a hill, with the
buildings of the Hacienda visible in the far distance
below.
Item 908
"Sebastian" head and shoulders, against a building
wall.
Item 909
"Maria" walking toward large maguey plant,
left.
Item 910
Unidentified man on horseback, lying down with left leg
on horse's back.
Item 911
Unidentified man holding rifle on horseback.
Item 912-912a
Similar shots of entrance to hacienda.
Item 913-913a
Similar shots of elderly man wearing sombrero and
lace-front shirt seated in ornate wooden chair. Same man is seen
in Item 218 above, seated, center, on the veranda to "Maria"
left.
913 - (2 copies)
Item 914
A large maguey plant.
2 copies
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa 31 Aug-9 Sept.
1931
Item 915
Three skulls in foreground, four monks immediately behind
them, and another group of four monks, with a cross behind them,
in the background. See Item 247-249 above.
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa 12-20 Nov. 1931
Item 916-917
President Rubio on large balcony with line of soldiers
behind him.
Item 919
Officers, band, and men of Mexican Army standing on steps
of Monument of Independence on the Paseo de la
Reforma.
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa Nov
1931
Item 920
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology. Stone
statue of Coatlique, goddess of life and death. See Items
261-261a\b above.
Item 921
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology. Young
man in front of stone statue of Chalchihuitlicue, water goddess.
See Items 436-436a above.
Item 922-922b
Taken at Teotihuacan. Stone statue of male figure against
stone wall.
922 - (2 copies)
922a - (2 copies)
922b - (3 copies)
Item 923-925c
Taken at Teotihuacan. Various shots of male "carytid"
busts supporting stone platform.
925 - (2 copies)
925a - (2 copies)
925b - (3 copies)
925c - 8.3 x 10.7 cm. (Negative)
Item 926-926b
Taken at Teotihuacan. Similar shots of horizontal stone
figure
926 - (2 copies)
926a - (2 copies)
Item 927
Taken at Teotihuacan. Four stone heads resting on the
ground amid rocks and brush, with small stone structure in the
background.
Subseries:
Unidentified
Item 928-930
Religious procession of young women
929 - (2 copies)
Item 931-941
Shots of fiesta dancers and posed group pictures.
Possibly the Tehuantepec festival, 6 Feb 1931
931 - (2 copies)
932 - (2 copies)
933 - (2 copies)
934 - (2 copies)
937 - (2 copies)
937a - (2 copies)
940 - (2 copies)
Item 942
Four women draped in black seated in a large paved
courtyard. See Items 278-278a above.
Item 943-955a
Various shots of religious procession of men carrying
tall barrel-shaped objects. Church in background.
943 - (2 copies)
948 - (2 copies)
953 - (2 copies)
Item 956
Façade of church in background of Items 943-955a
above.
Item 957
Adobe building with 2 wooden doors and 2 bell towers sans
bells.
Item 958-958a
Stone archway with cross in middle-level opening and a
wooden gate in the center.
958a - (2 copies)
Item 959-967a
Various shots of tropical fauna.
959 - (3 copies)
960 - (2 copies)
962 - (2 copies)
964 - (2 copies)
Item 968
Ocean waves breaking on a beach
Item 969
Line of men wheeling loaded sacks along road toward the
left foreground. Long barn-like structure and mountains in
background.
Item 970
Large thatched-roof house in middle of broad lawns,
surrounded by trees.
Item 971
View from the top of a hill to a building barely visible
in the distance.
Item 972
Interior of narrow hall with sunlight coming from opening
in right-hand wall.
Subseries:
Biographical photographs and negatives
Subseries:
Mérida, Yucatan, circa March
1931
Item 973
1 and 1/3 contact prints.
"3H82977" printed in reverse at edge of strip.
- Eisenstein standing under a tree.
- Cut off, but identifiable as bullring.
Exterior of bull ring.
Item 974
Eisenstein standing beside carriage. See Item 339
above.
Item 975-975a
Similar shots of Eisenstein and Tissé filming in
front of the bull right.
Item 976
Eisenstein and Tissé filming young woman standing in
balcony near entrance of bull ring. See Item 354
above.
Item 977
Eisenstein standing on balcony seen in Item 976
above.
Item 978-978a
Alexandrov standing on a larger balcony with two
young women.
Item 979
Eisenstein standing on balcony seen in Items 978-978a
above.
Various shots taken inside the bull ring. All photos
except Items 986-986a are contact prints.
Item 980
Alexandrov with camera behind inner fence of arena.
Head of matador visible in center foreground. Spectators in
upper background.
Item 981
Unidentified man seated at camera, with cloth
covering most of camera and him. Eisenstein standing in
background.
"..304" printed in reverse at edge of
strip.
Item 982
Tissé, center, lying on his side with camera;
Eisenstein kneeling behind him, two unidentified men holding
reflectors; Liceaga, left, with cape on ground in front of
him. See also Items 344 no. 1 and 345 above.
Item 983
Unidentified matador, Alexandrov,
Liceaga.
Item 984
Matador seen in Item 983 above, Tissé and Liceaga.
See Items 346-347 above.
Item 985
Unidentified man holding full-length mirror in which
Alexandrov is reflected as he takes this
picture.
Item 986-986a
Tissé with camera, spectators in stands in
background.
Item 987
Six young women in a car in the arena with four men.
See also Item 613 above.
Subseries:
Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, 12-17 April
1931
Item 988-988d
Similar shots of (from left) Kimbrough, unidentified man,
Tissé, unidentified man, Eisenstein, grouped around camera in
front of the Castillo.
988a - (2 copies)
988b - (2 copies)
988d - (2 copies)
Item 989-989a
Kimbrough, Tissé, and Eisenstein grouped around camera in
same location as Items 988-988d above.
Item 990
Tissé and Eisenstein on either side of camera in same
location as Items 988-989a above.
3 copies
Item 990a
Long shot of Castillo from same point of view as Items
988-990 above. Eisenstein and unidentified man visible at
extreme left, standing the shade of a tree.
Item 991-992a
Tissé and Eisenstein (separately) lying on the ground
adjusting the camera, with Castillo background. Possibly taken
on upper level of the Temple of the Warriors.
Item 993
Unidentified man, Eisenstein, Tissé, on wall above
colonnade at the Temple of the Warriors, with the Castillo in
the left background.
Item 994
Same as Item 993 above, but without Tissé.
2 copies
Item 994a
Long shot of Eisenstein seated alone on wall as in Items
993-994 above.
2 copies
Item 995-997
Various silhouette shots of unidentified man and Castillo
against the sky. Man is probably seated on same wall seen in
Items 993-994a above.
995 - (2 copies)
996 - (2 copies)
Item 998-998c
Various similar shots of Tissé (behind camera) and
Eisenstein (seated) at the base of the Castillo. Unidentified
man on steps behind and above them. See also Item 360
above.
998c - (2 copies)
A man (possibly Alexandrov) standing half-way up the
steps of the Castillo. Another man (possibly Eisenstein) seated
further up the steps.
Item 999
Long shot from base of Castillo.
Item 999a
Medium shot, probably taken from the
steps.
Various shots of men climbing the steps of the
Castillo.
Item 1000
Medium shot, taken from above.
2 copies
Item 1001-1001a
Long shots, taken from above.
Various shots of Eisenstein with Alexandrov, Tissé and an
unidentified man (separately) on the upper platform of the
Castillo. Eisenstein seated or kneeling at corner of platform,
other men standing behind camera.
Item 1002-1003a
Eisenstein and Alexandrov. See also Items 362-363
above.
Item 1004-1004a
Eisenstein and Tissé
1004a - (2 copies)
Item 1005-1005b
Eisenstein and unidentified man
1005 - (2 copies)
1005b - (2 copies)
Item 1006
Unidentified man from Items 1005-1005b above, seen
through doorway of temple atop atop the Castillo. He is seated
on a stone, holding a camera across his knees.
Similar shots of Eisenstein, Alexandrov and Tissé seated
on the upper platform of the Castillo, seen through the doorway
of the temple. The doorway is in heavy shadow, the men are
leaning against the wall outside the door.
Item 1007-1007a
Eisenstein
Item 1009
Alexandrov
Item 1010
Same location as Items 1007-1009 above, but more of the
doorway is visible. Eisenstein and unidentified man seated
outside.
2 copies
Item 1011
On top of the Castillo, with the Temple of the Jaguars in
the background. Wall and jutting stone of Castillo temple at
left and top. Eisenstein and unidentified man seated beside
wall, facing camera.
Item 1012
Tissé seated on grass in shade. Temple of the Warriors in
background.
Item 1013
Central stairway of the Temple of the Warriors.
Unidentified man on lower level, two other unidentified men at
top of steps.
Item 1014-1016
Various views of the Temple of the Warriors with
unidentified people visible on the upper level.
Scenes at the colonnade of the Temple of the
Warriors.
Item 1017
Man with camera standing on wall beside
colonnade.
Item 1018
Unidentified man seated on steps, Eisenstein standing
below him at colonnade level.
Item 1019
Unidentified man wearing sombrero standing on wall
above colonnade.
2 copies
Item 1020-1022
Eisenstein and another man with head under camera cloth
filming at corner of Temple of the Warriors, with colonnade in
background.
Item 1023-1025
Filming scene with young Indian man standing against wall
of upper temple of the Temple of the Warriors. See also Items
171-173, 365-367 and 783-784 above.
1023 - (2 copies)
Filming on the upper steps of the Temple of the
Warriors.
Item 1026-1027
Eisenstein and Tissé with Indian women.
Item 1028-1028a
Alexandrov with camera.
Various shots of individuals framed in the open jaws of
one of the serpents at the entrance to the upper temple of the
Temple of the Warriors.
Item 1030-1031b
Eisenstein
1030 - (2 copies)
Item 1032
Two unidentified men (one at left possibly Kimbrough) in
front of the upper level entrance of the Temple of the Warriors.
Man at right seated on Chac-Mool; same man also seen in Items
1050-1056a below.
Item 1033
Young Indian man seated in front of stone serpent's head
at entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors. At far
left, the blurred figure of a man. See also Items 169 and 368
above.
Item 1934
Entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors, with
camera on tripod beside far serpent's head. See also Items
170-170c above.
2 copies
Item 1034a
Entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors, with
camera on tripod beside far serpent's head. Eisenstein and Tissé
leaning on far serpent's head. See also Items 170-170c
above.
Various individuals seated on or near Chac-Mool at
entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors.
Item 1035
Hunter Kimbrough seated on stone serpent's head;
Chac-Mool in foreground.
2 copies
Item 1036
Unidentified man in knee-high laced boot, jodhpurs,
kerchief seated on Chac-Mool
2 copies
Item 1037-1037a
Alexandrov seated on Chac-Mool
Item 1038-1038a
Tissé seated on Chac-Mool
Item 1039
Eisenstein seated on ground in front of stone
serpent's head. See Items 169, 368 and 1033
above.
Item 1040-1040a
Kimbrough and unidentified man standing at corner of
upper level of the Temple of the Warriors. See Items 1050-1056a
below for other shots of unidentified man.
1040 - (2 copies)
1040a - (2 copies)
Item 1041-1041a
Unidentified man, possibly Kimbrough, silhouetted with
camera against the sky at the top of a flight of steps, probably
at the Temple of the Warriors.
1041 - (2 copies)
1041a - (2 copies)
Two unidentified men, separately, at the corner of the
Nunnery Annex and the Iglesia.
Item 1042
Two unidentified men, separately, at the corner of
the Nunnery Annex and the Iglesia.
Item 1042a
See Item 178 above.
Item 1043
Man in pith helmet, white shirt, knee-high boots
between the two buildings.
Item 1044
Same man at the southeast corner of the Iglesia,
looking down, Caracol in background.
Item 1045
Another man in pith helmet and knee-high boots
leaning against the southeast corner of the Iglesia, with
the Caracol in background.
Temple of the Jaguars and the Great Ball Court.
Restoration work in progress; scaffold around Temple and
building stones on ground. See also Items 1050-1056a below for
unidentified older man.
Item 1046
Unidentified older man in pith helmet standing in
front of Temple.
Item 1046a
Same man on right with another unidentified man
standing among building stones in front of the
Temple.
The Temple of the Dates. Archway formed by two Altantean
figures supporting a date-bearing lintel of an earlier period.
See also Item 838 above.
Item 1047-1048b
Hunter Kimbrough in various poses in the
arch.
1047 - (2 copies)
1048 - (2 copies)
1048a - (2 copies)
1048b - (2 copies)
Item 1049-1049a
Alexandrov in and on top of the arch
Unidentified older man seen in Items 1018, 1032,
1040-1040a, 1046-1046a above at various sites.
Item 1050
Seated on stone figure of jaguar at lower Temple of
the Jaguars.
Possibly at the Tzompantli ("wall of skulls"
platform).
Item 1051
Standing at corner of wall with protruding animal
head at corner. Considerable glare on right side of
photo.
2 copies
Item 1051a
Same as Item 1051 above, but taken from further
away, so more of the wall is visible. No
glare.
At the Tzompantli.
Item 1052
Standing beside large square block of stone with
carving of eagle eating a human heart. The block has
been broken in half.
2 copies
Item 1052a
Similar to Item 1052 above, but second
unidentified man in a white hat and short-sleeved white
shirt is standing directly beside stone
block.
Item 1053-1053a
Standing at corner of wall. Taken from slightly
different angles.
Item 1054
Standing on top of wall in Items 1053-1053a
above.
Item 1055
Standing with Eisenstein. Caracol in
background.
Item 1056-1056a
Similar shots with Eisenstein, taken in front of
large unidentified building.
Eisenstein at various sites.
Item 1057-1057a
Similar shots of Eisenstein leaning against a carved
column at the Colonnade of the Temple of the Warriors.
Portion of high wall visible in background.
1057 - (2 copies)
Item 1058
Seated on stone figure with carved stone column in
background.
Item 1059-1059a
Unidentified man on steps, possibly of the
Castillo.
Item 1060
Man seated on the stairway of the Nunnery. A portion of
the building itself is visible in upper left
background.
Item 1061
Long shot of a group of people near the top of a hill,
with ruins on the opposite side of the summit. This may be the
High Priest's Grave.
Item 1062
Possibly the same people and site as in Item 1061 above,
but taken from the base of the hill immediately below the
group.
Item 1063
Seven people seated amid building stones scattered on the
ground. Older man (See Item 1050-1056a above) at far left,
Hunter Kimbrough to his left, and two men and three women, all
unidentified. Site may be in front of the Temple of the Jaguars.
See Items 369 and 370 above. For same group.
2 copies
Item 1064
Eisenstein with three Indian women at the base of the
Castillo.
Filming the Mayan funeral sequence. See also Items
183-187, 371-381 and 855-878a above.
Item 1065-1072
Various scenes of funeral procession, with men
carrying the coffin and (in some shots) women watching.
Taken in henequen fields.
1071a - (2 copies)
Item 1073-1077
Various shots of men carrying coffin standing on
wooden ramp in henequen fields.
1076 - (2 copies)
1077 - (2 copies) Close-up of Eisenstein standing at
head of coffin, with three of the Indian men.
Item 1078-1080a
Various shots of Eisenstein and Tissé with Indiana
women, filming and setting up shots.
Item 1081-1097b
Setting up shots of Indian men and women seated
around the coffin. Eisenstein, Tissé and Alexandrov,
separately and together, in most of the photos.
1087b - (2 copies)
1090 - (2 copies)
Subseries:
Izamal, Yucatan, 21-28 April 1931
Long shots of Cathedral and plaza, taken through archway
with railing in front. Men and camera on tripod silhouetted in
opening. See also Item 879 above.
Item 1098-1099a
One man with camera. May be Tissé.
Item 1100-1100a
Two men with camera. Maybe Tissé and
Eisenstein.
Tissé wearing sombrero and holding camera, leaning on
(balcony) wall of Cathedral or some adjoining
building.
Item 1101-1101a
Portion of plaza visible behind and below
him.
Item 1102
Taken from directly below.
Kimbrough and Alexandrov seated (separately) by stone
sundial at Cathedral building. See Item 889 above.
Item 1103
Alexandrov
Item 1104-1104a
Kimbrough
1104 - (2 copies)
Kimbrough and Tissé seated (separately) on stone
balustrade of building adjoining Cathedral
Item 1105
Kimbrough
2 copies
Item 1107-1109
Shooting scenes with penitents with cactus stems tied to
their arms on the roof of the Cathedral. Eisenstein and Tissé
(no shirt) in foreground.
Various shots of crew members on roof of
Cathedral.
Item 1110-1114
Eisenstein
1110 - (2 copies)
1114 - (2 copies)
Item 1115-1115a
Alexandrov, foreground, and Eisenstein,
background.
Item 1116-1117
Alexandrov
1117 - (2 copies)
Item 1120-1124
Kimbrough
1124 - (2 copies)
Subseries:
Progreso, Yucatan, circa 29
April 1931
Item 1135
Eisenstein standing on dock beside stern of ship,
"Coahuila" See also Item 383 above.
Item 1129
Loading trunks, boxes, etc. onto ship. Kimbrough, Tissé,
Alexandrov visible in some shots.
Item
Members of party standing at rail of ship. Alexandrov and
Eisenstein only identifiable individuals.
Item 1133-1141
Various shots of Eisenstein seated in different locations
on deck of ship.
1133 - (2 copies)
1136 - (2 copies)
1137 - (2 copies)
Item 1142-1142a
Similar shots of Alexandrov seated at a table, typing, on
the deck of the ship.
Subseries:
Hacienda Tetlapayac, Hidalgo State, May-August
1931
Item 1143
"Maria" (Isabel Villasenor) lying on ground where
"Sebastian" (Martin Hernandez) is buried to his chest.
Unidentified man standing over them. See also Item 224 and 390
above.
Item 1144
Group of six men to sombreros and ponchos seated on a low
wall. Unidentified man (possibly Kimbrough) wearing pith helmet
standing behind wall at far right.
Item 1145-1145a
Young woman wearing checked culotte with wide legs, and
Eisenstein in courtyard of Hacienda. See Items 392-394
above.
Item 1146
Unidentified young woman seated on the ground in front of
large maguey plant.
Item 1147
Julio Saldivar seated on low stone wall in courtyard of
Hacienda, with dog lying at his feet.
Item 1148
Unidentified woman, left, and Hunter Kimbrough, right,
standing in Hacienda courtyard.
Item 1149
Eisenstein and unidentified man seated on rim of fountain
in Hacienda courtyard. See also Item 410 above.
Item 1150
Eisenstein, center, and four unidentified men standing in
the Hacienda courtyard.
Item 1151
Unidentified man standing in the saddle of a buckskin
horse.
Item 1152-1152c
Various shots of Eisenstein and unidentified man seen in
Item 401 and 1149 above clowning on donkeys. See also Items
408-410d.
Item 1153
Alexandrov and unidentified man on horseback in
courtyard.
Item 1154
Unidentified crewmen, with three Indians, a car in the
background, in the courtyard of the Hacienda.
Item 1155
Two unidentified men on horseback on either side of large
maguey plant. Man at left is also seen in Item 1153 above and
Items 1156-1158a below.
Item 1156-1158a
Unidentified man seen in Items 1153 and 1155 above,
mounted on palomino horse in desert with maguey
plants.
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa Sept-Nov 1931
Item 1150-1160
Two views of Popocatépetl
Item 1161
Group of people on street or patio, with street behind
and below them reaching to horizon, with rolling
hills.
Contact print.
On back, written in pencil: "81" stamped in blue: "Foto
Mantel/[ ]."
Item 1162
President Rubio seated on the sand, third from right,
among a group of soldiers and civilians.
On back, stamped in black: "99"
Item 1163
Two women on horseback among trees.
Item 1164
Unidentified man standing among cactus plants with arms
outstretched.
Item 1165-1165a
Two views of Eisenstein in front of decorated church. See
also Items 461-462 above.
Item 1166-1166a
Two views of Eisenstein and unidentified woman on roof or
balcony above crowd gathered in front of decorated church (not
the same site as in Items 1165-1165a above).
Item 1167
Man leaning on balcony railing.
On back, written in black ink: "Pepe Beltran" below, in
pencil, in another hand: ["Eisenstein's handwriting]/[Josef
Beltran was Mex. general]"
Item 1168
Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology.
Alexandrov with two small stone statues.
And negative, 3.4 x 3.6 cm.
Subseries:
Unidentified
Item 1169
Woman holding baby.
Item 1169a
Baby seen in Item 1169 above sitting alone,
smiling.
Item 1170
Crumbling stone arch with another stone structure seen
through it.
2 copies
Item 1171
Alexandrov offering a toy (?) to a small child. Interior
of a house.
Contact print.
"Du Pont" printed in reverse at edge of print. On back,
written in pencil: "X"
Item 1171a
Medium shot of Alexandrov, seated on floor holding a
camera (?) and same child, looking toward
photographer.
"Du Pont" and "8J22979" printed on edges of
film.
Negative
Item 1172
Eisenstein and overweight man wearing white Stetson, gun
belt and knee boots leaning against a tree trunk. Thatched-roof
building in background. See also Item 475 above.
Item 1173
Possibly the same man as seen in Item 1172 above.
Standing on a beach; low shoes, pants legs rolled up just below
the knee, undershirt, holster.
Item 1174
Tissé, in same setting as Item 1173 above. Barefoot,
pants legs rolled up.
Item 1175
On a lake (?) with mountains in far background. Man
wearing a soft hat stands behind a large, square object draped
with a cloth. Behind him, in a canoe, a man is holding a paddle
over his head, and behind him, a second canoe is visible in
which a man is seated with his back to the camera.
3 copies
Item 1176-1179
On a dock, with breakers, beach and coast in background.
Alexandrov, Kimbrough and Eisenstein, with unidentified others,
seated on a dock eating and drinking. See also Item 512
above.
Contact prints
1177a - (2 copies)
1179 - Five small boys on same dock.
Item 1180
Man standing in shallow water, filming. Low wooden dock
or boat behind him.
Contact print
Item 1181-1183
Tissé, Alexandrov and Eisenstein on beach with small
alligator and camera. See also Items 514-522 above.
Item 1184
Group of men with two sea turtles, on a wood
dock.
Item 1185
Tissé and Eisenstein, with camera, standing in front of
ornate church façade.
Contact print
Item 1186
Man holding paper bag in patio or garden of
house.
Contact print
Item 1187
Eisenstein in courtyard, standing in middle of
triple-arched entry way.
Contact print
Item 1188
Group of people in and around a car. See Item 494
above.
Contact print
Man beside modern stone sculpture in garden.
Item 1189
Kneeling beside sculpture.
Contact print
Item 1189a
Standing beside sculpture.
Negative
Item 1190
Three men standing by concrete railing, with mountains in
background. See Item 533 above for similar setting.
Contact print
Item 1191
Eisenstein seated on the ground.
Contact print
On back, stamped in blue and partially cut off:
"…Mantel/…as 11"
Item 1192
Tissé and unidentified man leaning against a carved
balustrade, with telephone wires and pole and a low building in
the background.
Contact print
On back, written in pencil: "X"
Item 1193
Two men standing side by side at edge of stone platform.
Possibly taken at Chichen Itza.
Item 1194
Eisenstein, seated by camera on tripod. Standing on
opposite side of camera, a man carrying a parasol, wearing a
floppy white hat and knee boots. See Item 300 above for same
man.
Item 1195
Fox cub in pith helmet on trunk. See Item 279
above.
Item 1196
Eisenstein standing on a crate or trunk behind camera;
all on steps which are just visible in lower right corner. See
Item 490 above.
Item 1197-1197a
Eisenstein, in right and left profile, wearing pith
helmet, leather jacket, and knee-high boots, with pack on his
back and carrying a pillow and newspaper. Standing in front of
adobe building with sacks, bags and trunks on ground around
him.
Item 1198
Eisenstein standing on the roof of a church, with an
open-arched bell tower behind him. See Item 482
above.
2 copies
Item 1199-1199b
Eisenstein, wearing sombrero, seated with unidentified
man wearing pith inside an arcade. Across an open courtyard or
street is an archway closed by a metal grill. To the left of
this is the entrance to a panaderia (bakery).
Taken in street or plaza, with pointed-arch arcade on one
side and rounded-arch arcade, closed by metal grillwork, on the
other. Possibly the same location as Items 1199-1119b
above.
Item 1200
Eisenstein in street. See Item 498 above.
Item 1201
Alexandrov and unidentified man in
street.
Item 1202-1202a
Taken inside arcade, looking along it. Two men in
pith helmets standing by column; Indian woman standing in
arch at entrance.
Item 1203-1203a
Possibly same location as Items 1190-1202a above. Taken
from within arcade, with Indian women standing just inside
arcade watching Eisenstein and crew members filming on steps of
building to left. See Item 499 above.
Item 1204-1204c
Eisenstein engaged in mock fight with propped-up skeleton
of a bull. Low stone wall in background.
Item 1205-1206
Alexandrov and Eisenstein seated on either side of a
large cross which stands on a rock and leans against a
wall.
Item 1207-1207a
Two similar shots of Tissé in white Stetson, jacket and
slacks, in front of an adobe wall with a grilled
doorway.
Item 1208-1208a
Two similar shots of unidentified man standing on a board
which juts out from a wall on the right. He is leaning forward
toward a windmill on the left. Taken from below.
1208a - On back, written in pencil: "82"
Item 1209-1209a
Two similar shots taken inside a restaurant (?). Sleeping
man in the foreground, other people seated at tables in
background.
1209 - (2 copies)
Item 1210
Man at counter of store (?) with bowls of fruit on
counter, cans and bottles on shelves behind and below
counter.
Item 1211
Interior of hotel room. Man in foreground, bending over,
packing. Another man stands behind him at the door of the
room.
Crew members on a railroad cart with rolled-up awnings on
the sides. Eisenstein seated center, Tissé seated
right.
Item 1212-1212a
Alexandrov seated left.
Item 1212b-1212c
Kimbrough seated left.
Item 1213
Eisenstein (far left) and others walking down cobbled
street. Small thatched-roof building and larger building with
wooden Porch in background.
2 copies
Various crew members around railroad tracks, with palm
trees, train and buildings in background.
Item 1214
Kimbrough, Eisenstein and Tissé standing by palm tree
with train station in background.
2 copies
Item 1215
Eisenstein, unidentified man and Tissé standing in
front of train station. Man is holding his hand over
Eisenstein's head.
2 copies
Item 1216
Eisenstein, Kimbrough and man seen in Item 1215 above
standing on railroad tracks.
Item 1217
Eisenstein, man seen in Items 1215-1216 above.
Kimbrough and others walking toward railroad tracks. Caboose
And other cars of train in background.
2 copies
Item 1218-1218a
Two similar shots of young Indian man and unidentified
man standing in front of palm tree. See also Item 478
above.
Item 1219
Two unidentified men standing in front of two-story
building with wrap-around balcony. Palm trees in
foreground.
2 copies
Eisenstein and Tissé sitting, standing and lying in a
hammock on a wide balcony, probably that seen in Item 1219
above.
Item 1220
Medium shot of Eisenstein in hammock.
2 copies
Item 1221-1221a
Long shots of Eisenstein in hammock.
1221a - (4 copies)
Item 1222
Tissé in hammock.
Item 1223
Eisenstein standing by railing of
balcony.
2 copies
Item 1224
Eisenstein seated by balcony railing.
2 copies
Item 1225
Tissé seated by balcony railing.
Series:
Photo captions
These are typed notes similar to those attached to a number of the film
shots. They were evidently done to identify photos released for
publicity.
Item 1
THUNDER OVER MEXICO /Adeft [sic] touch by Sergei M. Eisenstein.
There is/great beauty in the Pyramids, or 'the castle' as/it is called,
among the Mayan ruins at Chichen/Ytz'a [sic] in Yucatan, yet the Russian
director poses/in perfect focus, the face of a Mexican Indian/woman. In
Chichen Ytz'a Eisenstein made many/of the sequences of "Thunder Over
Mexico."
On browned paper, 14.7 cm (ragged edges).
No photo in the collection corresponds to this description.
Item 2
"THUNDER OVER MEXICO"/Mexican women morning [sic] at the/coffin
of one of the boys killed in/the revolt of the peons against the/tyranny
of the hacienda owner. From/the Sergei Eisenstein picture. "Thunder/Over
Mexico."
On white onionskin paper, all ca. 10.3 x 12.5 cm.
5 copies
May go with photo Items 184-185a.
Item 2a
"THUNDER OVER MEXICO"/Mexican women mourning at the coffin/of one
of the boys killed in the revolt/of the peons against the tyranny of/the
hacienda owner. From the Sergei/Eistenstein picture"Thunder Over
Mexico."
On white onionskin paper, ca. 10.4 x 11.5 cm.
May go with photo Items 184-185a.
Item 3
"THUNDER OVER MEXICO"/Type of Mexican Indian [sic] women
chosen/by Sergei Eisenstein to enact/various roles in his film,
/"Thunder Over Mexico."
On white onionskin paper, all ca. 10 x 10 cm.
3 copies
Goes with photo Item 191
Item 3a
"THUNDER OVER MEXICO"/Type of Mexican Indian women chosen/by
Sergei M. Eisenstein to enact/various roles in his film,/"Thunder Over
Mexico."
On white onionskin paper, 7.4 x 10 cm.
Goes with photo Item 191
Item 4
"THUNDER OVER MEXICO"/A camera study made by Eduard Tissé for
a/scene in "Thunder Over Mexico" directed by/Sergei M. Eisenstein. This
is the maguey/gatherer drawing from the heart of the/great plant the
syrup-like substance from/which the Mexicans make their favorite/drink,
pulque.
On white onionskin paper, 11.4 x 12.3 cm.
May go with photo Items 228 or 230
Item 5
"THUNDER OVER MEXICO"/The Madonna of "Thunder Over
Mexico"/directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein. In/the hurried departure of
Eisenstein to/Russia, after he had over-stayed his/passport time in the
United States,/many of the records of the expedition/into Mexico were
lost, among them the/names of the natives who became players/under
Eisenstein's direction.
On white onionskin paper, ca. 10.4 x 13 cm.
May go with photo Items 232 or 233.
Series:
Postcards
Postcards, both commercial and biographical, and postcard-sized pictures.
They are arranged in chronological order.
Subseries:
Tehuantepec, February
1931
Item 1
Row of 5 young women in "weepeel" headdresses seated in patio
(?). See photo Item 13 for same women seated in different
order.
Item 2
Two young women in "weepeel" headdresses standing in open
area with round, decorated bowls containing small lacy flags on
their heads. Same location, but not same women, as in photo Item
28.
Item 3
Elderly women seen in photo Items 45-47 with small girl, both
holding large jugs on their heads.
Item 4
Young woman in costume similar to those worn by young women
wearing "weepeel" headdresses, holding round decorated bowl filled
with flowers. Vines and large plants in pots in background, but this
may be a studio shot.
Item 5
Another woman in costume similar to that seen in Postcard 4
above. Background similar to the above also.
Subseries:
San Blas, circa 17 February
1931
Item 6
Group of six young women wearing "sunflower" headdresses and
seated on the ground.
Subseries:
Mérida, Yucatan, circa 22-31 March 1931
Item 7
"10..Mérida…Teatro Peón Contreras"
Item 8
"14..Mérida.. Iglesia de San Cristobal/(Arquitectura
Colonial)"
Item 9
"15…Casa de 'Montejo'"
Item 10
"18..Mérida..Iglesia y Plaza de Santiago"
Item 11
"Arco de San Juan. No. 18"
Item 12
"18..Penitenciaria Juarez/Mérida, Yue..Mex."
Item 13
"28..Mérida,,,Satuario de la Virgen del Perpetuo
Socorro-Itzimná."
Item 14
"36..Temple Masónico/Mérida, Yuc., Max."
Item 15
"39-Parque 'Allende' (S. Cristobal,)/Mérida, Yuc.,
Méx."
Subseries:
Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, 12-17 April 1931
Item 16
"3. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/Tribuna del Rey y
Castillo"
Item 17
"7. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/Palacio de los Tigres, Parte
Inferior"
Item 18
"14. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/"El Caracol" y "El
Castillo""
Item 19
"19. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/Las Monjas, Pachada
Oriental"
Item 20
"28. Ruinas de Chichén Itzá/Temple de las Mil Columnas. (Lado
Norte)"
Item 21
"29. Ruinas de Chichen Itzá/'El Temple de los
Guerreros'"
Item 22
On front, written in black ink: "Chichen Itzá Disco
Cobre."
Subseries:
Progreso, Yucatan, circa 29 April
1931
Item 23
"Progreso, Yuc., Max. - 9"
Item 24
"11 Garretera Mérida-Progreso"
Item 25
"Muelle 'Benito Juarez.'/'Benito Juarez Pier.'/Progresso,
Yuc., Max. - 17."
Item 26
"Malecon. Progreso, Yuc., Max."
Item 27
Entrance to Hacienda. Five men on horseback - center,
Eisenstein; to his left, Kimbrough; other unidentified,
4 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in black ink: "Entrance gate to
Hacienda/where we Visited for/several days. Will make/part of
picture here./Owned by Col. Saldivar."
Copies 2-3 - On back, written in pencil, the same note as
above, but In a different hand. Copy 3 is signed:
"Hunter."
Item 28
Group of armed men surrounding Julio Saldivar (in uniform) in
courtyard of Hacienda.
Item 29
Julio Saldivar on balcony overlooking courtyard, playing a
small saxophone.
Item 30
Eisenstein pushing a woman (unidentified) in a wheelbarrow in
the Hacienda courtyard. Several saddled horses in
background.
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa 31 August - 9 Sept.
1931
Item 31
"No. 126/Momias en
el/Panteon/Municipal/Guanajuato,/Mexico,/Mummies in
the/Municipal/Pantheon,/Guanajuato,/Mexico."
Colored print.
Item 32
Three jointed skeleton puppets on sticks
Item 33
Skeleton doll drummer. See photo Item 239 for similar dolls
displayed.
2 copies
Subseries:
Mexico City, circa Sept-Nov 1931
Item 34
From left, Alexandrov, Eisenstein, Tissé (with camera),
President Rubio, Dr. Best Maugard. Standing in front of large
building; two doorways in background, with unidentified people
partially visible.
Item 35
Scene at bullfight, with matador on one knee as bull charges,
lower center.
Item 36
Same location as postcard 35 above, with several men grouped
around the fallen bull.
Item 37
Tissé (third from left), Eisenstein (third from right), and
four other unidentified people (2 men, 2 women) standing in front of
large building with murals around doorways.
Item 38
Eisenstein, lower center, standing on hillside beneath rocky
ledge with railing on top; mountains in background. See photo Items
535 and 1190 for similar location.
On front, written in blue ink: "..O gott! Wie schon!"" [Oh
God! What beauty!]
Teotihuacan
Item 39
Tissé, seated on front bumper of car with two
unidentified men standing beside car. In background, the Temple
of the Sun.
3 copies
Item 39a
Alexandrov lying on left fender of ear, with same two
unidentified men, one seated on front bumper and the other
standing behind left rear passenger door. In background, the
Temple of the Sun.
3 copies
Item 40
Foreground, various cactus plants. Background, the Temple
of the Sun.
Item 41
"868 Teotihuacan". Close-up of serpent's
heads.
Subseries:
Mexico City, 12-20 Nov 1931
Item 42
Eisenstein standing in front of military unit on steps of
Monument of Independence. See also photo Item 919
Item 43
Slightly closer view of same unit. Eisenstein at left, Tissé
in front of him, at camera.
2 copies
Item 44
In foreground, center, Eisenstein turning to look at
photographer. Tissé in front of him at camera. Unidentified man to
Tissé's left. In background, same military unit on steps of
Monument.
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 45
Close-up of military unit on steps of Monument.
2 copies
Item 46
Drummer in lower right corner; angel stop Monument at far
left.
Item 47
Tissé and Eisenstein in back of car, filming line of
soldiers.
Item 48
From left, Eisenstein, a military drummer, Tissé with
camera.
2 copies
Item 49
From left, a soldier, Tissé, Eisenstein at
camera.
2 copies; 1 negative
And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
Item 50
Close-up of soldier in different-style hat and uniform from
those seen in Postcards 42-49 in front of Monument. Another soldier,
head only, visible behind the first.
2 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in black ink: "Maclobio Tapia
Mangapu (?) No. /2428 de la Commandancia/de Tacubaya, Mexico
D.F./xxx."
Item 51
Tissé, left, behind camera, filming three soldiers in front
of decorated wall panel.
Item 52
Julio Saldivar, far right, and two unidentified men seated on
running board of car. Saldivar wearing a helmet like that of the
soldiers seen in Postcards 42-49 above.
Subseries:
Biographical Shots, Date and locale unknown
Item 53
Alexandrov and Eisenstein, with life-size cardboard cut-out
of young woman between them, in front of backdrop with crescent moon
and stars.
3 copies
Copy 1 - On back, written in black ink: "Twinkling with/the
stars!"; and below In another hand, in pencil: "[S. Eisenstein's
writing]".
Item 54
Eisenstein holding the cut-out
3 copies
Item 55
Eisenstein, right, and unidentified man seated on low steps
of building. Eisenstein holding a small stone head in his
hands.
Item 56
Unidentified man and woman standing with Eisenstein (right)
in front of large house partially covered with ivy.
Item 57
Tissé and Eisenstein, with camera, standing in front of
ornate doorway of church (?). See also photo Item 1185.
Item 58
Stone statue, modern, of mother and child. Portions of other
statues visible in background.
Item 59
Man holding large stone penis.
Item 60
"Torres y vista del Interior/de Palacio/Guadalajara, Jal.,
Max./93"
Item 61
"Panorama desde Sn. Felipe/Guadalajara, Jal., Max.
104"
Item 62
"157. Conv. De la Merced/Mexico."
Item 63
"Chapala."
On back, printed in green, advertisement for hotel.
Item 64
"Ntra. Stra. de/la Soledad/Tacuba, D.F."
2 copies
Item 65
"902. Santo Domingo, Puebla."
Item 66
View of city in valley; taken from hillside with cactus
plants in foreground.
On front, in lower left corner: "Gto".
(Guanajuato!)
Item 67
"7033. Veracruz."
Item 68
"4. Ruinas de Uxmal./El Adivino (Claro Oscuro)"
Item 69
Color shot of town on seacoast (?). Trees and curving roads
in foreground.
On back, written in pencil: "Mazatian Mex."
Item 70
Foreground, outrigger sailboat with stylized animal design on
sail. Other boats and town in background.
Item 71
Man leaping through loop of rope.
On front, lower right corner: "Floreos de reata
Mexico."
Item 72
"188. Floreos de reata. Mexico."
Item 73
"473 - Mexico. Viveros de Coyoacan."
Item 74
Drawing of rocky hillside with cactus and other plants;
buildings of town partially visible behind plants.
On front, in lower right corner;: San Miguel
Allende/10/12/44/Brown"
Item 75
Drawing of plaza.
On front, lower left: "Plaza de Armas, Queretaro, Mexico" in
lower right: "Brown/10/10/44"
Item 76
Drawing of a street.
On front, lower right corner: "Calle Cañada de
Robles/Guanajuato, Gto./Brown/10/21/44"
Item 77
Colored drawing of young woman holding guitar with young man
beside her.
On front, lower right corner: "Feli-/cidades"
Item 78
Colored portrait of young man and young woman in
moonlight.
Item 79
"Two Figures of 500 Buddhas, Canton."
