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The Wind That Swept Mexico: the history of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1942

text Anita Brenner; 184 historical photographs assembled by George R. Leighton

image index by number (1-184) and photographic credit where known

Brenner on her sources; chronology

Other web resources

This book, originally published in hardback by Harper & Brothers in 1943, is once again available, in a 1971 paperback edition from the University of Texas Press. The book is divided in two: Brenner's essay in four sections comes first, but is not included in this on-line reproduction. What is available here is the photographic section of the book: 184 images covering the history of the revolution, each with a caption drawn from Brenner's essay. The photos represent the work of a variety of photographers, assembled by Leighton. His brief essay on the role of photography in documenting the revolution is also included here, as well as the chronology, and credits for photographers where names were known. These images were scanned from the original 1943 edition.

At the book's close, speaking of her sources (eye witnesses, biographies and memoirs, statistical sources) Brenner notes that this was the first time the story of the revolution was "put together" in English. Speaking of herself in the third person, Brenner notes: "She does know that enough checking and digging has been done through a good many years, to make her sure that she has arrived at a more complete, accurate and fair account than has so far been published." Later historians agree, and have given Brenner and Leighton much deserved credit for producing a clear and basic account of this turbulent, often confusing history.

Select the image or the arrow to go to the next page. Arrows above the image will take you forward or backward through the book. Captions are at the bottom of each image, and depending on your screen size, you may have to scroll down to read them.

Below: George Leighton's essay on the photographs -- select any page to enlarge; use the back button to return.
1.
Brown Brothers
(Pablo Viau) 		2.
F. L. Clarke 		3.
Brown Brothers
(F. L. Clarke) 		4.
Brown Brothers
(C. B. Waite) 		5.
Casasola 		6.
International
7.
International 		8.
Brown Brothers 		9.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		10.
International 		11.
Underwood
& Underwood 		12.
Underwood
& Underwood
13.
Underwood
& Underwood 		14.
Brown Brothers 		15.
Keystone View 		16.
Fritz Henle 		17.
Fritz Henle 		18.
International
19.
Underwood
& Underwood 		20.
Brown Brothers 		21.
International 		22.
Brown Brothers 		23.
International 		24.
Brown Brothers
25.
Casasola 		26.
Brown Brothers 		27.
Ewing Galloway 		28.
Brown Brothers 		29.
Brown Brothers 		30.
Brown Brothers
31.
Brown Brothers 		32.
Brown Brothers 		33.
Casasola 		34.
Casasola 		35.
Keystone View 		36.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson)
37.
Mexican Travel Bureau 		38.
Ewing Galloway 		39.
Steinheimer-Pix 		40.
Keystone View 		41.
unknown 		42.
Brown Brothers
43.
Brown Brothers 		44.
Casasola 		45.
Brown Brothers 		46.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		47.
Keystone View
(Robert Dorman) 		48.
Brown Brothers
49.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		50.
International 		51.
International 		52.
International 		53.
Underwood
& Underwood 		54.
Brown Brothers
(Lee)
55.
Brown Brothers
(Mexican Herald Photo) 		56.
Brown Brothers 		57.
Brown Brothers 		58.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		59.
Acme News Pictures
(Robert Dorman) 		60.
International
61.
Brown Brothers 		62.
Underwood
& Underwood 		63.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		64.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		65.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		66.
Underwood
& Underwood
67.
Brown Brothers 		68.
Acme News Pictures
(Robert Dorman) 		69.
Underwood
& Underwood 		70.
Keystone View 		71.
Modotti
(from an old negative) 		72.
Casasola
73.
Casasola 		74.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		75.
Brown Brothers 		76.
Pix (Casasola) 		77.
Brown Brothers 		78.
Casasola
79.
Underwood
& Underwood 		80.
Casasola 		81.
Underwood
& Underwood 		82.
Casasola 		83.
Keystone View 		84.
International
85.
European Picture Service
(Edward L. Tinker) 		86.
Brown Brothers 		87.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		88.
Underwood
& Underwood 		89.
Brown Brothers 		90.
Brown Brothers
91.
Underwood
& Underwood 		92.
Casasola 		93.
unknown 		94.
unknown 		95.
Keystone View 		96.
unknown
97.
Brown Brothers 		98.
Underwood
& Underwood 		99.
International 		100.
Brown Brothers 		101.
Acme News Pictures 		102.
Underwood
& Underwood
103.
International
(Vargas) 		104.
International
(Vargas) 		105.
International 		106.
International 		107.
International 		108.
International
(rephotographed 1914, by International from an original by Casasola)
109.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		110.
International 		111.
Brown Brothers 		112.
Brown Brothers 		113.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		114.
Ewing Galloway
115.
International 		116.
International 		117.
International 		118.
International 		119.
unknown 		120.
Keystone View
(Gerald Brandon)
121.
Steinheimer-Pix 		122.
Casasola 		123.
Mexican Travel Bureau 		124.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		125.
Steinheimer-Pix 		126.
Keystone View
127.
Keystone View 		128.
Casasola 		129.
unknown 		130.
Steinheimer-Pix 		131.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		132.
unknown
133.
International 		134.
Keystone View 		135.
Casasola 		136.
Ewing Galloway 		137.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		138.
Keystone View
139.
Underwood
&Underwood 		140.
European Picture Service
(Paul Thompson) 		141.
Keystone View 		142.
Fritz Henle 		143.
Ewing Galloway 		144.
International
145.
Steinheimer-Pix 		146.
Anita Brenner 		147.
Steinheimer-Pix 		148.
Steinheimer-Pix 		149.
unknown 		150.
Julio Sosa
151.
Press Association 		152.
Acme News Pictures 		153.
Steinheimer-Pix 		154.
Black Star 		155.
Steinheimer-Pix 		156.
Keystone View
157.
Black Star 		158.
Pix 		159.
International 		160.
Acme News Pictures 		161.
Pix 		162.
Pix
163.
Fritz Henle 		164.
Steinheimer-Pix 		165.
Steinheimer-Pix 		166.
Fritz Henle 		167.
Ewing Galloway 		168.
Pix
169.
Pix 		170.
Pix 		171.
Black Star 		172.
Ewing Galloway 		173.
European News Pictures 		174.
Pix
175.
Pix 		176.
Black Star 		177.
Press Association 		178.
Black Star
(Calleja) 		179.
Black Star
(Doris Heydn) 		180.
Pix
181.
Pix 		182.
Pix 		183.
Monkmeyer
(Silberstein) 		184.
Black Star
(Calleja)
Other web resources:
The Agustin Casasola Archives, photo journalist of the Mexican Revolution see in the Casasola Museum
see also more of Casasola's work in a beautiful, informative book: Mexico The Revolution and Beyond
photographs by Augustin Victor Casasola 1900-1940; essay by Pete Hamill
English edition 2003, Aperture Foundation, Inc. hardback ISBN: 1-931788-22-7

El Indio, by Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes, translated by Anita Brenner with illustrations by Diego Rivera: Bobbs Merrill Company, Indianapolis and New York: 1937

Eduardo Galeano, award winning Uraguayan writer, thinker. Be sure to see The Open Veins of Latin America, Memory of Fire trilogy (Genesis, 1982; Faces and Masks, 1984; Century of the Wind, 1986)

Jose Guadalupe Posada, University of New Mexico special collections

The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Taller de Grafica Popular, the first ten years of the People's Graphic Workshop, Mexican political posters and prints 1937-1947