Soldadera embraces her soldier

Soldadera embraces her soldier

Casasola (?). Title unknown. Mexico City. Circa 1913. © Inv. #186632, Fondo Casasola, SINAFO-Fototeca Nacional del INAH. Found in Las Soldaderas: Women of the Mexican Revolution by Elena Poniatowska and David Dorado Romo. El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2006. 45.

A soldadera carrying a basket on her arm half embraces a soldier and holds one of his hands. The soldadera is facing the camera and slightly smiling while the soldier looks at her. Another soldier stands to the left of the soldadera facing the camera and smiling.

© Inv. #186632, Fondo Casasola, SINAFO-Fototeca Nacional del INAH.

Found in Las Soldaderas: Women of the Mexican Revolution by Elena Poniatowska and David Dorado Romo. El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2006. 45.

Circa 1913.

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