La Basilica de Guadalupe se esta hundiendo rapidamente

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The text of this broadside reports on the sinking of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe due to the site's swampy foundation on the banks of the former Lake Texcoco. Between the two columns of text about the basilica's sinking is an engraving of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is followed by a prayer to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The verso contains a description of various local disasters including earthquakes and a longer discussion of the link between the sighting of Halley's comet and the Mexican Revolution, suggesting that the linkage may be superstitious but the war itself is punishment from God. The text concludes with a description of the thousands dead due to the war and the public health risk of the flies brought attracted by the bodies of the dead. The two columns of text are bisected by a large engraving of a fly.

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The Basilica of Guadalupe is rapidly sinking

Date Created

1914

Creator

Jose Guadalupe Posada

Publisher

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Subject

Broadside|Mexico|Popular Devotion

Catholic Studies|Graphic Communications|Latin American Languages and Societies

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