Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (1898-1948)

PG 3476						PG 3476
.E54						.E54
Photo Items 1013-1019				Caption 3a

• INTRODUCTION
• LARGE & MEDIUM SIZE PRINTS AND NEGATIVES
  • FROM AND FOR THE FILM
    • Mexico City
    • Tehuantepec
    • San Blas
    • Mérida, Yucatan
    • Chichen Itza, Yucatan
    • Izamal, Yucatan
    • Xochimilco
    • Hacienda Tetlapayac
    • Mexico City
    • Unidentified
  • BIOGRAPHICAL
    • Mount Vernon, Va
    • Calabasas, Cal
    • Burbank, Cal
    • Mexico City
    • Oaxaca State
    • Tehuantepec
    • Mérida, Yucatan
    • Chichen Itza, Yucatan
    • Izamal, Yucatan
    • Progreso, Yucatan
    • Hacienda Tetlapayac
    • Mexico City
    • Unidentified
• SMALL SIZE PRINTS AND NEGATIVES
  • FROM AND FOR THE FILM
    • Tehuantepec
    • Mérida, Yucatan
    • Chichen Itza, Yucatan
    • Izamal, Yucatan
    • Hacienda Tetlapayac
    • Mexico City
    • Unidentified
  • BIOGRAPHICAL
    • Mérida, Yucatan
    • Chichen Itza, Yucatan
    • Izamal, Yucatan
    • Progreso, Yucatan
    • Hacienda Tetlapayac
    • Mexico City
    • Unidentified
• PHOTO CAPTIONS
• POSTCARDS
• OTHER SOURCE MATERIAL IN LILLY LIBRARY
• PLACE NAME INDEX

Introduction

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 (see “Other Source Material in Lilly Library,” p. 107ff).

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.

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 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.

The identification of dates, locales and people, and the spellings of names found in this list are taken from Geduld and Gottesman’s book. 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. Because this arrangement results in photos taken in one locale appearing in four different places in the list, a place name index has been added to assist those who maybe interested in material from particular locations (see page 111).

In requesting photos in the collection, please give the full call number (PG 3476 .E54) followed by the photo item, caption or postcard number(s) of the material desired. Be sure to indicate whether the item desired is a photo, postcard or caption (e.g. PG 3476 .E54 Photo Items 37-45).

LARGE & MEDIUM SIZE PRINTS AND NEGATIVES

FROM AND FOR THE FILM

Mexico City, ca. Jan. 1931

• 1. (2 copies) 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.
  • Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.Alexandrov.”
• 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.
• 3. (3 copies) Profile of Indian in bead and feather headdress and satin (?) blouse.
  • 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 16.8cm
• 4. Three-quarter figure shot of Indian in Item 3 above playing a guitar. 11.7 x 17 cm.
• 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.
• 6. (Negative) 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.
• 7. (Negative) 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.

Tehuantepec, ca. 6 Feb. 1931

• 8. (5 copies) Girl in “weepeel” headdress leaning over man lying in hammock with baby in his lap. Tropical foliage in background.
  • 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].” 8.6 x 11 cm.
  • Copies 2-3 – 8.6 x 11 cm.
  • Copies 4-5 – 16.5 x 21.8
• 8a. (2 copies) Another shot of group in Item 8 above. 12.2 x 18 cm.
• 8b. (Negative) 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.
• 9. (2 copies) Profile shot of man seen in Items 8-8b above lying in the same hammock. 8.9 x 14.2 cm.
• 10. Another man half-lying in hammock seen in Items 8-9 above. 10.4 x 18.1. cm.
• 11. Young Indian man sitting in a hammock. Field and grove in background. 8.6 x 11.3 cm.
• 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.
• 12a. (Negative) The same four boys, standing with backs to camera. 3.5 x 3.7 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 15. Close-up of Indian woman wearing “weepeel” headdress; ¾ profile. 12.3 x 17.2 cm. And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 19. (Negative) 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.
• 20. (Negative) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 25. (Negative) 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.
• 26. Indian woman dancing. Figures to her right and left partially visible. Group of men in background. 12.1 x 18.5 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 29. (2 copies) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 38. Young Indian woman leaning head against palm branch; a garland of flowers in her hand. 12.2 x 18 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 45-47. Close-ups of an elderly Indian woman wearing a dark cloth veil on her head and holding up a chain and coin (?) necklace.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 47. She is smiling and biting one of the coins (?) of the necklace. 12.1 x 18.5cm.
• 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.
• 49. Foliage and bamboo or large reeds at edge of pond. 12.6 x 17.8 cm.

San Blas, ca. 17 Feb. 1931

• 50. Seven young Indian women in “sunflower” headdresses. On back, written in pencil: “Native girls at San Blas, Mexico.” 16 x 21.7 cm
• 51. (Negative) Large group of Indian women in “sunflower” headdresses. 8.6 x 10.6 cm.
• 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.
• 53. (3 copies) 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.
  • 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.”
• 54-55. Two close-up views of a young Indian woman wearing “sunflower” headdress.
  • 54. Lighted from front and left side. Stamped on back, in blue: “A67.” 8.1 x 10.4 cm.
  • 55. Lighted from behind. Woman is smiling. On back, stamped: “582;” written in pencil: “A67” 8 x 10.8 cm.
• 56. (2 copies) Close-up of young Indian woman wearing “sunflower” headdress (face and ruffle only). 8.7 x 10.8 cm.
  • Copy 1 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Mérida, Yucatan, ca. 22-31 Mar. 1931

• 60. (4 copies; 1 negative) Close-up profile of young woman in mantilla. A second woman partially visible in background.
  • 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 63. (3 copies) Profile shot of young woman in mantilla holding open fan in front of her. Other young women partially visible in background.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 67-67b. Three similar vies 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.
  • 67. – 6 x 8.2 cm.
  • 67a. – 7.3 x 9 cm.
  • 67b. – 8.8. x 11.4 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 71. (Negative) Close up of young woman in mantilla at left, another partially visible behind her at right holding an open fan. 1 ½ negatives on strip, 3.4 x 6 cm. “TE FILM” stamped at edge of strip.
• 72. (Negative) Young woman in mantilla at left, another behind her at right holding an open fan. 1 negatives on strip. 3.4 x 2.7 cm. :NITRATE” stamped at edge of strip.
• 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.
• 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.
• 74. 2 ½ contact prints on one strip. (1) Cut off, only legs of two men and floor visible. (2) David Liceaga in rocking chair on veranda. (3) Church façade. “PANCHROMATIC” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.8 x 9.1 cm.
• 74a. 2 1/3 contact prints on one strip. (1) 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. (2) The same, but from a different angle, and the young man has moved slightly. (3) Unidentifiable; some foliage visible. Printed in reverse at edges of strip, “Du Pont” and “3H82979”. 3.9 x 8.8 cm.
• 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.
• 76. (2 copies) Close-up of David Liceaga in same rocking chair as seen above. Head and upper torso.
  • Copy 1 – 7.9 x 10.5 cm
  • Copy 2 – 12.3 x 17.5 cm.
• 77-77a. Two strips of contact prints. Liceaga having his hair arranged by another man. See also Items 335 and 605 below.
  • 77. Two prints. 3.9 x 7.6 cm
  • 77a. 2 ¾ prints. (1) Partially cut off. Lower left corner of strip torn. 4 x 9.7 cm.
• 78. 2 ¼ contact prints on a strip. (1) Liceaga in front of a full-length mirror. (2) Liceaga and another bullfighter in front of the same mirror; the other man is helping to fix Liceaga’s hat. (3) Unidentifiable; a man’s arm and shoulder with another man’s hand resting on the shoulder. 4.3 x 8.1 cm.
• 79-79c Four strips of contact prints. Various similar scenes of Liceaga and another bullfighter on the veranda seen in Item 74 above.
  • 79. 2 1/3 prints. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.1 x 8.6 cm.
  • 79a. 3 ¼ prints. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.1 x 11.8 cm.
  • 79b. 3 1/3 prints. “Du Pont” and “8J22300” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.3 x 12.1 cm.
  • 79c. 2 ¼ prints. “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.1 x 8.3 cm.
• 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.
• 80-80b. Three strips of contact prints. Liceaga and another bullfighter kneeling on stone steps of church or chapel in front of large crucifix on wall. See also Item 607 below.
  • 80. Three prints. (1) Liceaga standing with hand on wooden railing, possibly in veranda seen in Items 77-79d above. (2,3) As described above. 3.1 x 11.7 cm.
  • 80a. Three prints. (1) Empty church. (2,3) As described above. 3.1 x 11.1 cm.
  • 80 b. Three prints. Numbers and words at edge of strip have been cut off and are unreadable. 3.2 x 12.1 cm.
• 81. Three contact prints on a strip. Medium shots of crucifix seen in Items 80-80b above. See also Item 607 below. 3.4 x 11.6 cm.
• 82-86. Various shots of individuals in coach seen in Items 73---73a above. See also Items 336-337a below.
  • 82. Three contact prints on a strip. (1) Young women seen in Items 73-73a above seated in coach. (2) Long shot of Liceaga and another matador seated in coach. (3) The same, but a medium shot. “Du Pont” and “8J22294” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.5 x 8.4 cm.
  • 83. Three contact prints on a strip. Liceaga and second matador in and around coach. “Du Pont” and “8J22293” printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4.3 x 11.6 cm.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 86. (2 copies) Close-up of Liceaga and second matador in coach.
    • 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.
• 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.
• 88. (8 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 89. (2) copies) Same subjects and setting as Item 88 above. Liceaga bending forward for his mother to kiss him on the forehead.
  • 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.
• 90. Same setting and subjects as Items 88-89 above. Woman kissing Liceaga on forehead. 7.8 x 10.5 cm.
• 91. Same setting and subjects as Items 88-90 above. Liceaga kissing woman’s hand. 7.9 x 10.3 cm.
• 92-93b. Four strips of contact prints. Same subjects and setting as Items 88-91 above. Liceaga and elderly woman and in some shots a second bullfighter.
  • 92. Four full and two half-prints. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.9 x 17.7 cm.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 93b. Four full and one half prints. “Panchromatic,” “Du Pont” and “ …282” printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4 x 17.6 cm.
• 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.
• 94-94a. Two strips of contact prints. In the bull ring, Liceaga and another matador; behind the fence, other men.
  • 94. Three prints. (1) long shot of all four men. (2) Close-up of matador holding cape. (3) Medium shot of all four men. (4) Very narrow section of next picture, which has been cut off, shows upraised man’s arm and hand. “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4.3 x 11.6 cm.
  • 94a. 3 1/3 prints. (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. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.3 x 12.2 cm.
• 95-96. Two strips of contact prints. 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.
  • 95. 3 1/3 prints. Liceaga walking past man at fence. (4) Cut off, but man in suit seen from the waist up, not standing behind fence. 4.1 x 12.5 cm.
  • 96. 2 ½ prints. (1) Liceaga and man, both partially cut off. (2) Man alone behind fence. (3) Cut off; close-up of man behind fence. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4 x 9 cm.
• 97-98. Liceaga in the bull ring.
  • 97. Head and upper torso; smiling and looking slightly to his left. 8.4 x 11.3 cm.
  • 98. (8 copies; 1 negative) Head and upper torso; almost a full profile shot.
    • 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.
• 99-100. Liceaga in bullring as above, but wearing hat.
  • 99. Head and upper torso, partial profile. 7.8 x 10.3 cm.
  • 100. Full-face shot. 7.8 x 10.3 cm.
• 101. (4 copies) 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.
  • Copy 1 – 6.9 x 10.1 cm.
  • Copies 2-4 – 12.6 x 17.7 cm.
• 101a. Subject and setting the same as in Item 101 above, but taken from a slightly different angle. 8.5 x 10.9 cm.
• 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. On back, stamped in blue; “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G.Alexandrov.” 11.9 x 17 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 106-106a. Two strips of contact prints. Four shots of Liceaga making passes with the cape.
  • 106. 2 ½ prints. (1) Bent forward from the waist, he holds the cape in front of himself and slightly to the right. (2) Moving the cape to the right. (3) Partially cut off; only his arm visible. “8J22” and “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4.3 x 8.7 cm.
  • 106a. 2 1/3 (1) Cut off; but identical with item 106 no. 2 above. (2) Liceaga, bent forward from the waist, holding cape in front of himself. Identical with Item 106 no. 3 above. (3) Bent from the waist, leaning to the left and holding cape in front of himself to the left. 4 x 8.2 cm.
• 107-108.Two strips of contact prints. Liceaga twirling cape around his head and body.
  • 107. 2 prints. (1) Taken from his left; cape is behind and above his head. (2) Taken from his left and slightly behind; cape is behind him and slightly to his right. 4.3 x 8.6 cm.
  • 108. 2 ½ prints. (1) Cut off, only sky visible. (2) Taken from the front, he is leaning to the left and passing cape to his left. (3) Taken from the left; cape in front of him, only just visible at extreme left of photo. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.3 x 9.1 cm.
• 109-109a.Liceaga, holding cape in front of himself, empty seats of bull ring and another matador in background.
  • 109. Three –quarter figure shot. 7.8 x 10.3 cm. And negative, which is marked for cropping, 8.2 x 10.1 cm.
  • 109a. (2 copies) Enlarged version of Item 109 above, cropped according to marks on negative.
    • 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.
• 110. (2 copies) 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. 11.7 x 17 cm.
  • Copy 2 – on back, stamped in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.”
• 111-112a. Four strips of contact prints, all long shots taken from above, showing Liceaga in the bull ring making passes with his cape.
  • 111. 2 1/3 prints. 4 x 8.7 cm.
  • 111a. 1 ½ prints. (1) Cut off, but identical with Item 111 no. 2 above. (2) Facing left, cape on the ground to his right; identical with cut-off prints, Item 111 no. 3 above, 3.2 x 4.8 cm.
  • 112. 2 ½ prints. (1) Cut off, shadow and legs visible. (2) Passing cape to his right. (3) Walking to the left, cape dragging on the ground to his right. “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4 x 9 cm.
  • 112a. 2 ½ prints. (1) Identical with Item 112 no 1 above. (2) Identical with Item 112 no. 2 above. (3) Cut off, but identical with Item 112 no. 2 above. “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.1 x 8.9 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 115. Liceaga in bullring, passing cape behind himself. Full-figure shot, taken from above and to his right. 7.3 x 10.3 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 120. Closeup, right profile shot of Liceaga, head and upper torso, 7.9 x 10.3 cm.
• 121. (2 copies) 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.
• 122-122a. 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.
  • 122. His head is turned slightly toward the camera.
  • 122a. His head is turned away from the camera, to give a full right profile shot.
• 123-124. 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.
  • 123. Three-quarter figure shot
  • 123a. Fill-length shot
  • 123b. Close-up, from waist up.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 127. Liceaga leaping to evade charging bull. Portion of arena fence and a few spectators visible in background. 11.9 x 17.1.
• 128. (3 copies) Liceaga approaching bull for the kill; sword in right hand, cape in left.
  • 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.
• 129-129a. Two strips of contact prints, showing three scenes of the bull fight all long shots.
  • 129. 1 ½ prints. (1) profile shot of Liceaga killing the bull. Arena fence and stands full of spectators in background. (2) Cut off; only stands and fence and portion of arena visible. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.6 x 5.3 cm.
  • 129a. 2 1/3 prints. (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. “6” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.5 x 8.8 cm.
• 130-131.Two strips of contact prints, showing various scenes at the bullfight.
  • 30. 2 1/3 prints. (1) 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. (2) Long shot of Liceaga dodging bull; fence and spectators in stands in background. (3) Spectators, men in foreground, women in mantillas in upper row. “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.6 x 8.6 cm.
  • 131. Two prints. (1) Long shot of Liceaga with bull charging his cape. Fence and stands with spectators in background. (2) Liceaga making pass with his cape at the bull; a second matador in the background. Fence and stands as before. “8J22277” printed in reverse at top edge of strip. 3.6 x 7.6 cm.
• 132. (Negative) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 135. (Negative) 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.
• 136-136a. Two strips of contact prints, showing scenes in the bullfight featuring the picadors.
  • 136. 1 2/3 prints. (1) Picadors, matadors and other figures in sombreros in empty arena, also cart with bull’s head attached. (2) Cut off, spectators leaning over wall, seen through archway. 4 x 7.6 cm.
  • 136a. 2 1/3 prints. (1) Cut off, three men in empty arena; identical with Item 136 no. 1 above. (2) 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. (3) Close-up of same picador in archway. Bottom half of photo black, “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip 4.2 x 10.1 cm.
• 137-137b. Three strips of contact prints, showing various shots of picador lying on ground with his saddle.
  • 137. 1 ½ prints. (1) Picador lying on left side, feet still in stirrups. (2) Cut off, only feet and legs of picador visible, in same position as in (1). “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3 x 5.8 cm.
  • 137a. 2 ½ prints. (1) Cut off, but identical with item 137 no. 1 above. (2) Identical with Item 137 no. 2 above. (3) Picador trying to rise; back against fence. 3.5 x 9.8 cm.
  • 137b. 2 ¼ prints. (1) Cut off, but identical with item 137a no. 3 above. (2) Picador sitting on the ground, his feet still in his stirrups, head against hand, elbow resting on knee.. “Du Pont” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.6 x 4.7 cm.
• 138-138a. Two strips of contact prints. More shots of picador on ground with saddle.
  • 138. 2 ½ prints. (1) Subject trying to rise, hand on fence. (2) Subject slumped on round. (3) Cut off, but subject again trying to rise, hand on fence. “Panchromatic” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.7 x 9.9 cm.
  • 138a. 1 ½ prints. (1) Cut off, but identical with Item 138 no. 2 above. (2) Subject trying to rise, hand on fence; identical with Item 138 no. 3 above. “Panchromatic” and “3H85267” printed in reverse at edges of strip. 3.6 x 5.1 cm.
• 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.
• 140-143. Four strips of contact prints, showing various scenes in the bullring
  • 140. 2 ¼ prints. (1) Almost entirely cut off. (2) Men guiding mules who are hauling a dead bull out of the arena. (3) Spectators in the stands. 4.2 x. 8.9 cm.
  • 141. 2 ½ prints. (1) Cut off; lower torso and legs of man wearing white shirt and light-colored trousers. (2) Same man, in empty arena, twirling cape with his right hand. (3) Same man, twirling cape in the air with his right hand. “3H85276” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4 x 9.3 cm.
  • 142. 2 ¼ prints. (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. “Panchroma..” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.1 x 8.5 cm.
  • 143. 2 ½ prints. (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. “…not” printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4 x 9.1 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 146. (3 copies) 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.
• 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.
  • 147(4 copies)
    • 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.
• 148. Close-up profile shot waist up. One edge of cape held in left hand. 9.2 x 14.3 cm.
• 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.
• 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.

Chichen Itza, Yucatan, 12-17 April, 1931

• 151-155. Various similar views of the Castillo, some with trees and/or other foliage visible.
  • 151. Trees on either side. On back, stamped in black: “427”. 8.6 x 11.6 cm.
  • 151a. (Negative) Tree on one side, opposite side blurred. 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
  • 152. (1 print, 4 negatives) Tree branches around top and upper sides of photo. One bare branch hangs down directly over top of Castillo. Print: 8.7 x 11.4 cm. Negatives: 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
  • 153.(2 negatives) closer view; partially cut off on one side. No foliage. 8.1 x 10.5 cm.
  • 153a.(2 negatives) medium shot from another angle. Tree, with few leaves, at far left. Far right side of one copy blurred. 8.2 x 10.4 cm.
  • 154.(2 negatives) Medium shot from another angle. Tree, with few leaves, at far left. Far right side of one copy blurred. 8.2. x 10.4.
  • 155. (2 negatives) Medium shot with bush in lower left corner and leafy branch in upper right. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 161-161a. (2 negatives) Corner view of the Temple of the Warriors, including portions of the front acolonnade, main stairway and entrance to upper temple. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
  • 161. upper left corner and entire right side blurred.
  • 161a. white blur (thumbprint?) at top, left
• 162. (3 copies) Close-up of corner of the Temple of the Warriors, showing four levels and carved friezes.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 166-166a.(Negative) Close-ups from different angles of stone serpent’s head at top of stairway, Temple of the Warriors.
  • 166.(2 copies) similar to Item 165 above, but from a different angle. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
  • 166a. An extreme close-up, taken from almost directly below the head. 8.3 x 10.5 cm.
• 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.
• 168.(Negative) similar to Item 167 above, but without the Indian women, and taken from a slightly different angle. 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
• 169.(4 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 170.(2 copies) - serpent pillars at entrance, with heads on the ground. 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
• 170a.(2 copies) – medium shot of entrance, with portions of walls on both sides, and the Chac-Mool visible. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
• 170b. Similar to Items 170a above, but very little of wall at left is visible. 8.2 x 10.7 cm.
• 170c. Similar to Items 170a and 170b above, but more of wall at left if visible. 8.2 x 10.7 cm.
• 171-173.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.
  • 171.(8 copies) Close-up of young man from waist up, with his arms crossed on his chest.
    • 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 & 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.
  • 171a. (2 copies) medium shot of young Indian man from the knees up.
    • Copy 1 – 13.9 x 18.9 cm.
    • Copy 2 – on back, stamped in blue: “Foto Mantel/[indecipherable]” 12.2 x 17.8 cm.
  • 171b.(Negative) young man from waist up, his head turned to the right. 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
  • 172.Long shot of stone head on wall. On back, stamped in black: “427” 8.6 x. 11.8 cm.
  • 173. (Negative) another shot of stone head on the wall, from a different angle, and closer up. 8.3 x 10.6 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 176. (10 copies) 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. 12.9 x 17.9 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 182.(2 negatives) detail of a wall of an unidentified building. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
• 183-183c. 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”.
  • 183. 8.7 x 11.5 cm. And negative, 8.3 x 10.5 cm.
  • 183a.(2 copies) on back, written in pencil: “A funeral ceremony of Mayan Indians posedby Eisenstein for moving picture.”
  • 183b. (Negative) 8.3 x 10.5 cm.
  • 184b.(Negative) 8.3 x 10.6 cm.
• 184-184a. 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.
  • 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.
  • 184a.(Negative) Slightly more of background visible. 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
• 185-185a. 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.
  • 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.
  • 185a. A slightly wider shot. On back, written in pencil: “A67”; stamped in blue: “582”. 8.2 x 10.9 cm.
• 186-186a. 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.
  • 186.(Negative) Top of head and upper face of “corpse” visible.
  • 186a.(Negative) Head and shoulders of “corpse” visible. In upper corner, hand holding one side of a large cloth (?) which is hung as background.
• 187.(2 copies) 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.
  • Copy 1 On back, written in pencil: “2”. 8.9 x 13.7 cm.
  • Copy 212.7 x 17.7 cm.
• 188-189. Two similar shots, head only, of Indian woman.
  • 188.(9 copies; 1 negative) Profile; subject looking ahead and slightly up.
    • Copies 1-9 – 12.9 x 17.9 cm. Negative – 10 x 12.6 cm.
  • 189.(9 copies) Three-quarter profile; subject looking up and to the right. 12.9 x 18 cm.
• 190.(10 copies)Close-up of young Indian women wearing a dark patterned cloth shawl over her head and shoulders. 12.8 x 17.8 cm.
• 191.(9 copies; 1 negative) Close-up of four Indian women standing in a row; a fifth kneeling or sitting in front of them at far left.
  • 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.

Izamal, Yucatan

• 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.
• 193.(11 copies; 1 negative) 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.”

Xochimilco, ca 10 May-16 June 1931

• 194-200. Seven strips of contact prints. Various scenes of groups of men and women in boats at the “Floating Gardens.”
  • 194. 3 prints on a strip. (1) Three women and two men seated in a low boat. ( 2) Long shot of same group. (3) Long shot of same group, with boatman standing in the rear of the boat. On back, in pencil: “X”. 3.1 x 11.7 cm.
  • 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.
  • 196. 3 prints on a strip. (1) Same group as seen in Item 195 above, but both women are holding guitars, and another boat is visible in the background. (2) Man and second woman from proceeding photo, with another ma at right. (3) Two Indians in low canoe. On back, in pencil: “X”. 3.1 x 11.7 cm.
  • 197. Three 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.
  • 198. 3 prints on a strip. (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. On back, in pencil: “X”. 3.1 x 11.8 cm.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Hacienda Tetlapayac

• 201. (2 copies) Outer walls of the hacienda, with “Maria” (Isabel Villasenor) walking past, lower left. 23 x 25.7 cm.
  • 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.”
• 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.
• 203. (2 copies; 1 negative) 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.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 205. (5 copies; 1 negative) 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.
  • 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.
• 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
• 207.(8 copies) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 210-211. 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.
  • 210. Long shot. On back, stamped in blue: “S.M. Eisenstein/Collective/ Productions” and “Photo by/G. Alexandrov.” 12.7 x 17.8 cm.
  • 210a. (6 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 212. (7 copies; 2 negatives) “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.
  • 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.
• 213.(4 copies) Medium shot of “Maria” and “Sebastian” in profile, standing beside large maguey plant.
  • 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.
• 213a. Almost identical to Item 213 above, but subjects have moved slightly 12.3 x 17 cm.
• 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.
• 215.(5 copies) ‘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.
  • 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.
• 216.(4 copies) 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.
• 217.(4 copies; 1 negative) 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.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 220.(9 copies; 1 negative) 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.
  • 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.
• 221. (4 copies; 1 negative) 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.” 20.4 x 25.7 cm.
  • Negative – 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 222. (8 copies) Julio Saldivar and young woman crouching at the foot of a large cactus; he is firing a rifle, she a pistol.
  • 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.
• 223. (6 copies) 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.
  • 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
• 224. (4 copies; 2 negatives) “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.]
  • 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.
• 225-231. Various shots of “Sebastian” (Martin Hernandez) which cannot be placed in narrative sequences.
  • 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.
  • 226. (2 copies) 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 230 - Medium shot, full figure, right profile. Sitting on a hill, his back to a maguey plant. 13.1 x 17.5 cm.
  • 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.
• 232 –235. Various shots of “Maria” (Isabel Villasenor) which cannot be placed in narrative sequence.
  • 232 – (9 copies) Seated against a wall in a circle of light; her folded hands resting on her raised knees; head turned upward and toward the camera.
    • 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.
  • 233 – (8 copies; 1 negative) Close-up, seated full figure, right profile. Seated as in Item 232 above, but looking down.
    • 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.
  • 234 - (11 copies) 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.
    • 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.
  • 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.

MEXICO CITY, ca. 31 Aug. - 9 Sept. 1931

• 236 - 2 contact prints on a strip. Both show a doll-like figure on a wall over a doorway. "Panchromatic" and "8J22358" printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4.5 x 8.1 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 240-241 Two strips of contact prints, showing dancers at the Death Day Fiesta. They are performing on a raised wooden platform; a Ferris wheel is in the background.
  • 240 - 2 prints on a strip. Two similar shots of three women dancing. Woman at left wears light-colored dress with elaborately ruffled skirt. On back, written in pencil: "X 3.1 x 8.2 cm.
  • 241 - 3 prints on a strip. Long shots of two women (those seen at left and center in Item above) and three men wearing skeleton masks dancing. Numbers printed in reverse lower edge of strip, but partially cut off and unreadable. On back, written in pencil: "3.4 x 11.9 cm.
• 242 - Two contact prints on a strip. 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. 3.1 x 7.8 cm.
• 243- (Negative) Skeleton wearing dress and mantilla, and holding an open fan. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
• 244 - (Negative) Skeleton in ecclesiastical robes. 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
• 245 - (Negative) Skeleton dressed as a matador. 8.3 x 10.6 cm.
• 246 - (Negative) 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.
• 247 - Three prints on a strip. 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. 3 x 11.8 cm.
• 248 - Three prints on a strip. (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. On back, written in pencil; "X". 3 x 11.7 cm.
• 249 - Two prints on a strip. 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. 3 x 7.8 cm.
• 250- 251a Three strips of contact prints, three prints on each strip. Various scenes among tombs (or shrines?) in a cemetery. On back of each, written in pencil: "X".
  • 250- (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. 3.1 x 12 cm.
  • 251- (1) 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. (2) The same scene, but several more people are visible at left. (3) A stone monument topped with a cross; steps leading up to it. A man seated on the top step. 3.3 x 11.9 cm.
  • 251a- (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. "Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge strip. 3.5 x 11.7 cm.
• 252 -Three contact prints on a strip. 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. On back, written in pencil: "X." 3.4 x 11.8 cm.
• 253-255 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) 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. 2.9 x 9.1 cm.
  • 253 - 2 ½ prints on a strip. (1) Cut off; two women standing in archway with dead tree in front of them. (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. 2.9 x 9.1 cm.
  • 254 - Three (?) prints on a strip. (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. 3.2 x 12. 8 cm.
  • 255- Three prints on a strip. (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. 3.3 x 11.7 cm.

MEXICO CITY, ca. Sept. - Nov. 1931

• 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.
• 257 - Four contact prints on a strip. 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." 3.2 x 15.1 cm. And negative of print no. 3.8 x 11 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 260 - (Negative) 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.
• 261- 261b 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.
  • 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.
  • 261a- 261b - (Negatives) Nearly identical shots of Coatlique, taken from slightly further away than Item 261 above. 8.1 x 11.1 cm.

MEXICO CITY, ca. 12 - 20 Nov, 1931

• 261 - 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.
• 261a-261b - (Negatives) Nearly identical shots of Coatlique, taken from slightly further away than Item 261 above. 8.1 x 11.1 cm.

MEXICO CITY - ca. 12 - 20 Nov. 1931

• 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.
• 263 (Negative) 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.
• 264 - (Negative) Three and 1/3 negatives on a strip. Three officers at right; double line of soldiers in background at left. Palm trees in background. "OJ88364" and "Du Pont" printed at edges of strip. 3.4 x 6.5 cm.
• 265 (2 copies) Large crowd filling plaza, with cathedral in background. 12.8 x 18.1 cm.
  • Copy 1 - on back, written in pencil: "National/Independence day/Nov 12."
• 266 - (2 copies) A group of government officials standing on a balcony. President Rubio third from right.
  • Copy 1 - 12.7 x 18.1 cm.
  • Copy 2 - 12.4 x 17.7 cm.
• 266a Closer shot of same scene. President Rubio third from right; man to his right is seated. 12.3 x 17.6 cm.
• 267 - (2 copies) Close-up portrait of President Rubio in formal wear, including top hat. From the waist up, left profile. 12.7 x 17.4 cm.

UNIDENTIFIED FILM SHOTS

• 268 - (Negative) 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, ca. Sept. - Nov. 1931. 8.1 x 11. cm.
• 269 - (Negative) Unidentified woman, child and man sitting on rocks or sand, possibly at a beach. 8.2 x 10.4 cm.
• 270-270a - (2 negatives) Five unidentified men in business suits on a patio with arches and house behind them. 8.3 x 10.7 cm.
  • 270- Grouped around a bench.
  • 270a Leaving the patio, descending stone steps into a garden (?)
• 272 - Unidentified woman holding a bouquet, standing in a field of high bushes. Hills in the background. 7.8 x 13.9 cm.
• 273 - (Negative) Unidentified man in business suit sitting on balcony railing. Trees, street or park in background. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
• 274 - (Negative) 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.
• 275 - (Negative) Doorway decorated with posters and banners. Sign reading "5 cents" over the door. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
• 276 - (Negative) View of lawn or garden with trees, shrubs and part of low building (house, hotel?) in background. 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 277-277b - Series of photos with a group of four soldiers in the left foreground, and various religious statues behind them to the right.
  • 277- Statues of St. Joseph (?). At upper left, door of church is visible. 9.6 x 11.9 cm.
  • 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.
  • 277b- Soldiers and the two statues. 8.7 x 11.8 cm.
• 278 - 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.
  • 278- 12.8 x 18.5 cm.
  • 278a- Closer shot; only base of tree and of rear wall visible, 11.5 x 18.3 cm.
• 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.
• 280 Dirt road, right foreground, crossed by railroad tracks, center. Background, trees and low hills. 8.7 x 14 c.
• 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.
• 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.
• 283 - (Negative) 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.
• 284 (Negative) Women holding up a piece of cloth (?) with a picture on it. 3.4x 3.7 cm.
• 285 (Negative) 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.
• 286 - (Negative) 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.
• 287-287a - 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.
  • 287 - 9.2 x 14.2 cm.
  • 287a - Three contact prints on a strip. Print no. 3 nearly identical with Item 287 above. 3.1 x 12.2 cm.
• 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 16.8cm.
• 289-289b - Three strips of contact prints of three women, separately and together, in 289b a patio with dark and light diamond-patterned floor tiles.
  • 289 1 ¼ prints. (1) Cut off, showing only floor and part of a woman's foot. (2) The three women together; a medium shot. 4.3 x 4.6 cm.
  • 289a - 2 1/3 prints. (1) Cut off, showing only floor and feet of three women, but apparently identical with Item 289 no. 2 above. (2) Close-up shot of the three women. (3) Full-length shot of woman seen at left in print no. 2 above, "Panchromatic" written in reverse at edge of strip. 4.2 x 8.7 cm.
  • 289b - 2 prints on a strip. (1) Full-length shot of woman seen center, Item 298a no. 2 above. (2) Full-length, ¾ left profile of woman seen at right in Item 289a no. 2 above. "…22287" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.2 x 9.1 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 293 Sailboat on large body of water. Shore line in far background. 5.2 x 7.4 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 296 Two contact prints on a strip. (1) Medium view of several buildings with thatched-and-wood-shingled roofs. (2) Close-up of gable and of house at upper right in print no. 1. 3.2 x 7.9 cm.
• 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.
• 298 Two Indian men holding mating donkey and mare in area enclosed by adobe wall. 5.9 x 8.1 cm.
• 299 - Two mating turkeys in tropical undergrowth. 9.3 x 14.4 cm.
• 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.
• 301-301c (4 negatives) Various shots of masked and costumed participants in fiesta or ceremony.
  • 301 - Close-up of person wearing devil (?) mask and carrying a long trident spear. 8.1 x 10.6 cm.
  • 301a Medium shot of several participants, including at far right the person seen in Item 301 above. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
  • 301b Corner of building with participants or statues in front Top of negative torn. 8.1 x 10.5 cm.
  • 301c Group of participants playing guitars in a parade or procession. 8.1 x 10.5 cm.

BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES - LARGE AND MEDIUM SIZE

MOUNT VERNON, VIRGINIA, ca, May 1930

• 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.

CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA, Summer 1930

• 303 - (8 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 304 - (4 copies) Same setting as Item 303 above. Aline Barnsdal and Eisenstein standing together, laughing.
  • 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.
• 305 - (3 copies) Group of people standing on a broad patio or terrace, with trees and hills in the background.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, Summer 1930

• 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.

MEXICO CITY, ca. December 1930

• (3 copies; 1 negative) 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.
  • 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.
• 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.

TEHUANTEPEC. ca 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.
• 311 (2 copies) Eisenstein seated on the steps, holding up bananas, other fruit beside him; buildings in the background. 8.9 x 14.1 cm.
• 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.
• 311b (2 copies) Closer shot of Eisenstein and Tissé as Item 3111a above. Feet of photographer at bottom of photo, center foreground.
  • Copy 1 - 9 x 14.1 cm.
  • Copy 2 - 15.5 x 23.8 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 314-318 - Various shots of Eisenstein and others standing with young Indian women in front of straw hut.
  • 314 - Three Indian women, left; Eisenstein, right. Camera on tripod at far right. 9.4 x 14.2 cm.
  • 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.
  • 316 - (3 copies) Left to right, close-up of young Indian woman, Alexandrov, woman seen in Item 315 above.
    • Copy 1 - On back, written in pencil: "Grisha." 8.9 x 14.3 cm.
    • Copies 2-3 - 9 x 13.4 cm.
  • 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.
  • 318 - (5 copies) Left to right, young Indian woman seen in Item 135 above, Kimbrough, unidentified man, Indian woman (only partially visible).
    • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 322 - (2 copies) Alexandrov, left, with arm around shoulders of Indian wearing high-peaked straw hat. Foliage in background. 9.1 x 14.1 cm.
• 323 - (4 copies) Hunter Kimbrough, in profile, holding an Indian baby in the air. Head of unidentified man visible in lower left corner. Palm trees in background.
  • 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.
• 324 - (2 copies) Kimbrough standing on a balcony, his hand resting on the railing
  • 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.
• 325 - (3 copies) Kimbrough, left, wearing a "weepeel" headdress, seated beside a young Indian woman wearing a "weepeel" and playing a guitar.
  • 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.
• 326 - (5 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 329 - Kimbrough, right profile, bending forward over table, Mexican cook in background. 9.1 x 14.1 cm.
• 330 - (6 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 331 - (2 copies; 1 negative) 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. 7.9 x 10.4 cm. And negative, 8.2 x 10.6 cm.
• 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.
• 333 - (4 copies) Same setting and subjects as Item 332 above.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 335 - 3 1/3 contact prints on a strip. See Item 74 above. (1) 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. (2) Eisenstein helping unidentified man put on his jacket. (3) Liceaga seated on rocking chair on wide patio. Hand holding light meter (?) visible in lower left corner. (4) Cut off, only trees and what might be a cross visible. "Panchromatic""printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.2 x 12.2. cm.
• 336-336a - Two strips of contact prints showing Liceaga and second matador in and around carriage. See Items 82-84 above.
  • 336 - 3 ½ prints on a strip. (1) Liceaga and second matador standing beside carriage. (2) Liceaga seated in carriage. (3) Close-up of lamp on side of carriage; Liceaga in background, looking over his shoulder. (4) Cut off, but shows camera, one of matadors and Tissé. "Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.3 x 13.7 cm.
  • 336a - 2 ½ prints on a strip. (1) Identical with Item 336 no. 3 above. (2) Identical with Item 336 no. 4 above, but a complete print. (3) Cut off, but showing Liceaga seated in carriage. "Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4 x 9.7 cm.
• 337-337a - Eisenstein, Liceaga and second matador seated in carriage. Driver in box, holding reins.
  • 337 - 8.8 x 13.8 cm
  • 337a Slightly different angle; subjects have moved slightly. 9.2 x 14.1 cm.
• 338-338b - Three strips of contact prints showing various scenes in flooded city streets.
  • 338 - 2 1/3 prints on a strip. (1) Cut off and blurred. (2) Hunter Kimbrough getting out of carriage on flooded street. (3) Man riding bicycle down flooded street. "Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.2 x 8.7 cm.
  • 338a- 2 ¼ prints on a strip. (1) Almost entirely cut off, but identical with Item 338 no. 2 above. (2) Identical with Item 338 no. 3 above. (3) Car being driven through flooded street. "Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.4 x 8. 4 cm.
  • 338b - 2 ½ prints on a strip. (1) Identical with Item 338a no. 3 above. (2) Truck being driven through flooded street. (3) Cut off, but taken at bull ring, showing man and camera on upper level of stands. See Item 351 below. 4.4 x 9.2 cm.
• 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.
• 340-340a - Liceaga, his cape held in his right hand and spread on the ground in front of him, standing beside Eisenstein in bullring.
  • 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.
  • 340a - 1 ½ contact prints on a strip. (1) Cut off, only lower portion left, but identical with Item 340 above. (2) Liceaga alone, in similar pose. 3.5 x 5.2 cm.
• 341 - Eisenstein, left, with arms around Liceaga. In bullring, 9.4 x 14.2 cm. And negative 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 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.
• 343 - 2 1/3 contact prints on a strip. (1) Cut off, part of fence and stands and arms of man holding hat visible. (2) Unidentified man standing beside rack of banderillas. "Du Pont" and "8J2278" printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4.3 x 9 cm.
• 344 - 1 ½ contact prints on a strip. (1) Cut off, but Tissé, lying on side with camera. Eisenstein kneeling at right and two unidentified men holding reflectors are visible. (2) Liceaga in empty arena, twirling cape in the air in front of himself. 4.2 x 5.9 cm.
• 345 - (4 copies; 1 negative) 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.
  • 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.
• 346 - 1 1/3 contact prints on a strip. (1) Tissé, center, with his arms around the shoulders of Liceaga, right, and another matador, left. Empty stands of bull ring in background. (2) Cut off, but part of second matador and stands visible, 4.4 x 4.6 cm.
• 347 - (Negative) Variant of Item 346 above. 8 x 10.7 cm.
• 348 - 2 contact prints on a strip. (1) Liceaga standing in arena wearing a decorated sombrero. (2) Eisenstein adjusting brim of sombrero. "8J22305" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.4 x 7.7 cm.
• 349-349c - Six strips of contact prints. Various shots of Alexandrov in the arena, making passes with a cape. Empty stands in background.
  • 349 - (2 copies) Two prints on each strip.
    • Copy 1 - 4.6 x 8.7 cm.
    • Copy 2 - 4 x 9 cm.
  • 349a - 2 ½ prints on a strip. (1) Cut off. 4.2 x 9.1 cm.
  • 349b - 2 / ¼ prints on a strip. (1) Passing cape around himself from the left. Print is spotted. (2) Passing cape to his right. (3) Cut off only empty stands visible. "Panchromatic" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4 x 8.5 cm.
  • 349c - (2 copies) 2 ½ prints on each strip. (1) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 352 - Two similar scenes of Eisenstein, right, showing fallen picador how to pose. See Items 137-139 above.
• 353 - (3 copies) On back, stamped in blue: "Photo by/G. Alexandrov". 9.5 x 14.4 cm. And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 354 - Eisenstein, left, standing behind Tissé, at camera, who is filming two young women on a small balcony outside the arena, near the entrance. On back, written in pencil: "2". See also Items 617b and 976 below. 9 x 13.7 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

CHICHEN ITZA, YUCATAN, 12-17 April 1931

• 359 - (5 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 359a (Negative; 2 copies) The Castillo, with a group of people at the base of the stairs. Bush and tree as in Item 359 above. 8.2 x 10 and 8.3 x 10.6 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 362 - (4 copies; 1 negative) Eisenstein, seated left, and Alexandrov, standing beside camera, on top of the Castillo. Temple of the Warriors in the background.
  • 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.
• 363 - (3 copies; 1 negative) Same setting as Item 362 above. Portion of the wall of the temple atop the Castillo now seen at right and center.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 365 - (4 copies) 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.
  • 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.
• 366 - (2 copies; 1 negative) Left, Alexandrov supporting young Indian man seen in Item 365 above on his shoulders; right, Eisenstein stands looking at them.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 371-381 - Mayan funeral sequence. See Items 183-187 above.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 373 - (Negative) Eisenstein posing men on either side of head of coffin. Camera at extreme right. 10 x 12.5 cm.
  • 373a - (Negative) Close-up of Eisenstein and two men at head of coffin; head of "corpse" also seen. 10 x 12.5 cm.
  • 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.
  • 375 - (2 copies) 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.
  • 376 - (4 copies) Left, Eisenstein with camera; right, Alexandrov and Tissé posed with chins on top of coffin.
    • 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.
  • 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.
  • 378 - (Negative) 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.
  • 379 - (Negative) Unidentified man at left, behind camera; either Tissé or Alexandrov placing bowl on top of coffin. 10 x 12.5 cm.
  • 380 - (2 copies) Same setting as subjects as Items 374-379 above. Tissé at right, behind camera, Eisenstein second from right, on far side of coffin. On back of each copy, written in pencil: "2". 9 x 13.9 cm.
  • 381 - (2 copies; 1 negative) Eisenstein, left, and Tissé(?) kneeling at camera, which is focussed on Indian women bending forward over a trunk.
    • 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.

IZAMAL, YUCATAN, 21-28 April 1931

• 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.

PROGRESO, YUCATAN Ca. 29 April 1931

• 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.
• 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.
• 385 - Three contact prints on a strip. (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. On back, written in pencil; "X" 3.2 x 11.6 cm.

HACIENDA TETLAPAYAC, HIDALGO STATE, May-August 1931

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 390 - (Negative) Eisenstein kneeling, left. "Sebastian" buried to his chest in the sand; "Maria" (Isabel Villasenor) standing behind him. 10 x 12.6 cm.
• 391 - (2 copies) Group of people gathered around mule-drawn trolley bus on railroad track.
  • 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.
• 392-394b - Various shots of Eisenstein and a young woman wearing a checked culotte with wide leg in the courtyard of the Hacienda. In Items 392-393a they are standing side by side; in Items 394-394b Eisenstein is lying on the ground, looking out from between the spread legs of the girl's culotte.
  • 392 - (2 copies; 1 negative) 8.8 x 13.5 cm. And negative, 10 x 12.6 cm.
  • 393 - (2 copies) 8.8 x 13.5 cm.
  • 393a - 8.9 x 13.6 cm
  • 394 - (2 copies) 13.5 x 18.5 cm.
  • 394a - 8.3 x 10.8 cm. And negative, 8.1 x 10.4 cm.
  • 394b - 8.8 x 13.6 cm. And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 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.
• 396-397 - Eisenstein in business suit on horseback in courtyard of Hacienda.
  • 396 - Facing camera. On back, written in black ink: "On Hacienda. 8.7 x 13.8 cm. And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
  • 397 - (2 copies) Trying to pull horse away from drinking fountain.
    • Copy 1 - 8.8 x 14 cm.
    • Copy 2 - 8.9 x 13.9 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 402-407 - 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.
  • 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.
  • 403 - Standing, shaking hands. On back, written in pencil: "4" 9.3 x 14.4 cm.
  • 404 - Standing, looking off right. On back, written in pencil: "4". 9.3 x 14.5 cm.
  • 405 - Man pretending to hit Eisenstein with gourd. On back, written in pencil: "4." 9 x 14.2 cm.
  • 406 - Eisenstein alone. On back, written in pencil: "2" 9.1 x 14.1 cm.
  • 407 - On back, typed: "Eisenstein & friend." 12.6 x 18.8 cm.
• 408-410d - Various shots of Eisenstein and man seen in Items 398, 401-407 above, riding donkeys in courtyard of Hacienda.
  • 408 - (3 copies) On back of each, written in pencil: "4." 9.3 x 14.3 cm.
  • 408a - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.2 x 13.8 cm.
  • 408b - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.2 x 14 cm.
  • 408c - On back, written in pencil: 9 x 14.1 cm.
  • 408d - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.1 x 13.4 cm.
  • 408e - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.1 x 13.9 cm.
  • 409 - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.3 x 13.9 cm.
  • 409a - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.1 x 14 cm.
  • 410 - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.3 x 13.7 cm.
  • 410a - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.3 x 14.3 cm.
  • 410b - On back, written in pencil: "4." 9.1 x 14.2 cm.
  • 410c - On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO" and "82." 8.5 x 11 cm.
  • 410d - On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO" and "87." 8.3 x 11.1 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 413-417 - Julio Saldivar in various poses.
  • 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.
  • 414 - (2 copies) Close-up, head and shoulders, taken in front of spiny cactus so that it appears to be his hair or hat.
    • Copy 1 - 8.4 x 13.7 cm.
    • Copy 2 - 8.4 x 13.5 cm.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• 418-418a - 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.
  • 418 - Unidentified man seated in the background. 8.3 x 13.8 cm.
  • 418a - (2 copies) Taken from the side. 8.8 x 13.8 cm.
• 419-421 - Three similar shots of a group of people seated on rocks, trees with Spanish moss in the background.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 423-426 - Four strips of contact prints showing various scenes of dancers at Death Day fiesta. On back of each strip, written in pencil: "X."
  • 423 - Three prints on a strip. (1) Dancer in skeleton mask and naval uniform, left, and dancer in skeleton mask and cutaway coat, right. (2) Dancer in naval uniform on stage, Tissé, back to photographer, standing behind camera, right. (3) Similar to no. 2, but Eisenstein is at Tissé's left. 3 x 12 cm.
  • 424 - Three prints on a strip. (1) Dancer in naval uniform. (2) Blurred figure. (3) Unidentified man in business suit seated beside a woman with a skeleton mask pushed on top of her head. 3.3 x 11.9 cm.
  • 425 - Three prints on a strip. (1) Eisenstein standing to the left of a dancer wearing skeleton mask and long mantilla. (2) Dancer in mantilla and dancer in skeleton mask and charro costume. (3) Full-figure shot of dancers from no. 2. 3.1 x 12 cm.
  • 426 - Three prints on a strip. See Item 240 above. 91). Six dancers, three men and three women. (2) Dancers on platform; Tissé second from left in foreground, seated on trunk; Eisenstein standing beside him. (3) Close-up of three male dancers seen in nos. 1 and 2. 3.2 x 11.2
• 427-428 - Eisenstein with skeleton dressed in woman's clothes. See Item 246 above
  • 427 - Embracing skeleton. 8.3 x 12.3 cm. And negative, 10 x 12.6 cm
  • 428 - (Negative) "Dancing" with skeleton, arms raised. 10 x 12.6 cm
• 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
• 430-434a - 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."
  • 430 - Two prints on a strip, showing slightly different views of Eisenstein sitting on a flat tomb, eating. 2.9 x 7.8 cm.
  • 431 - Three prints on a strip. (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. 3.3 x 12 cm.
  • 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.
  • 433 - Three prints on a strip, similar to Item 432 above, but man in dark trousers in standing. 3.3 x 11.7 cm.
  • 434 - Three prints on a strip. (1) Heavy set man leaning against tomb, on which are candles, a skull, a photograph and other objects. (2) Group of Mexicans beside same tomb; Tissé lying on opposite side of tomb with camera. (3) Unidentified man lying on his stomach on top of a tomb, 3.1 x 11.8 cm.
  • 434a - Three prints on a strip. (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. 3.3 x 11.9 cm.

MEXICO CITY, ca. Sept-Nov. 1931

• 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.
• 436-436a - 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."
  • 436 - 4 prints on a strip. 3 x 14.6 cm.
  • 436a - 2 ½ (?) prints on a strip. "Du Pont" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.4 x 9.5 cm.
• 437 (Negatives; 2 copies Close-up of Indian in front of statue of Chalchihuítloicue. 8 x 11 cm.
• 438 (Negative) Medium shot of Eisenstein seated in front of statue of Chalchihuítlicue. 8 x 11 cm.
• 439-439a - 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.
  • 439 - Tissé at far right.
  • 439a - Unidentified woman at far right.
• 440-441 - Eisenstein with statue of bleeding Christ, in doorway of church(?).
  • 440 - Medium shot, full-figure. 8.5 x 12.4 cm.
  • 441 - Close-up, waist up. 8.7 x 12.5 cm.
• 442-447 - Various shots of Eisenstein, Tissé, Alexandrov and two unidentified men amid tall, single-stemmed cacti.
  • 442 - Long shot of all but Tissé in large touring car. 9.1 x 14.2 cm.
  • 443 - Medium shot of same group in car. 8.9 x 12.7 cm.
  • 444 - (2 copies) Medium shot of all but Alexandrov in car. 9 x 12.8 cm.
  • 445 - Medium shot of same group in car. 8.9 x 12.8 cm.
  • 446 - Eisenstein standing in front of clump of cacti. 9 x 12.8 cm.
  • 447 - Alexandrov standing in same clump. On back, written in pencil: "Alexandrov." 12.5 x 17.8 cm.
• 448-453 - Various shots of Eisenstein, Tissé, Alexandrov, and two unidentified men in front of giant tree-like cactus.
  • 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.
  • 449 - (2 copies) Medium shot of Alexandrov and unidentified man in car, waving. 8.8 x 12.5 cm.
  • 450 - (2 copies) Medium shot of Tissé, Eisenstein, Alexandrov, and unidentified man in car. 8.8 x 12.4 cm.
  • 451 - Tissé, Eisenstein and unidentified man seated in front of cactus. 8.7 x 12.7 cm.
  • 452 - (2 copies) Eisenstein standing in front of cactus. 8.7 x 12.7 cm.
  • 453 - Alexandrov standing in front of cactus. On back, written in pencil: "Grigori 'Grisha' Alexandrov." 9 x 12.8 cm.
• 454-458 - Various similar shots of Eisenstein leaning against or seated on a tall, round cactus in clump of shorter, barrel-shaped cacti.
  • 454 - (2 copies) 8.6 x 12.6 cm.
  • 455 - 8.7 x 12.7 cm.
  • 456 - 8.6 x 12.7 cm. And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
  • 457 - (2 copies) 9 x 12.8 cm.
  • 458 - Eisenstein and unidentified man seen in Items 442-453 above seated in front of clump of cacti. 8.8 x 12.5 cm.

MEXICO CITY, 12-20 Nov. 1931

• 459-460 - Two scenes of President Rubio seated on the sand.
  • 459 - Unidentified woman in sun hat with arm on his shoulder. 7 x 9.7 cm.
  • 460 - Seated with two children on either side of him. 5.7 x 8.9 cm.
• 461-462 - Eisenstein standing on roof (?) of building; crowds in street or plaza below
  • 461 - In background, a church, with doors decorated. 12.2 x 17 cm.
  • 462 - In background, trees and crowd. 8.3 x 11.5 cm.
• 463-463a - Two similar shots of five men seated on steps leading into a large building. Eisenstein, second from left, Tissé, right. Others unidentified.
  • 463 - Long shot of group, showing arched entrance. 9 x 12.8 cm.
  • 463a - Close-up of group. 9 x 12.9 cm.
• 464 - Eisenstein standing on wide balcony with three unidentified men. City in background. 8.7 x 12.4 cm.
• 465-466 - 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.
  • 465 - All standing. 12.7 x 18.6 cm.
  • 466 - Tissé and man to his left seated on rear bumper of van. 12.9 x 17.8 cm.
• 467-469 - Scenes from parade for athletic-military maneuvers, 20 Nov. 1931.
  • 467 - From left, unidentified man; in car, Tissé (with camera), unidentified man, Eisenstein; policeman on motorcycle. 12.7 x 18.6 cm.
  • 468 - (2 copies) 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.
  • 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.

UNIDENTIFIED BIOGRAPHICAL SHOTS

• 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."
• 471-471a - Two views of a portrait of Eisenstein.
  • 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.
  • 471a - Close-up of Eisenstein's head. On back, stamped in blue: "Photo by/G. Alexandrov." 11.5 x 16.4 cm.
• 472 - (Negative) 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.
• 473 - Eisenstein standing beside camera in front of large palm trees. Possibly taken near Tehuantepec. 12.8 x 17.8 cm.
• 474 - (2 copies) Eisenstein straddling a palm branch. Possibly in Tehuantepec. 12.2 x 18.6cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 483 - (2 copies) Eisenstein, bending over. Taken from behind. Church in background. Possibly taken in either Mexico City or Mérida. 8.9 x 13.8 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 486 - (2 copies) 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.
• 487-487b - ( 3 negatives) Right profile close-ups of Eisenstein wearing pith helmet.
  • 487 - People and buildings in background. Each 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
  • 487a -Eisenstein, wearing a dark leather jacket, slumped in a chair, pith helmet over his eyes. 13.7 c 18.8 cm.
  • 487b - (Negative) Eisenstein sitting on step at left. Unidentified person seated behind him on his left. 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 490 - Eisenstein standing on trunk on stone steps, behind camera. 8.8 x 13.9 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 493 - Two contact prints on a strip. Two similar shots of Eisenstein lying on the ground, his head under a dark cloth covering the camera. 3.6 x 7.6 cm.
• 494 - Two contact prints on a strip. 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. 4.5 x 7.7 cm.
• 495 - Three contact prints on a strip. (1) Unidentified man and small boy standing together. (2, 3) Eisenstein standing between the two. "8J…"and "Du Pont" printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4.5 x 12.5 cm.
• 496 - (2 copies) From left, Tissé, Eisenstein and an unidentified man seated in large, shabby bathroom.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 499 - (2 copies) 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."
  • Copy 1 - Top right hand corner torn off. 8.8 x 13.3 cm.
  • Copy 2 - 9.4 x 13.9 cm.
• 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.
• 501-503 - Shots of Eisenstein playing with a monkey in what appears to be a large park. 8.7 x 12.6
• 504 - Eisenstein squatting in a field, drinking from a coconut. 9.4 x 14.4 cm.
• 505 - (2 copies) 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.
• 506-506a - 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.
  • 506 - On back, written in blue ink: "Diego Rivera L/Sergei Eisenstein R."
  • 506a - On back, written in pencil in a different hand, same inscription as on Item 506 above.
• 507 - From left, standing in front of a Pan-American trimotor plane, Tissé, unidentified man, Eisenstein. 9.4 x 14.6 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 510 - Two contact prints on a strip. (1) Alexandrov leaning against one column of an arcade; another figure and a long, low building in the background. (2) Eisenstein in silhouette on a beach; boat and water in the background. 4 x 7.6 cm.
• 511 - 2 1/3 contact prints on a strip. (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. 3.8 x 8.9 cm.
• 512 - (4 copies) 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.
  • 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
  • Copy 4 - 9.2 x 14.3 cm.
  • Copies 1-2 above. 17.7 x 27.4 cm.
• 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.
• 514-522 - Various shots of Tissé , in canoe, with small alligator alongside.
  • 514 - 8.6 x 11.2 cm.
  • 515 - 9.3 x 14.2 cm
  • 516 - 9.3 x 14.3 cm.
  • 517 - (Negative) 8.3 x 10.9 cm.
  • 518 - 8.6 x 11.2 cm.
  • 519 - 2 1/3 contact prints on a strip. 4 x 9.1 cm.
  • 520 - Two contact prints on a strip. 3.6 x 7.6 cm.
  • 521 - Two contact prints on a strip. 4.4 x 7.6 cm.
  • 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.
• 523 - Eisenstein(?) standing in shallow water holding alligator by tail and one front leg. 9.4 x 14.5 cm.
• 524 - (3 copies) 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.
• 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.
• 526 - (4 copies) Dr. Best-Maugard, Kimbrough, and Tissé standing with camera on wide sandy area in front of thatched hut and other buildings.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 530-530a - Two strips of contact prints. Alexandrov and another man (Kimbrough or Best Maugard?) standing in a sandy area with palm trees in background.
  • 530 - 2 1/3 prints on a strip. (1) Cut off, blurred. (2) Alexandrov. (3) Other man. "8J223…" and "Du Pont" printed in reverse at edges of strip. 4.6 x 8.8 cm
  • 530a - One complete and two partial prints on a strip. (1) Cut off, but appears to be identical with Item 530 no. 2 above. (2) Identical to Item 530 no. 3 above. (3) Cut off, unidentifiable. 4.5 x 7 cm.
• 531 - (2 copies) Alexandrov seated on the ground, drinking from a coconut. Large reeds in the background. 9.2 x 14.2 cm.
• 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.
• 533 - Three contact prints on a strip. (1) Alexandrov, second from right, standing on guardrail. Mountains in background. Three other men, all unidentified. (2,3) Similar shots Of mountains. On back, written in pencil: "10," stamped in blue: "Foto Mantel/[,,,]nas 11." 3.2 x 11.8 cm.
• 534-535 - Various shots of Hunter Kimbrough and young Mexican man in canoe.
  • 534 - (2 Copies) 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.
  • 534a - (Negative) Similar to Item 534 above, but they are closer together. 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
  • 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)
• 536-540 - Various shots of Hunter Kimbrough and young Mexican man in canoe.
  • 536 - (2 copies) 3 1/3 contact prints on a strip. (4) Cut off, but on Copy 2, Kimbrough's head can be seen.
    • Copy 1 - 4.1 x 12 cm.
    • Copy 2 - 4.2 x 12.6 cm.
  • 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.
  • 537 - 2 ¼ contact prints on a strip. (1) Kimbrough wearing dark jacket and holding rifle standing in shallow water in front of large sailboat. "..22341" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.8 x 8.8 cm.
  • 537a - 3 ½ contact prints on a strip. (1) Cut off, but identical to Item 537 no. 1 above. (2,3) Identical to Item 537 nos. 2, 3 above. "8J22341" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.4 x 12.8 cm.
  • 537b - Enlargement of Item 537a no. 3 above. 9.2 x 14.3 cm.
  • 538 - 2½ contact prints on a strip. (1,2) Mexican man standing beside boat on beach; Kimbrough sitting in boat. 4.1 x 9.8 cm.
  • 539 - (2 copies) 9.3 x 14.3 cm.
    • Copy 1 - Creased and wrinkled.
    • Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Kimbrough."
  • 540 - (2 copies) 9.3 x 14.3 cm.
• 541-545 - Various shots of Kimbrough and others in and around sailboats and canoes. Location probably the same as for items 536-540 above.
  • 541 - 2 1/3 contact prints on a strip. (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. "8J223401" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 4.2 x 8.9 cm.
  • 542 - 2 ½ contact prints on a strip. (1) Cut off, stretch of beach with palm trees at right. (2) Alexandrov standing by bow of sailboat, Kimbrough and unidentified man seated in boat. (3) Long shot of boat with two figures in it. Palm tree in foreground. 4.1 x 10.4 cm.
  • 543 - 3 1/3 contact prints on a strip. (1) Cut off. (2) Group of people, all unidentified, in front of car and thatched hut. (3) Four men on beach, row boat and sail boat in background. (4) Unidentified man wearing pith helmet, dark jacket and white shorts wading out to row boat; another man at side of boat. 4.8 x 12.8 cm,
  • 544 - 3 1/3 contact prints on a strip. (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. 5 x 12.7 cm.
  • 545 (2 copies) Kimbrough standing in bow of boat, smoking a cigarette, with alligator draped over bow at his feet. 9.3 x 14.2 cm.
    • Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter Kimbrough
• 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.
• 547 - (2 copies) Hunter Kimbrough asleep on his left side, his head resting on various pieces of luggage. 9.3 x 14.2 cm.
  • Copy 2 - On back, written in pencil: "Hunter Kimbrough."
• 548 - (2 copies) Kimbrough, right, kneeling beside an unidentified man reading notes or letters. Building in background. 8.9 x 14.2 cm.
• 549-549a - 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.
  • 549 - Standing between the women, his arms around their shoulders.
  • 549a - Seated on the grass with the woman at right in Item 549 above.
• 550-552 - 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.
  • 550 - Kimbrough, left, and man in business suit and fedora.
  • 551 - Kimbrough, right, at wheel, and man in work clothes and straw (?) hat.
  • 552 - Two unidentified men together.
• 553-554 - Group of men on deck of ship with three large sea turtles. On back, write in pencil: "13"
  • 553 - Four men holding turtles. Kimbrough is second from right. 7.2 x 11.7 cm.
  • 554 - Man at right in Item 553 above and another unidentified man with turtle in net. 7.1 x 11.9 cm.
• 555 - Three contact prints on a strip. (1) Unidentified man in chaps and flat-crowned hat standing in front of adobe wall. (2) Another unidentified man in straw hat and dark trousers shaking hands with first man. (3) Eisenstein shaking hands with first man. "Du Pont" printed in reverse at edge of strip. 3.6 x 11.9 cm.
• 556-561 - (6 negatives) All in one plastic sleeve. All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
  • 556 - Row of carousel horses(?) covered with a tarp. Man with leg thrown over the back of one horse at extreme right.
  • 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.
  • 558 - Eisenstein standing in corridor(?) with archways, high beamed ceilings and wall murals. "NITRATE FILM" and "6C 26387" stamped at edges of film.
  • 559 - Eisenstein standing in front of camera, two unidentified men standing on either side. Building in background.
  • 560 - Close-up of three football players in uniform.
  • 561 - Football team walking past spectators. Palm trees in background. "6A" printed at edges of film.
• 562-565 - (4 negatives) All in one plastic sleeve. All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
  • 562 - Four men standing at corner of building; another large building with archway and cupola in background.
  • 563 - Four men beside large building. Probably same men and location as Item 562 above.
  • 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.
  • 565 - Man standing in front of gable end of 3-story house. Another man standing in doorway.
• 566-571 - (6 negatives) All in one plastic sleeve. All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
  • 566 - Group of people on a bench. Low hills in far background.
  • 567 - Three men grouped around a camera. Village with thatched roofs, palm trees in background.
  • 568 - Two men, arms linked with two women in native costume. "Du Pont' printed at edge of film.
  • 569 - Eisenstein and unidentified man in pointed hat standing in front of large bushes.
  • 570 - Man, in profile, seated under tall palm trees, drinking from a canteen(?). "49931" printed at edge of film.
  • 571 - Partially naked man, back to camera. To his right, a second man, facing camera, fully clothed. "0589" printed at edge of film.
• 572-575 - (4 negatives) All in one plastic sleeve. All 3.4 x 3.7 cm.
  • 572 - Man standing beside wrecked auto, which is lying on its side. "…romantic" printed at edge of film
  • 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.
  • 574 - Long shot of crew filming in front of wall. Long balcony above wall with people watching the filming.
  • 575 - Eisenstein standing in front of large stained glass window.
• 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.
• 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.
• 578 - Unidentified man in work clothes standing beside car. On back, written in pencil: "3". 8.6 x 13.6 cm.
• 579-582 - Various shots of unidentified man with young mountain lion, 8.8 x 12. 6 cm.
• 583 - (2 copies) Unidentified woman seated in wicker chair beside a tree. 12.7 x 19.3 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 586 - (3 copies) Three unidentified men walking toward camera. Pan-American plane in background. 8.9 x 13.8 cm.
• 587 - Two men and two women dressed in good clothes. Photo faded and scratched; none can be identified. 5.9 x 8.3 cm.
• 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.
• 589 - (2 copies) Two contact prints on a strip. A man, possibly Tissé, beside a bus on a beach.
  • Copy 1 - 4.1 x 7.7 cm.
  • Copy 2 - 4 x 7.6 cm.
• 590 - Four unidentified men on a grassy hillside; palm trees behind them. 6.6 x 9.1 cm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 593 - Three contact prints on a strip. Various shots of thatch-roofed buildings in small village. On back written in pencil: "10;" stamped in blue: "Foto Mantel/[….]as 11." 3.2 x 11.9 cm.
• 594 - Three contact prints on a strip. Various shots of thatch-roofed buildings in small mountain village. May be same location, but not same buildings, as seen in Item 593 above. On back, written in pencil: "10;" and stamped in blue: "Foto Mantel/[….]as 11." 3.3 x 11.8 cm.
• 595 - Three contact prints on a strip. (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. On back, written in pencil: "10" and stamped in blue: "Foto Mantl/[….]as 11." 3.2 x 11.8 cm.
• 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..

SMALL PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES (ca. 3.5 x 4.5 cm)

FROM AND FOR THE FILM

TEHUANTEPEC, ca 6 Feb 1931

• 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"
• 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)

MÉRIDA, YUCATAN, ca 22-31 March 1931

• 604 - Contact print. Interior, sitting room.
• 605 - Contact print. David Liceaga having his hair dressed. See also Item 77-77a and 335 above. At edge of print, numbers printed in reverse, but cut off and undecipherable.
• 606 - Contact print. Four young woman wearing mantillas grouped around a pillar at the edge of a patio (?). At edge of print, printed in reverse: "8J22…"
• 607 - Contact print. Close-up of crucifix seen in Items 80-81 above. Slight enlargement of Item 81 no. 3 above.
• 608 - (2 copies) Contact print. David Liceaga in arena, twirling cape. Empty stands in background. See also Items 106-118 above.
• 609 - Contact print. Liceaga in arena, riding a bicycle.
• 610 - Contact print. Picador seated on a bench, head in hand. See also Items 133-135 above.
• 611-613 - Shots of parade of automobiles around arena.
• 611 - Long shot, taken from upper stands. Parade approaching camera.
• 612 - Long shot, taken from same position as Item 611 above. Parade moving away from camera
• 613 - Medium shot of auto with 6 young women seated in rear.
• 614-616 - Various shots of bull fight.
  • 614 - (2 copies) Matador on knees confronting bull. Second matador behind him; spectators in stands in background.
  • 615 - Long shots of three matadors in ring with bull. On back, stamped in blue: "AM PHOTO"
  • 616 - Contact print. Identical to Item 136 no. 1 above.
• 617-617c - Various shots of exterior of arena
  • 617 - Carriage in middle foreground
  • 617a - Carriage in distance; figures on balcony at far right.
  • 617b - Medium shot of three young women standing on balcony
  • 617c - Arcade above entrance to arena

CHICHEN ITZA, YUCATAN, 12-17 April 1931

• 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)
• 646-662 - Various long shots of the Castillo. Most, if not all, taken from around 662 the Temple of the Warriors.
  • 646 - (2 copies) 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.
  • 647-648 - Taken from upper level of Temple, with stone serpent's head and Chac-Mool in foreground.
  • 649 - (2 copies) Similar to Items 647-648 above, but only serpent's head is visible.
  • 650 - (2 copies) Taken from upper level of Temple, with corner of temple at far left.
  • 651 - Long shot of Castillo and Temple, at right.
  • 652-653 - Chac-Mool in foreground
    • 652 - (2 copies)
  • 654 - (2 copies) Taken from near edge of upper level, with only stone figure atop serpent's head by main stairs visible, lower left.
  • 655 - (3 copies) Open mouth of serpent's head at entrance to upper temple frames Chac-Mool and Castillo.
  • 656-658a - Unidentified ruins in foreground.
    • 656 - (2 copies)
    • 658 - (2 copies)
    • 658a - (2 copies)
  • 659-662 - Various shots with pillars around Temple in foreground.
    • 660 - (2 copies)
    • 662 - (2 copies)
• 663-668 - Various close-up shots of the Castillo
  • 666 - (2 copies)
  • 667 - (2 copies)
• 669-670 - Shots of unidentified figures on steps of Castillo.
• 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)
• 675-681 - Various shots of the Temple of the Warriors taken from atop the Castillo.
  • 675-677 - Portions of the doorway of the temple atop the Castillo visible on either side and at the top of the photos.
  • 678 - (2 copies)
  • 679 - (2 copies)
  • 681 - (2 copies) Corner of platform atop the Castillo seen at lower right.
• 682-685a - Various shots of the Temple of the Warriors with a stone serpent's head in the foreground.
  • 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)
• 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)
• 695-696 - Similar shots of the Temple of the Warriors, corner of upper levels.
  • 695 - (3 copies)
• 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
• 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)
• 710-713 - Various shots of portions of the colonnade surrounding the Temple of the Warriors
• 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)
• 724 - (3 copies) 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.
• 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)
• 739-751a - Various shots of stone serpent's heads at the Temple of the Warriors.
  • 739 - (2 copies) Head with horn at base of pillar
  • 740-750 - Head with small figure on top of it at top of central staircase
    • 742 - (2 copies)
    • 744 - (2 copies)
    • 750 - (2 copies)
  • 751-751a - A third head is profile against the sky.
    • 751 - (2 copies)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 769-773 - Various shots of the Chac-Mool in front of the entrance to the upper temple of the Temple of the Warriors
  • 769 - (2 copies) Taken from directly in front
  • 770 - Taken from in front and to the left
  • 771-773 - Shots of young Indian sitting in front of serpent's heads. See Item 169 above.
• 774 - (2 copies) 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.
• 775-779 - Medium shots of figure on outer wall of upper temple of the Temple of the Warriors
  • 776 - (2 copies)
  • 777 - (2 copies)
• 780 - Close-up shots of figure seen in Items 775-779 above.
  • 780 - (2 copies)
  • 781 - (2 copies)
• 780-781 - (2 copies) Close-up of masks of Chac at corner of upper temple, Temple of the Warriors.
  • 780 - (2 copies)
  • 781 - (2 copies)
• 782 - (2 copies) Close-up of masks of Chac at corner of upper temple Temple of the Warriors
• 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)
• 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)
• 798-800 - Views of the sacred ball court
  • 798 - (2 copies)
• 801-804 - Various shots of the Nunnery, the Annex and the Annex and the Iglesia
  • 801 - (2 copies)
  • 802 - (2 copies)
  • 804 - (2 copies)
• 805-807 - Details of the Annex
  • 807 - (2 copies)
• 808 - Side of the Iglesia
• 809 - (2 copies) Corner of the upper frieze of the Iglesia
• 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)
• 823 - Corner of the Nunnery
• 824 - Long shot of the Nunnery, with corner of unidentified building in left foreground
• 825-825a - The Caracol (Observatory) seen in the distance past the corner of the Nunnery
• 826-831 - Various long and medium shots of the Caracol
  • 826 - (2 copies)
  • 829 - (2 copies)
  • 831 - (2 copies)
• 832-833 - Close-up shots of the dome of the Caracol
  • 832 - (2 copies)
  • 832a - (2 copies)
  • 833 - (2 copies)
• 834-834a - The Chichanchob (Red House) from a distance, with trees and rocks in the foreground.
  • 834 - (2 copies)
  • 843a - (2 copies)
• 835 - (2 copies) Long shot of the Temple of the Jaguars, with outlines of the Great Ball Court visible behind.
• 836-837 - The Temple of the Three Lintels.
  • 836 - (2 copies) A corner of the Temple.
  • 837 - Mask of Chac at a corner of the Temple.
• 838 - (3 copies) The Temple of the Dates. Early Mayan dated lintel supported by later Toltec Atlantean figures. See also Items 1047-1049a below.
• 839 - Unexcavated mound immediately north of the Temple of the Warriors, with corner of Temple wall at far right.
• 840 - (2 copies) Long shot of Temple of the Wall Panels.
• 841 - (2 copies) Wall of upper Temple of the Jaguars.
• 842 - (2 copies) Stone serpent column, entrance to upper Temple of the Jaguars.
• 843 - Temple at south end of Great Ball Court, with lower Temple of Jaguars at right.
• 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)
• 848-854c - Details of stone-work from unidentified sites.
  • 848-849 - Close-ups of large stone head.
    • 849 - (2 copies)
  • 852 - (2 copies)
  • 853 - Lizard on stone wall or pavement
  • 854a-854c - Possibly the bas-relief lower wall of the Great Ball Court.
    • 854a - (2 copies)
    • 854b - (2 copies)
    • 854c - (2 copies)
• 855-878a - Various scenes from Mayan funeral sequence. See also Item 183-187 and 371-381 above, and Item 1065-109b below.
  • 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.
  • 858 - (2 copies)
  • 859 - Close-up of Indians' heads on coffin, taken from foot of coffin.
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 878-878a - Similar shots of two Indian men holding foot of coffin on their shoulders. Feet of "corpse" visible over top of coffin.

IZAMAL, YUCATAN, 21-28 April 1931

• 879-897 - 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.
  • 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.
  • 880-882 - Shots of buildings adjoining church.
  • 886-887 - Shots of streets beside church, taken from roof or upper walls
  • 888 - Taken from roof or upper wall, looking down into walled garden.
  • 889 - Stone sundial on roof or upper wall of church. See Item 1103-1104a below.
  • 890-891 - Shots of towers at front of church, taken from the roof
    • 891 - (2 copies)
  • 892 - Close-up of bells hanging on right side of central tower in Items 890-891 above.
  • 893-897 - Various shots taken on roof of church
    • 895 - (2 copies)
    • 897 - (2 copies)

HACIENDA TETLAPAYAC, HIDALGO STATE, May-August 1931

• 898 - "Sebastian" (Martin Hernandez) with "Maria" (Isabel Villasenor) seated on a donkey, between two maguey plants. See also Items 210-215 above.
• 899 - Taken from above. Carriage drawn by five mules, with Julio Saldivar and a young woman standing beside it, waving. See Item 217 above.
• 900 - (2 copies) Similar to Item 218 above; taken from slightly different angle.
• 902 - Man wearing sombrero kneeling over young woman ("plantation owner's daughter")
• 903-904a - Scenes of Julio Saldivar on horseback with "body" of his "daughter" lying across the saddle in front of him.
  • 903 - See Item 223 above.
  • 904-904a - Close-up of Saldivar.
• 905 - See Item 224 above.
• 906 - "Maria" lying across mound of earth in which "Sebastian is buried"
• 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.
• 908 - "Sebastian" head and shoulders, against a building wall.
• 909 - "Maria" walking toward large maguey plant, left.
• 910 - Unidentified man on horseback, lying down with left leg on horse's back.
• 911 - Unidentified man holding rifle on horseback
• 912-912a - Similar shots of entrance to hacienda
• 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)
• 914 - (2 copies) A large maguey plant.

MEXICO CITY, ca 31 Aug-9 Sept. 1931

• 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.

MEXICO CITY, ca 12-20 Nov. 1931

• 916-917 - President Rubio on large balcony with line of soldiers behind him.
• 919 - Officers, band, and men of Mexican Army standing on steps of Monument of Independence on the Paseo de la Reforma.

MEXICO CITY, ca. Nov 1931

• 920 - Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology. Stone statue of Coatlique, goddess of life and death. See Items 261-261a\b above.
• 921 - Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology. Young man in front of stone statue of Chalchihuitlicue, water goddess. See Items 436-436a above.
• 922-922b - Taken at Teotihuacan. Stone statue of male figure against stone wall.
  • 922 - (2 copies)
  • 922a - (2 copies)
  • 922b - (3 copies)
• 923-925c - Taken at Teotihuacan. Various shots of male "carytid" busts supporting stone platform.
  • 925 - (2 copies)
  • 925a - (2 copies)
  • 925b - (3 copies)
  • 925c - (Negative) 8.3 x 10.7 cm.
• 926-926b - Taken at Teotihuacan. Similar shots of horizontal stone figure
  • 926 - (2 copies)
  • 926a - (2 copies)
• 927 - Taken at Teotihuacan. Four stone heads resting on the ground amid rocks and brush, with small stone structure in the background.

UNIDENTIFIED FILM SHOTS (SMALL PRINTS)

• 928-930 - Religious procession of young women
  • 929 - (2 copies)
• 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)
• 942 - Four women draped in black seated in a large paved courtyard. See Items 278-278a above.
• 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)
• 956 - Façade of church in background of Items 943-955a above.
• 957 - Adobe building with 2 wooden doors and 2 bell towers sans bells.
• 958-958a - Stone archway with cross in middle-level opening and a wooden gate in the center.
  • 958a - (2 copies)
• 959-967a - Various shots of tropical fauna.
  • 959 - (3 copies)
  • 960 - (2 copies)
  • 962 - (2 copies)
  • 964 - (2 copies)
• 968-972 - Miscellaneous shots of unidentified locations.
  • 968 - Ocean waves breaking on a beach
  • 969 - Line of men wheeling loaded sacks along road toward the left foreground. Long barn-like structure and mountains in background.
  • 970 - Large thatched-roof house in middle of broad lawns, surrounded by trees.
  • 971 - View from the top of a hill to a building barely visible in the distance.
  • 972 - Interior o narrow hall with sunlight coming from opening in right-hand wall.

BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES, SMALL SIZE (ca 3.5 x 4.5 cm.)

MÉRIDA, YUCATAN, ca March 1931

• 973 - 1 and 1/3 contact prints. (1) Eisenstein standing under a tree. (2) Cut off, but identifiable as bullring. "3H82977" printed in reverse at edge of strip.
• 974-979 - Exterior of bull right.
  • 974 - Eisenstein standing beside carriage. See Item 339 above.
  • 975-975a - Similar shots of Eisenstein and Tissé filming in front of the bull right.
  • 976 - Eisenstein and Tissé filming young woman standing in balcony near entrance of bull ring. See Item 354 above.
  • 977 - Eisenstein standing on balcony seen in Item 976 above.
  • 978-978a - Alexandrov standing on a larger balcony with two young women.
  • 979 - Eisenstein standing on balcony seen in Items 978-978a above.
• 980-987 - Various shots taken inside the bull ring. All photos except Items 986-986a are contact prints.
  • 980 - Alexandrov with camera behind inner fence of arena. Head of matador visible in center foreground. Spectators in upper background.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 983 - Unidentified matador, Alexandrov, Liceaga.
  • 984 - Matador seen in Item 983 above, Tissé and Liceaga. See Items 346-347 above.
  • 985 - Unidentified man holding full-length mirror in which Alexandrov is reflected as he takes this picture.
  • 986-986a - Tissé with camera, spectators in stands in background.
  • 987 - Six young women in a car in the arena with four men. See also Item 613 above.

CHICHÉN ITZÁ, YUCATAN, 12-17 April 1931

• 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)
• 989-989a - Kimbrough, Tissé, and Eisenstein grouped around camera in same location as Items 988-988d above.
• 990 - (3 copies) Tissé and Eisenstein on either side of camera in same location as Items 988-989a above.
• 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.
• 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.
• 993 - Unidentified man, Eisenstein, Tissé, on wall above colonnade at the Temple of the Warriors, with the Castillo in the left background.
• 994 - (2 copies) Same as Item 993 above, but without Tissé.
• 994a - (2 copies) Long shot of Eisenstein seated alone on wall as in Items 993-994 above.
• 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)
• 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)
• 999-999a - A man (possibly Alexandrov) standing half-way up the steps of the Castillo. Another man (possibly Eisenstein) seated further up the steps.
  • 999 - Long shot from base of Castillo.
  • 999a - Medium shot, probably taken from the steps.
• 1000-1001a - Various shots of men climbing the steps of the Castillo.
  • 1000 - (2 copies) Medium shot, taken from above.
  • 1001-1001a - Long shots, taken from above.
• 1002-1005b - 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.
  • 1002-1003a - Eisenstein and Alexandrov. See also Items 362-363 above.
  • 1004-1004a - Eisenstein and Tissé
  • 1004a - (2 copies)
  • 1005-1005b - Eisenstein and unidentified man
    • 1005 - (2 copies)
    • 1005b - (2 copies)
• 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.
• 1007-1009 - 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.
  • 1007-1007a - Eisenstein
  • 1008 - (2 copies) Tissé
  • 1009 - Alexandrov
• 1010 - (2 copies) Same location as Items 1007-1009 above, but more of the doorway is visible. Eisenstein and unidentified man seated outside.
• 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.
• 1012 - Tissé seated on grass in shade. Temple of the Warriors in background.
• 1013 - Central stairway of the Temple of the Warriors. Unidentified man on lower level, two other unidentified men at top of steps.
• 1014- Various views of the Temple of the Warriors with unidentified people visible
• 1016 on the upper level.
• 1017-1019 - Scenes at the colonnade of the Temple of the Warriors.
  • 1017 - Man with camera standing on wall beside colonnade.
  • 1018 - Unidentified man seated on steps, Eisenstein standing below him at colonnade level.
  • 1019 - (2 copies) Unidentified man wearing sombrero standing on wall above colonnade.
• 1020-1022 - Eisenstein and another man with head under camera cloth filming at corner of Temple of the Warriors, with colonnade in background.
• 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)
• 1026-1028a - Filming on the upper steps of the Temple of the Warriors.
  • 1026-1027 - Eisenstein and Tissé with Indian women.
  • 1028-1028a - Alexandrov with camera
• 1029-1031b - 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.
  • 1029 - (2 copies) Tissé
  • 1030-1031b - Eisenstein
    • 1030 - (2 copies)
• 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.
• 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.
• 1034-1034a - Entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors, with camera on tripod beside far serpent's head. See also Items 170-170c above.
  • 1034 - (2 copies)
  • 1034a - Eisenstein and Tissé leaning on far serpent's head
• 1035-1039 - Various individuals seated on or near Chac-Mool at entrance to upper temple, Temple of the Warriors
  • 1035 - (2 copies) Hunter Kimbrough seated on stone serpent's head; Chac-Mool in foreground
  • 1036 - (2 copies) Unidentified man in knee-high laced boot, jodhpurs, kerchief seated on Chac-Mool
  • 1037-1037a - Alexandrov seated on Chac-Mool
  • 1038-1038a -Tissé seated n Chac-Mool
  • 1039 - Eisenstein seated on ground in front of stone serpent's head. See Items 169, 368 and 1033 above.
• 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)
• 1041-1041a - Unidentified man, possible 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)
• 1042-1045 - Two unidentified men, separately, at the corner of the Nunnery Annex and the Iglesia.
  • 1042a See Item 178 above.
  • 1043 - Man in pith helmet, white shirt, knee-high boots between the two buildings.
  • 1044 - Same man at the southeast corner of the Iglesia, looking down, Caracol in background.
  • 1045 - Another man in pith helmet and knee-high boots leaning against the southeast corner of the Iglesia, with the Caracol in background.
• 1046-1046a - 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.
  • 1046 - Unidentified older man in pith helmet standing in front of Temple.
  • 1046a - Same man on right with another unidentified man standing among building stones in front of the Temple.
• 1047-1049a - 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.
  • 1047-1048b - Hunter Kimbrough in various poses in the arch.
    • 1047 - (2 copies)
    • 1048 - (2 copies)
    • 1048a - (2 copies)
    • 1048b - (2 copies)
  • 1049-1049a - Alexandrov in and on top of the arch
• 1050-1056a - Unidentified older man seen in Items 1018, 1032, 1040-1040a, 1046-1046a above at various sites.
  • 1050 - Seated on stone figure of jaguar at lower Temple of the Jaguars.
  • 1051-1051a - Possibly at the Tzompantli ("wall of skulls" platform).
    • 1051 - (2 copies) Standing at corner of wall with protruding animal head at corner. Considerable glare on right side of photo
    • 1051a - Same as Item 1051 above, but taken from further away, so more of the wall is visible. No glare.
  • 1052-1054 - At the Tzompantli
    • 1052 - (2 copies) Standing beside large square block of stone with carving of eagle eating a human heart. The block has been broken in half.
    • 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.
    • 1053-1053a - Standing at corner of wall. Taken from slightly different angles.
    • 1054 - Standing on top of wall in Items 1053-1053a above.
  • 1055 - Standing with Eisenstein. Caracol in background
  • 1056-1056a - Similar shots with Eisenstein, taken in front of large unidentified building.
• 1057-1058 Eisenstein at various sites.
  • 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)
  • 1058 - Seated on stone figure with carved stone column in background.
• 1059-1064 - Various shots of unidentified people at various sites
  • 1059-1059a - Unidentified man on steps, possibly of the Castillo.
  • 1060 - Man seated on the stairway of the Nunnery. A portion of the building itself is visible in upper left background.
  • 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
  • 1062 - Possibly the same people and site as in Item 1061 above, but taken from the base of the hill immediately below the group.
  • 1063 - (2 copies) 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.
  • 1064 - Eisenstein with three Indian women at the base of the Castillo.
• 1065-1097b - Filming the Mayan funeral sequence. See also Items 183-187, 371-381 and 855-878a above.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 1078-1080a - Various shots of Eisenstein and Tissé with Indiana women, filming and setting up shots.
  • 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)

IZAMAL, YUCATAN, 21-28 April 1931

• 1098-1100a - 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.
  • 1098-1099a - One man with camera. May be Tissé
  • 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.
  • 1101-1101a - Portion of plaza visible behind and below him
  • 1102 - Taken from directly below
• 1103-1104a - Kimbrough and Alexandrov seated (separately) by stone sundial at Cathedral building. See Item 889 above.
  • 1103 - Alexandrov
  • 1104-1104a - Kimbrough
    • 1104 - (2 copies)
• 1105-1106 - Kimbrough and Tissé seated (separately) on stone balustrade of building adjoining 1106 Cathedral
  • 1105 - (2 copies) Kimbrough
  • 1106 - (2 copies) Tissé
• 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.
• 1110-1124 - Various shots of crew members on roof of Cathedral.
  • 1110-1114 - Eisenstein
  • 1110 - (2 copies)
  • 1114 - (2 copies)
  • 1115-1115a - Alexandrov, foreground, and Eisenstein, background.
  • 1116-1117 - Alexandrov
  • 1117- (2 copies)
  • 1118-1119 - Tissé
  • 1120-1124 - Kimbrough
    • 1124 - (2 copies)

PROGRESO, YUCATAN, ca. 29 April 1931

• 1125 - Eisenstein standing on dock beside stern of ship, "Coahuila" See also Item 383 above.
• 1129 - Loading trunks, boxes, etc. onto ship. Kimbrough, Tissé, Alexandrov visible in some shots.
• 1130-1132a - Members of party standing at rail of ship. Alexandrov and Eisenstein only identifiable 1132a individuals
• 1133-1141 - Various shots of Eisenstein seated in different locations on deck of ship.
  • 1133 - (2 copies)
  • 1136 - (2 copies)
  • 1137 - (2 copies)
• 1142-1142a - Similar shots of Alexandrov seated at a table, typing, on the deck of the ship.

HACIENDA TETLAPAYAC, HILDAGO STAGE, May-August 1931

• 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.
• 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.
• 1145-1145a - Young woman wearing checked culotte with wide legs, and Eisenstein in courtyard of Hacienda. See Items 392-394 above.
• 1146 - Unidentified young woman seated on the ground in front of large maguey plant.
• 1147 - Julio Saldivar seated on low stone wall in courtyard of Hacienda, with dog lying at his feet.
• 1148 - Unidentified woman, left, and Hunter Kimbrough, right, standing in Hacienda courtyard.
• 1149 - Eisenstein and unidentified man seated on rim of fountain in Hacienda courtyard. See also Item 410 above.
• 1150 - Eisenstein, center, and four unidentified men standing in the Hacienda courtyard.
• 1151 - Unidentified man standing in the saddle of a buckskin horse.
• 1152-1152c - Various shots of Eisenstein and unidentified man seen in Item 401 and 1149 above clowning on donkeys. See also Items 408-410d.
• 1153 - Alexandrov and unidentified man on horseback in courtyard.
• 1154 - Unidentified crewmen, with three Indians, a car in the background, in the courtyard of the Hacienda.
• 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.
• 1156-1158a - Unidentified man seen in Items 1153 and 1155 above, mounted on palomino horse in desert with maguey plants.

MEXICO CITY, ca. Sept-Nov 1931

• 1150-1160 - Two views of Popocatépetl
• 1161 - Contact print. Group of people on street or patio, with street behind and below them reaching to horizon, with rolling hills. On back, written in pencil: "81" stamped in blue: "Foto Mantel/[ ]."
• 1162 - President Rubio seated on the sand, third from right, among a group of soldiers and civilians. On back, stamped in black: "99"
• 1163 - Two women on horseback among trees
• 1164 - Unidentified man standing among cactus plants with arms outstretched.
• 1165-1164a - Two views of Eisenstein in front of decorated church. See also Items 461-462 above.
• 1166-1165a Two views of Eisenstein in front of decorated church. See also Items 461-462 above.
• 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).
• 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]"
• 1168 - Probably taken at National Museum of Anthropology. Alexandrov with two small stone statues. And negative, 3.4 x 3.6 cm.

UNIDENTIFIED BIOGRAPHICAL SHOTS, SMALL SIZE

• 1169 - Woman holding baby
• 1169a - Baby seen in Item 1169 above sitting alone, smiling
• 1170 - (2 copies) Crumbling stone arch with another stone structure seen through it.
• 1171 - Contact print. Alexandrov offering a toy (?) to a small child. Interior of a house. "Du Pont" printed in reverse at edge of print. On back, written in pencil: "X"
• 1171a - (Negative) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1174 - Tissé, in same setting as Item 1173 above. Barefoot, pants legs rolled up.
• 1175 - (3 copies) 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.
• 1176-1179 - Contact prints. 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.
  • 1177a - (2 copies)
  • 1179 - Five small boys on same dock.
• 1180 - Contact print. Man standing in shallow water, filming. Low wooden dock or boat behind him.
• 1181-1183 - Tissé, Alexandrov and Eisenstein on beach with small alligator and camera. See also Items 514-522 above.
• 1184 - Group of men with two sea turtles, on a wood dock.
• 1185 - Contact print. Tissé and Eisenstein, with camera, standing in front of ornate church façade.
• 1186 - Contact print. Man holding paper bag in patio or garden of house.
• 1187 - Contact print. Eisenstein in courtyard, standing in middle of triple-arched entry way.
• 1188 - Contact print. Group of people in and around a car. See Item 494 above.
• 1189-1189a - Man beside modern stone sculpture in garden
  • 1189 - Contact print. Kneeling beside sculpture.
  • 1189a - (negative) Standing beside sculpture.
• 1190 - Contact print. Three men standing by concrete railing, with mountains in background. See Item 533 above for similar setting.
• 1191 - Contact print. Eisenstein seated on the ground. On back, stamped in blue and partially cut off: "…Mantel/…as 11"
• 1192 - Contact print. Tissé and unidentified man leaning against a carved balustrade, with telephone wires and pole and a low building in the background. On back, written in pencil: "X"
• 1193 - Two men standing side by side at edge of stone platform. Possibly taken at Chichen Itza.
• 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.
• 1195 - Fox cub in pith helmet on trunk. See Item 279 above.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1198 - (2 copies) Eisenstein standing on the roof of a church, with an open-arched bell tower behind him. See Item 482 above.
• 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)
• 1200-1202a - 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.
  • 1200 - Eisenstein in street. See Item 498 above.
  • 1201 - Alexandrov and unidentified man in street.
  • 1202-1202a - Taken inside arcade, looking along it. Two men in pith helmets standing by column; Indian woman standing in arch at entrance.
• 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.
• 1204-1204c - Eisenstein engaged in mock fight with propped-up skeleton of a bull. Low stone wall in background.
• 1205-1206 - Alexandrov and Eisenstein seated on either side of a large cross which stands on a rock and leans against a wall.
• 1207-1207a - Two similar shots of Tissé in white Stetson, jacket and slacks, in front of an adobe wall with a grilled doorway.
• 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"
• 1209-1209a - Two similar shots taken inside a restaurant (?). Sleeping man in the foreground, other people seated at tables in background.
  • 1209 - (2 copies)
• 1210 - Man at counter of store (?) with bowls of fruit on counter, cans and bottles on shelves behind and below counter.
• 1211 - Interior of hotel room. Man in foreground, bending over, packing. Another man stands behind him at the door of the room.
• 1212-1212c - Crew members on a railroad cart with rolled-up awnings on the sides. Eisenstein seated center, Tissé seated right.
  • 1212-1212a - Alexandrov seated left.
  • 1212b-1212c - Kimbrough seated left.
• 1213 - (2 copies). Eisenstein (far left) and others walking down cobbled street. Small thatched-roof building and larger building with wooden Porch in background.
• 1214-1217 - Various crew members around railroad tracks, with palm trees, train and buildings in background.
  • 1214 - (2 copies) Kimbrough, Eisenstein and Tissé standing by palm tree with train station in background.
  • 1215 - (2 copies) Eisenstein, unidentified man and Tissé standing in front of train station. Man is holding his hand over Eisenstein's head.
  • 1216 - Eisenstein, Kimbrough and man seen in Item 1215 above standing on railroad tracks.
  • 1217 - (2 copies) Eisenstein, man seen in Items 1215-1216 above. Kimbrough and others walking toward railroad tracks. Caboose And other cars of train in background.
• 1218-1218a - Two similar shots of young Indian man and unidentified man standing in front of palm tree. See also Item 478 above.
• 1219 - (2 copies) Two unidentified men standing in front of two-story building with wrap-around balcony. Palm trees in foreground.
• 1220-1225 - Eisenstein and Tissé sitting, standing and lying in a hammock on a wide balcony, probably that seen in Item 1219 above.
  • 1220 - (2 copies) Medium shot of Eisenstein in hammock.
  • 1221-1221a - Long shots of Eisenstein in hammock.
  • 1221a - (4 copies)
  • 1222 - Tissé in hammock
  • 1223 - (2 copies) Eisenstein standing by railing of balcony
  • 1224 - (2 copies) Eisenstein seated by balcony railing
  • 1225 - Tissé seated by balcony railing.

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.

• 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.
• 2 - (5 copies) '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. May go with photo Items 184-185a.
• 2a - (2 copies) '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.
• 3 - (3 copies) "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. Goes with photo Item 191
• 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
• 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
• 5 - (2 copies) "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.

POSTCARDS

Postcards, both commercial and biographical, and postcard-sized pictures. They are arranged in chronological order.

TEHUANTEPEC, Feb 1931

• 1 - Row of 5 young women in "weepeel" headdresses seated in patio (?). See photo Item 13 for same women seated in different order.
• 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.
• 3 - Elderly women seen in photo Items 45-47 with small girl, both holding large jugs on their heads.
• 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.
• 5 - Another woman in costume similar to that seen in Postcard 4 above. Background similar to the above also.

SAN BLAS, ca. 17 February 1931

• 6 - Group of six young women wearing "sunflower" headdresses and seated on the ground.

MÉRIDA, YUCATAN, ca. 22-31 March 1931

• 7 - "10..Mérida…Teatro Peón Contreras"
• 8 - "14..Mérida.. Iglesia de San Cristobal/(Arquitectura Colonial)"
• 9 - "15…Casa de 'Montejo'"
• 10 - "18..Mérida..Iglesia y Plaza de Santiago"
• 11 - "Arco de San Juan. No. 18"
• 12 - "18..Penitenciaria Juarez/Mérida, Yue..Mex."
• 13 - 28..Mérida,,,Satuario de la Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro-Itzimná."
• 14 - "36..Temple Masónico/Mérida, Yuc., Max."
• 15 - "39-Parque 'Allende' (S. Cristobal,)/Mérida, Yuc., Méx."

CHICHÉN ITZÁ, YUCATAN, 12-17 April 1931

• 16 - "3. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/Tribuna del Rey y Castillo"
• 17 - "7. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/Palacio de los Tigres, Parte Inferior"
• 18 - "14. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/"El Caracol" y "El Castillo""
• 19 - "19. Ruinas de Chichen Itza/Las Monjas, Pachada Oriental"
• 20 - "28. Ruinas de Chichén Itzá/Temple de las Mil Columnas. (Lado Norte)"
• 21 - "29. Ruinas de Chichen Itzá/'El Temple de los Guerreros'"
• 22 - On front, written in black ink: "Chichen Itzá Disco Cobre."

PROGRESO, YUCATAN, ca. 29 April 1931

• 23 - "Progreso, Yuc., Max. - 9"
• 24 - "11 Garretera Mérida-Progreso"
• 25 - "Muelle 'Benito Juarez.'/'Benito Juarez Pier.'/Progresso, Yuc., Max. - 17."
• 26 - "Malecon. Progreso, Yuc., Max."
• 27 - (4 copies) Entrance to Hacienda. Five men on horseback - center, Eisenstein; to his left, Kimbrough; other unidentified,
  • 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."
• 28 - Group of armed men surrounding Julio Saldivar (in uniform) in courtyard of Hacienda.
• 29 - Julio Saldivar on balcony overlooking courtyard, playing a small saxophone.
• 30 - Eisenstein pushing a woman (unidentified) in a wheelbarrow in the Hacienda courtyard. Several saddled horses in background.

MEXICO CITY, CA. 31 August - 9 Sept. 1931

• 31 - "No. 126/Momias en el/Panteon/Municipal/Guanajuato,/Mexico,/Mummies in the/Municipal/Pantheon,/Guanajuato,/Mexico." Colored print.
• 32 - Three jointed skeleton puppets on sticks
• 33 - (2 copies) Skeleton doll drummer. See photo Item 239 for similar dolls displayed.

MEXICO CITY, ca. Sept-Nov 1931

• 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.
• 35 - Scene at bullfight, with matador on one knee as bull charges, lower center.
• 36 - Same location as postcard 35 above, with several men grouped around the fallen bull.
• 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.
• 38 - Eisenstein, lower center, standing on hillside beneath rocky ledge with railing on top; mountains in background. On front, written in blue ink: "..0 gott! Wie schon!"" [Oh God! What beauty!] See photo Items 535 and 1190 for similar location.
• 39-41 - Teotihuacan
  • 39 - (3 copies) Tissé, seated on front bumper of car with two unidentified men standing beside car. In background, the Temple of the Sun.
  • 39a - (3 copies) 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.
  • 40 - Foreground, various cactus plants. Background, the Temple of the Sun.
  • 41 - "868 Teotihuacan". Close-up of serpent's heads.

MEXICO CITY, 12-20 Nov 1931

• 42 - Eisenstein standing in front of military unit on steps of Monument of Independence See also photo Item 919
• 43 - (2 copies) Slightly closer view of same unit. Eisenstein at left, Tissé in front of him, at camera.
• 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.
• 45 - (2 copies) Close-up of military unit on steps of Monument.
• 46 - Drummer in lower right corner; angel stop Monument at far left.
• 47 - Tissé and Eisenstein in back of car, filming line of soldiers.
• 48 - (2 copies) From left, Eisenstein, a military drummer, Tissé with camera.
• 49 - (2 copies; 1 negative) From left, a soldier, Tissé, Eisenstein at camera. And negative, 10 x 12.5 cm.
• 50 - (2 copies) 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.
  • Copy 1 - On back, written in black ink: "Maclobio Tapia Mangapu (?) No. /2428 de la Commandancia/de Tacubaya, Mexico D.F./xxx."
• 51 - Tissé, left, behind camera, filming three soldiers in front of decorated wall panel.
• 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.

BIOGRAPHICAL SHOTS, DATE AND LOCALE UNKNOWN

• 53 - (3 copies) Alexandrov and Eisenstein, with life-size cardboard cut-out of young woman between them, in front of backdrop with crescent moon and stars.
  • Copy 1 - On back, written in black ink: "Twinkling with/the stars!"; and below In another hand, in pencil: "[S. Eisenstein's writing]".
• 54 - (3 copies) Eisenstein holding the cut-out
• 55 - Eisenstein, right, and unidentified man seated on low steps of building. Eisenstein holding a small stone head in his hands.
• 56 - Unidentified man and woman standing with Eisenstein (right) in front of large house partially covered with ivy.
• 57 - Tissé and Eisenstein, with camera, standing in front of ornate doorway of church (?). See also photo Item 1185
• 58 - Stone statue, modern, of mother and child. Portions of other statues visible in background.
• 59 - Man holding large stone penis.
• 60 - "Torres y vista del Interior/de Palacio/Guadalajara, Jal., Max./93"
• 61 - "Panorama desde Sn. Felipe/Guadalajara, Jal., Max. 104"
• 62 - "157. Conv. De la Merced/Mexico."
• 63 - "Chapala." On back, printed in green, advertisement for hotel.
• 64 - (2 copies) "Ntra. Stra. de/la Soledad/Tacuba, D.F."
• 65 - "902. Santo Domingo, Puebla."
• 66 - View of city in valley; taken from hillside with cactus plants in foreground. On front, in lower left corner: "Gto". (Guanajuato!)
• 67 - "7033. Veracruz."
• 68 - "4. Ruinas de Uxmal./El Adivino (Claro Oscuro)"
• 69 - Color shot of town on seacoast (?). Trees and curving roads in foreground. On back, written in pencil: "Mazatian Mex."
• 70 - Foreground, outrigger sailboat with stylized animal design on sail. Other boats and town in background.
• 71 - Man leaping through loop of rope. On front, lower right corner: "Floreos de reata Mexico."
• 72 - "188. Floreos de reata. Mexico."
• 73 - "473 - Mexico. Viveros de Coyoacan."
• 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"
• 75 - Drawing of plaza. On front, lower left: "Plaza de Armas, Queretaro, Mexico" in lower right: "Brown/10/10/44"
• 76 - Drawing of a street. On front, lower right corner: "Calle Cañada de Robles/Guanajuato, Gto./Brown/10/21/44"
• 77 - Colored drawing of young woman holding guitar with young man beside her. On front, lower right corner: "Feli-/cidades"
• 78 - Colored portrait of young man and young woman in moonlight.
• 79 - "Two Figures of 500 Buddhas, Canton."

OTHER SOURCE MATERIAL IN LILLY LIBRARY

• The following is a basic list of source material relating to the Que Viva Mexico! Collection which may be found in the Lilly Library. The material is arranged alphabetically within each of four categories: books and catalogues; journals; reprinted and clippings; miscellaneous.
• The letters that were exchanged between Sinclair, Eisenstein, Kimbrough and others may be found in the Sinclair Manuscripts in the Lilly Manuscripts Department. There is also some additional material to be found through the Manuscripts Index under Eisenstein's name.
• The numbers to the left of each entry are the Lilly call numbers. Those items which include "Gottesman-------" in the call number are part of a collection of otherwise uncatalogued items which are arranged by the numbers given them in Gottesman's ANNOTATED CHECKLIST (see below).

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

JOURNALS

• 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."
• "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]

PLACE NAME INDEX

The numbers which follow the entries are item numbers, not page numbers. The letters preceding the item numbers indicate whether the material consists of photos from the film (F), biographical photos (B), captions (C) or postcards (P).

• CALIFORNIA (Summer 1930), Burbank, B308, Calabasas B303-307.
• CHICHÉN ITZÁ (12-17 April 1931), F 151-191; B 359-381; F 618-878a; B 988-1097b; C 1 P 16-22.
• HACIENDA TETLAPAYAC (May-August 1931), F 201-235; B 386-422; F 898-914; B 1143-1158a, 4-5; P 27-30.
• IZAMAL, YUCATAN (21-28 April 1931), F 192-193; B 382; F 879-897; B 1098-1124.
• MÉRIDA, YUCATAN (22-31 March 1931), F 60-150; B 330-358; F 604-617c; B 973-987; P 7-15.
• MEXICO CITY, (ca. Dec 1930), B 309; (ca. Jan 1931), F 1-7; (ca. 31 August-9 September 1931), F 236-255, B 423-434a, F 915, P 31-33, (ca. Sept-Nov 1931), F 256-261b, B 435-458, B 1159-1168, F 34-41; (ca. 12-20 Nov 1931), F 262-267, B 459-469, F 916-919, P 42-52; (ca. November 1931), F 920-927.
• MOUNT VERNON, VA (ca. May 1930), B 302.
• OAXACA STATE (Jan. 1931), B 310
• PROGRESO, YUCATAN (ca. 21-28 April 1931), B 383-385; B 1125-1142a; P 23-26.
• SAN BLAS (ca. 17 Feb 1931), F 50-59; P 6.
• TEHUANTEPEC (ca. February 1931), F 8-49; B 311-329; F 597-603; P 1-5.
• XOCHIMILCO (ca. 10 May-16 June 1931, F 194-200.