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The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
Documentary, History 10/16/1909

The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas (1909)

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The first meeting of a U.S. president and a Mexican president took place when William Howard Taft met Porfirio Díaz on 16 October 1909, in El Paso. The meeting was celebrated in both El Paso and Juárez with parades, elaborate receptions, lavish gifts and large crowds. Shot by the pioneers of Mexican Cinema the brothers Alva. This is a typical example of newsreel material prior to the Mexican revolution. By hemerographical references we know that this footage was presented to the then president of Mexico General Porfirio Díaz in the Castle of Chapultepec, then residence of the president.

Guillermo Alva

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Salvador Alva

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Encuentro de presidentes
Entrevista Díaz-Taft
Entrevista Díaz-Taft
Presidente Taft y Presidente de Mexico Don Porfirio Diaz en la aduana de Ciudad Juárez

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