Very flat hat brims?
Springfield rifles?
Lots of yucca?
Oversized muzzle booster?
Yep, that’s an American 1904 Maxim in action in Mexico!
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The Ft. Drum, NY Museum has one on display.
Great photo! Do you a recent book on photography and the Mexican Revolution, published in Mexico? The title is “México: fotografía and revolución” (ed. Miguel Ángel Berumen, Mexico DF: Lunwerg/Televisa, 2010). It is filled with fascinating period photos of federal and revolutionary troops armed with a varied array of rifles and machine guns, besides from several essays on the evolution of photography during that era.
Sorry, I should have written “Do you know…”
R.