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

Presidente Taft y Presidente de Mexico Don Porfirio Diaz en la aduana de Ciudad Juárez

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...