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1910-1919
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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
Heroica defensa de Ciudad Juárez : la verdad de los hechos, caracter y valor del soldado mexicano; invasión de tropas americanas y su pronta evacuación
Date: 1919
Creator: Velasco, Felipe
Description: This work provides an account of what the author terms the “heroic defense” of Ciudad Juarez against Pancho Villa’s forces. It also includes correspondence by Villa to the military garrison urging their surrender. Notably, it describes American involvement (and brief incursion into Mexico) and the Mexican embassy’s response to it in El Paso, where the work was published.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149833/
[In the Trenches]
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Walter H. Horne
Description: The postcard caption reads: In the Trenches. The soldiers are actually polishing up their marksmanship skills at this unidentified firing range. The exact location of this event is not known nor is the name of this Army unit. And although it appears to be a sunny day there is a definite chill in the air. The soldiers are wearing gloves and the lone standing soldier, with the clipboard, is wearing an Army issued trench coat. A solider with binoculars is judging the accuracy of the group’s aim – he is lying down next to the standing man.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187719/
[Infantry in Action]
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Walter H. Horne
Description: The postcard caption reads: Infantry in Action. The infantry soldiers in this image are firing upon an unseen and unknown target. The postcard author does not specify who the soldiers are firing at. Since the men do not appear to be at a target range, it is logical to presume that these soldiers are firing at live targets – most likely Mexican Insurrectos. The soldiers are firing M1903s. The M1903 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle which normally used a 5 shot bullet clip.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187740/
[Infantry in Action – Duplicate Postcard]
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Walter H. Horne
Description: The caption on the postcard reads: U.S. Troops on the Mexican Border. No additional information is provided by the author of the caption. The soldiers are firing M1903s. The M1903 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle which normally used a 5 shot bullet clip. This postcard is an exact duplicate of the postcards titled: [Infantry in Action] – WH PC 180-041 and [Infantry on the Mexican Border] – WH PC 180-042.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187746/
[Infantry on the Mexican Border]
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Walter H. Horne
Description: The caption on the postcard reads: U.S. Troops on the Mexican Border. This postcard is identical to the postcard titled: [Infantry in Action] – WH PC 180-041. The soldiers are firing M1903s. The M1903 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle which normally used a 5 shot bullet clip. There are only two differences between the two postcards. The clarity of this postcard is better and this postcard has a message on the back of it. Unfortunately because there is no postmark, the postcard probably never reached its destination. The message reads: “I have been doing this kind of drill ever since I joined the army & its no cinch out here I lay down on a cactus the other day you cant to have seen me. Jimmy J.”
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187741/
[Infantry Troops]
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Walter H. Horne
Description: The postcard caption reads: Marching through Sand. Although this event was capture in El Paso, Texas there is no accompanying information describing the exaction location of this event or which Army unit this is. Two dogs, in flanking positions, are following the troops. Judging by the angle of the soldier’s rifles, it would appear that these soldiers have been marching for a while.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187731/
Informe
Date: 1912
Creator: González, Abraham, 1864-1913.
Description: This governmental report details the state of the union address by Chihuahuan State Governer Abraham González, who held power from 1910-1913. It enumerates the use of taxes, specifically their use in funding schools and telegraph and telephone lines. It also contains a response by the leader of the state legislature.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149944/
[Jumping Contest]
Date: 4 October 1914
Creator: Walter H. Horne
Description: The caption on this postcard reads: Jumping Contest. This postcard is very similar to the postcard titled “U.S. Cavalry Drill”; accession number WH-PC-180-004. Both postcard images were most likely created on the same day. The horsemanship contests not only served to stimulate good will competitiveness among the different military units but the contests also prepared the men and animals to be “field ready”.
Contributing Partner: El Paso Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187715/
Madero y sus detractores, por varios maderistas.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Description: Book containing short essays (sometimes anonymous) on the theme of revolutionary politics, many works relating to Francisco Madero, the Mexican president who was assassinated in 1913. Notably, it was published in El Paso, Texas by supporters in exile.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149946/
Manifiesto del C. Gral Francisco Villa a la nación y documentos que justifican el desconocimiento del C. Venustiano Carranza como primer jefe de la revolución.
Date: 1914
Creator: Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923.
Description: Book with copies of communications between generals in the north of Mexico and the Carranza government.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at El Paso
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149947/