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[Children of the Mexican Revolution]
Postcard image of an unidentified group of a children going about their daily lives during the Mexican Revolution. This image features four young girls, two young boys, and a young female who is facing away from the camera. The two boys appear to be in good spirts as they are smiling at each other. The young girl at the far right is using a wash basin. There is no information about the identities for the children in this image nor any information on the exact location of this event. This postcard was mailed by Walter Horne to his mother Mrs. Horne who was living in Hallowell, Maine.
[Construction Site Looking East]
Photograph of an excavation site for a post office. Machinery lies next to a wooden support structure that is partially constructed. Other buildings surround the site.
[Construction Site Looking Eastward]
Photograph of a construction site. There is a foundation with two cranes and supplies spread around. There are buildings in the background.
[Construction Site Looking North]
Photograph of a construction site. A foundation has construction supplies, and buildings are in the background.
[Construction Site Looking South]
Photograph of a construction site where workers are building a foundation. Horses are standing in front of a cart, and buildings are in the background.
[Construction Site Looking West]
Photograph of a construction site. There are two men working on a mound of dirt, and buildings are in the background.
[Dig Site Looking West]
Photograph of a construction site. There are landlines on the corners, and buildings in the background.
[Dormitory Rendering]
Rendering of a dormitory in the School of Mines Group in El Paso, Texas. The building has three stories, with the top level having decorated window borders. The ground slopes up and to the left.
[General John J. Pershing with Troops in El Paso]
Postcard of General John J. Pershing in command of Troops during the Pancho Villa Expedition. The soldiers are under a gazebo that has American flags on all of the fences. There is writing no the back of the postcard that says, " ~ return of New Gen Pershing to the Punitive Expedition to Columbus, New Mexico on 5th Feb. 1917."
[North Stanton Street, El Paso, Texas]
Postcard of North Stanton Street, El Paso, Texas. [Rim of Mesa in the Distance.] This is the 100 and 200 block of N Stanton Street with a north perspective of the street. The Reynolds Building is the 5 story white structure on the left side of the image. The address for the Reynolds Building is 201-5 N Stanton circa 1917. The building still stands today and was designed by the the architect firm of Trost & Trost. Built in 1911 the building was originally called Calisher's. Other names for the same building are Everybody's Department Store; the Reynolds Building; American Furniture; and J. J. Newberry Company. On the other side of the Reynolds Building is the Busy Bee Fruit Store, 200 N Stanton. The 7 story structure on the left side of Stanton Street, in the distance, is the El Paso & Southwestern Building or E P & S W. Stanton Street is full of pedestrians, horse and buggy's, cars, and two electric trolley cars. Other visible stores include Kiefer's and Tuttle Paint & Glass Company, 210-212 N Stanton. Information and citation source is from the 1917 El Paso, Texas City Directory.
[Old Main, University of Texas at El Paso]
Rendering of Old Main in University of Texas at El Paso.
[Preliminary Site of Post Office Looking North]
Photograph of workers in a dug-out construction site, with horses excavating for a future post office. There are cars on the road near a landline pole. Buildings and a mountain are visible in the background.
[Preliminary Site of Post Office Looking West]
Photograph of an excavation site for a future post office. There are landline poles on the street corners, cars in the streets, and buildings in the background.
[School of Mines Group]
Photograph of the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy campus in El Paso, Texas. There are three buildings over dirt ground near a hill. The ground has arid shrubs.
[State School of Mines Dormitory]
Photograph of a dormitory in the school of mines. The building has three stories of rooms, with the top level having decorated window borders. The building is surrounded by a hill moving upward.
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