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[Artillery Salute for General Pershing]

Description: Photograph of soldiers firing wheeled artillery on an earthen field. Plumes of smoke rise behind the guns and partially obscure distant mountains. A caption on the reverse side of the photo indicates that the firing was a salute to visiting General John J. Pershing.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar

[Austin Junior High School]

Description: Photograph of the front of Austin Junior High School. The building has three stories of windows, an entrance with a long set of stairs that lead up to it from the street, a slanted lawn, and cars parked on the street. The side of the street near the camera has unfinished dirt and rock on both sides of the sidewalk.
Date: 1922~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Cadwallader School]

Description: Photograph of the Cadwallader School front side. There are windows along its length, an archway overhang around the entrance door, a wall extension that sticks above the roof for decoration, and a flag pole in front of the building on the lawn.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Location: 31.725283 -106.357344

[Cafe and Gambling Hall]

Description: Photograph of a street corner. An arched entrance on the corner is labeled 'Tivoli Bar and Cafe.' A building visible to the right of the entrance is labeled 'Tivoli Hotel.' A man is walking across the street to meet another man sitting on the sidewalk next to a partially visible automobile.
Date: 1920~

[Carnegie Library Christmas Tree Room]

Description: Photograph of a room in the El Paso Carnegie Library decorated for Christmas. The room's walls have wooden support beams and archways that have a dark smooth finish, and the back of the room contains book shelves and a table.
Date: 1926-12~

[Carnegie Library Lobby]

Description: Photo of the front lobby of the El Paso Carnegie Library decorated for Christmas. A dark lacquered desk is on the right side of the photo, with an open door to the left. There are three archways with dark lacquered trim. There is a table with books in front of the archways, with Christmas decorations around it like a wreath and trees. People are sitting in the room beyond the archways reading newspapers.
Date: 1926-12~

[Carnegie Library Lobby Looking Right]

Description: Photo of the front lobby of the El Paso Carnegie Library decorated for Christmas. A dark lacquered desk is on the left side of the photo, and three archways are just beyond the desk. Books are displayed on a table to the right of the desk, and Christmas decorations are around it.
Date: 1926-12~

[Cars Parked in Front of Vocational School]

Description: Photograph of cars parked in front of a vocational school in El Paso, Texas. The building is sitting on a slant, with the street moving down towards the bottom left. The building itself has archway shaped windows at the top level, and detailed reliefs in the middle. The top of a bell tower is sticking out over the roof.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Clint Public School - 1925]

Description: Photograph of the front side of Clint Public School. Children are gathered in front of the entrances, and the bottom half of the photo has a patch of grass over dirt ground. The building itself has a lightning rod, and many windows on the front and side.
Date: 1925
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Cordova Island]

Description: Aerial photograph of Cordova Island seen in the center left, with the city of El Paso, Texas seen in the background. "19©29 E.P.A.S." can be seen written on the photo.
Date: 1929

[Crawford Hotel Interior]

Description: Photograph of the Crawford Hotel interior. There are leather couches and chairs, tables, doors with checkered windows, tile floors, ceiling beams, and counters.
Date: 1927/1928
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Downward-Tilted Biplane]

Description: Photograph of a biplane that has been tilted forward onto the ground because of its broken wheels. The image of a sphinx appears on the side of the fuselage.
Date: February 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar

[Escontrias School]

Description: Photograph of the front and right side of the Escontrias School in Socorro Texas. The building has an archway for the entrance, a flagpole and dirt ground out front, windows on the side of the building.
Date: 1924~/1934~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Fabens High School]

Description: Photograph of Fabens High School in El Paso, Texas. The ground outside is bare dirt, and the building has two stories with many windows. There are wings on the left and right sides of the building that are staggered lower than the main building. The entrance has an archway shape around the door.
Date: 1925
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Location: 31.499826 -106.153766

[Fabens High School Front]

Description: Photograph of Fabens High School in El Paso, Texas. The ground outside is bare dirt, and the building has two stories with many windows. There are wings on the left and right sides of the building that are staggered lower than the main building. The entrance has an archway shape around the door.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Location: 31.499826 -106.153766

[Fire Station No. 1]

Description: Photograph of three vehicles parked in front of a fire station in San Angelo, Texas. The building has three garage doors in the front with windows above them, and an attached tower on the back left. The street near the parked vehicles is made of dirt.
Date: 1928~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Fly-By]

Description: Photograph of seven DH-4 (De Havilland) airplanes flying over Fort Bliss, Texas. Below the planes, soldiers can be seen walking, riding, and standing as they watch the planes fly by. Military buildings and vehicles are seen scattered below on the ground. The Franklin Mountains are in the background. Information on the back of the photo states that the "Fly-By" over Fort Bliss was done in honor of General John J. Pershing's return to Fort Bliss after his service in World War I. The photo wa… more
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[General Pershing and Staff]

Description: Photograph of General John J. Pershing sitting atop a white horse and looking toward his five mounted staff members. Soldiers are visible in the background. The reverse side of the photograph states that Pershing was reviewing troops in El Paso, Texas.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar

[General Pershing in Formation]

Description: Photograph of General John J. Pershing and fellow army servicemen on horseback in formation. The group appears to be part of a presentation of some sort. In the background, automobiles are lined up from side to side, indicating Pershing and staff has an audience. In the far distance, the outline of the Franklin Mountains is visible. A note on the back of the photo states that this photo of Pershing was taken on his first visit to El Paso after WWI in 1920.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Grade School Tornillo Texas]

Description: Photograph of a grade school in Tornillo, Texas. There is a flag pole out front with the flag blowing in the wind. The building has a few windows to the left of the archway entrance. The brick around the entrance ascends upwards above the roof.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Hotel Orndorff Dining Room]

Description: Photograph of the entrance to the dining room of the Hotel Orndorff. The photo was taken from a sitting room. It includes tables, chairs, light fixtures hanging from the ceiling, and a ceiling full of support beams.
Date: 1926/1933
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Hotel Orndorff Elevators]

Description: Photograph of archway shaped elevator doors in the Orndorff Hotel. There are flower bouquets on a ledge at the forefront of the photo, and lights shaped like candles to the left and right of the elevator doors.
Date: 1926/1933
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Hotel Orndorff (Hotel Cortez)]

Description: Photograph of the Orndorff Hotel, otherwise known as the Cortez Hotel. The building has many rows of windows, and a grand archway with an entrance in the middle. The large park lawn in front of the building has many trees surrounding a small circular drive in the center.
Date: 1926~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
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