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[Mexican Family Sits to Eat #2]

Description: Postcard image of an unidentified Mexican family -- two women, one young female, and a man -- seated in a semi-circle on the dirt ground in front of their tent. On the ground in front of them, there is a cup near the man's feet (at left), a stack of homemade tortillas on top of one of the larger cooking pots, and a coffee pot. The postcard is post marked March 13, 1914, El Paso, Texas. The postcard reads: "Note the 'shoes' on the man. The whole family wore the same kind. Tortillas (corn or … more
Date: March 13, 1914
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Mexican Quarters #2]

Description: Postcard image of an unidentified rural neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, with the handwritten label "Mexican Quarters" at the bottom. The image was taken from a hill and there is a mix of adobe houses and wooden shacks with wooden fencing built around an open square below, and other buildings along the ridge of other hills in the left and center parts of the image. In the square, an unidentified woman is hanging laundry and several horses are visible, as well as a wagon; three other peopl… more
Date: March 21, 1914
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Customs Officers and Guards #1]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing outside a one-story brick building with the caption, "Customs Officers and Guards. Juarez, Mexico." There appears to be a main entrance to the right and a smaller doorway on an addition to the left; both doorways are decorated with Mexican flags and banners aw well as a framed picture of President Venustiano Carranza above the left doorway. Seven men are standing around the outside of the building including two in the main doorway (one holding a shotgun)… more
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Stein, William & Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Army Day]

Description: Postcard showing troops marching down a street in El Paso to garner support for the war. In the top left corner, it says, "Army Day - El Paso 1914." On the back of the postcard it says, "Army Day - May 1914 - El Paso."
Date: May 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Refugees Attending Mass]

Description: Postcard image of Mexican Refugees attending outdoor mass at the refugee camp in Fort Bliss, Texas, ca. 1914. Most of the men and women in this photographic event are kneeling. Visible in the background are the tents that housed the refugees. According to research, the 'Mexican War Refugee Camp' (31° 49.335′ N, 106° 25.728′ W), was located inside of Fort Bliss, Texas near the present day location of the Fort Bliss Museum - 1735 Marshall Rd, Fort Bliss, TX 79906. More details about the histo… more
Date: June 1, 1914
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Jumping Contest]

Description: Postcard of several U.S. Army cavalry members riding dark-colored horses next to a low, wooden fence; several of the horses are jumping over the fence. The caption in the lower-left corner says "Jumping Contest." The postcard was sent from El Paso, Texas and is addressed to "Miss G. M. Horne" in Portland, Maine. Text on the back of the postcard reads: "Dear Gertrude:- Big military tournament here next week - 5000 soldiers; and commencing Oct. 15, a full month of maneuvers by the Division of … more
Date: October 4, 1914
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Anson Mills Building and San Jacinto Plaza]

Description: Postcard image of downtown El Paso, taken from a height and looking northeast, toward the Franklin Mountains visible in the far background. Visible buildings include (at left) the Hotel McCoy (on the top floors of the White House Department Store) and the Anson Mills Building, (center of image) San Jacinto Plaza and the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad [G H & S A Ry] Superintendent's Office behind it, and (at right)The Hotel Sheldon. Parts of El Paso High School under construction… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.758890 -106.488555

[Automobile Road in the Southwest]

Description: 'Automobile Road in the Southwest'. Visible in this photographic event are lots of Saguaro cactus trees; an unidentified dirt road; an unidentified automobile moving away from the photographer; and desert landscape all around. We can tell that the automobile is moving because there is a cloud of dust surrounding the automobile. A person can also be seen in the driver's side of the automobile - presumably driving the auto. The exact model of the car cannot be determined however it could be a… more
Date: 1915/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Body of Rodolfo Fierro]

Description: Photograph of Rodolpho Fierro's body after he drowned near Chihuahua. His body, from the shoulders down, is covered in a white sheet and wearing a hat. A group of men are standing or kneeling around the body. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Rodolfo Fierro, number one killer and body guard of Pancho Villa. Fierro was the 'real bad man' of the Revolution. He was known as El Carnicero or The Butcher. After being thrown off his horse, he [drowned in] quicksand near Casas Grandes, Chihuah… more
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Buffalo Bill]

Description: Photograph of Wild Bill (W. F. Cody) and Colonel Charles Taylor. Wild Bill is standing with his horse next to an awning. Colonel Taylor and a man in uniform are standing under the awning and a woman wearing black is sitting behind them. A white building is visible in the background.
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe]

Description: Postcard image of a side view of the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - a Catholic Church. This is a south - southwest perspective of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The address for the Cathedral is on the corner of Calle Venustiano Carranza and 101 Vicente Guerrero, Ciudad Juarez. The immediate street in front of this image is Calle 16 de Septiembre which borders the Cathedral on the north side. The long square building in th… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Street Scene]

Description: Postcard image of a street scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The street scene here was captured in the southern part of Ciudad Juarez circa 1915~ . The exact location is not known. The perspective in this image is looking west, towards the mountains. The white building on the left has signage that reads: "Oficina de Correos" or Post Office - address unknown. Behind the two girls in white dresses, lower left corner, is a street corner mailbox. There is an advertisement sign in the middle of… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Dead On The Battlefield]

Description: Photograph of dead Villistas at the battle of Celaya. In this image there are bodies piled together on the ground. Accompanying information states: "These dead Villistas are the result of the battle of Celaya in which Obregon defeated Francisco Villa and his Villistas. In this one battle Villa lost approximately 4000 men with another 6000 being taken prisoner. 120 of the imprisoned officers were executed shortly afterwords."
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Elephant Butte Dam]

Description: Postcard image of the construction of Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico, viewed from the south side of the dam, with the reservoir in the background. The postcard front caption reads: "Elephant Butte Dam, Biggest Irrigation Project in the World. Lands under this Project Our Specialty. Broaddus & Le Baron, El Paso, Tex." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry Horne, Hallowell, Maine and the postcard is post marked, El Paso, Texas, June 14, 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 33.152033 -107.192848

[Juarez, Mexico - Street Scene]

Description: Postcard image of Ciudad Juarez - downtown street scene. Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Written on the postcard in ink is the following: Galleria en la manifed tacion which translates into "Gallery [View] at rally". No further information is provided about the "rally" however there are a large number of people visible in this postcard - mostly men. This postcard is not post mark so we have no date for the "rally" event. Center top of this postcard image is the Catedral de Nuestra Senor… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Juárez Race Track]

Description: Postcard image of the Juárez Race Track. The Juárez Race Track opened up circa 1909 under the original name of Terrazas Park. The track was named Terrazas Park in honor of Alberto Terrazas, the son of Mexican cattle king Don Luis Terrazas. This image captures the end of a horse race and reads as such: 1st Lillian Kripp, 2nd Senorita Dana, 3rd Split Second, Juarez, Mexico. This postcard was mailed to Ed. M. Horne, Hallowell, Maine. The front image of this postcard is a duplicate image of W… more
Date: 1915
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Juárez Race Track]

Description: Postcard image of the Juárez Race Track. The Juárez Race Track opened up circa 1909 under the original name of Terrazas Park. The track was named Terrazas Park in honor of Alberto Terrazas, the son of Mexican cattle king Don Luis Terrazas. This image captures the end of a horse race and reads as such: 1st Lillian Kripp, 2nd Senorita Dana, 3rd Split Second, Juarez, Mexico. This postcard was mailed to Miss G. W. Horne, Portland, Maine. The front image of this postcard is a duplicate image o… more
Date: 1915
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Keno Gambling Hall, Juarez, Mexico]

Description: Postcard image of men seated along a long narrow table in the middle of the room at a Keno Hall in Juarez, Mexico. Keno House Rules are visible along the top portion of the wall at left and several Keno number walls are visible at the back of the room and to the right. The back of the postcard reads, "Dear Mother. Your letter and the one from Father rec'd. All ok here and will write at once. I shall leave for Denver in about a week. Expect G. & Father Sep. 7, Yours, Walter". The postcard i… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Krakauer House]

Description: Photograph of the Krakauer House in El Paso, Texas. There is a garage in the side of the hill upon which the house sits. Steps move up the hill to the house's entrance, with an archway and columns. The perimeter of the building has short decorated walls, and the building itself has a vertical stripe design on the second floor.
Date: 1915
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Lerner House]

Description: Photograph of the Lerner house. The house has a gabled roof, windows slightly protruding from the roof, chimneys, a rugged brick design with support columns for the roof hanging over the porch, and sparse bushes around the edge of the house.
Date: 1915
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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