Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library - 73 Matching Results

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[International and Great Northern Railway Depot]

Photograph of people, cars, and wagons in front of a railroad depot, identified at the bottom as "I. and G. N. Ry. Depot, Laredo, Texas." Postcard is dated 7/15/1920. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to "Henry" that refers to an attack that day on Nuevo Laredo by revolutionaries.

Date: July 15, 1920

Item Type: Postcard

[City Hall and Flores Avenue]

Photograph of City Hall on Flores Avenue. Shows a street car going north-south on Flores Avenue. Has the stamp of the "Consulado de Mexico."

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

[Students at Central School, Laredo, Texas, 1919]

Portrait of 34 students of Josephine Roberts Baird class sitting on the South steps of Central School in Laredo, Texas. The man in the back is a monitor named "Juan." The signatures of all the students appear on the back of the portrait.

Date: March 1919

Item Type: Photograph

[Flores Street near City Hall]

Postcard of streetcars and cars on Flores Street in front of City Hall. The Strand Theater building is on the leftmost side. On the back of the postcard, there is a letter addressed to Mrs. F. MacArthur (Blanche) from Annie Lane asking her to send a photograph of the two of them together.

Date: July 1918

Creator: Lane, Annie

Item Type: Postcard

[Oxen carts in front of a pawn shop]

Oxen carts in front of a pawn shop, Laredo, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Mr. Wilfred Hellser from "H. W."

Date: June 25, 1918

Item Type: Postcard

[Espejo Farm, Bermuda Onions, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of an Bermuda onion harvest at the Espejo farm in Laredo, Texas. A letter on the back is addressed to Mrs. N. L. Green about the author's visit (to place unknown) and plans to leave again.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]

Postcard of a bridge across a river, labeled, "International Bridge over the Rio Grande, Laredo, Texas." Several unknown buildings are visible on either end of the bridge. There is a letter on the back written 3/3/1917 that says, "Wanted to get across this bridge but on account of Typhus Epidemic on other side could not do so. Will cross at Brownsville. Wish you were along." (The epidemic mentioned was in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.)

Date: March 3, 1917

Item Type: Postcard

[Mexican Federal soldiers at International Bridge]

Mexican Federal soldiers lined up on the International Bridge after being surrendered by United States troops to the Constitutionalistas in Nuevo Laredo.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

[Richter Building, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of the Richter Building, location of City Drug Store. Postmarked April 11, 1914 at Laredo, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Miss Bertha Murphy.

Date: April 1914

Item Type: Postcard

[Water Vendors]

Three water vendor carts in front of what appears to be a water tank. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores. Correspondence reads, "At Laredo, Going over into Mexico this afternoon, so if I fail to send you a card, the Insurrectos have got me." This card was written and mailed to Miss Mollie Chaney in Longview, Texas on February 13, 1913 in Laredo, Texas.

Date: February 13, 1912

Item Type: Photograph

[Baptist Church Building]

Postcard dated December 10, 1912 of a Baptist church on a corner in Laredo, Texas. There are several people outside of the church, standing and sitting on the steps, as well as carriages visible on the streets.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Postcard

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard with a postmark from June 28, 1911 in Kansas City. The photograph on the front shows the Hamilton Hotel in Laredo, Texas before 1906. There is a letter written on the back of the postcard in pencil.

Date: June 28, 1911

Item Type: Postcard

[City Drug Company building]

Built in 1896 at the corner of Flores and Hidalgo Street in Laredo, Texas, site of the first City Drug Company. Event is the Washington's Birthday Celebration around 1911.

Date: 1911~

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Troop J, 14th Cavalry, Ft. McIntosh]

Group of men on horseback. Soldiers at Ft. McIntosh getting ready for a parade. The soldiers are carrying Colt M1911 pistols which the U.S. Army adopted in 1911.

Date: 1911~

Item Type: Photograph

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of Hamilton Hotel in before the top floors were added and before the cyclone of 1906 that destroyed the balconies. On the back of the postcard there is a letter addressed to Mrs. J. J. Duffy (Aunt Katie) from Alex discussing current news and relatives.

Date: January 23, 1910

Item Type: Postcard

[Army tents and mules at Fort McIntosh, Laredo, Texas]

Army tents of the cavalry stationed at Fort McIntosh, Laredo, Texas

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Court House and Jail, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard dated April 4, 1912 that has a picture of the Web County jail and Courthouse.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Postcard

[Horses and Buggies]

Horse and buggies in front of the Market Plaza building in Laredo, Texas

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[International Bridge between Laredo, Texas and Mexico]

Photograph of several people standing near a vintage car at the International Bridge that connected Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Man and Woman on Horseback]

Photograph of Frederico Vidaurri and Herminia Lafon riding horseback around 1910. They are on a street in front of an unknown building; several people are visible in the background.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Wagon in front of store]

Wagon in front of L. Villegas store at the corner of Farragut St. and Flores Avenue

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900]

View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900. Looking Northwest from the top of the Federal Building. Postcard sent from Roberto in Laredo to Sra. Laura G. de Arriaga in Plazuela de Tepito, Mexico on January 21, 1909.

Date: January 21, 1909

Item Type: Postcard

[Ross Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of Ross Hotel in Laredo, Texas, formerly located at the northwest corner of Flores Avenue and Grant Street.

Date: 1909~/1910~

Item Type: Postcard

[St. Peter's Church, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of a church on the corner of a street in Loredo, Texas. There is a note from "Nettie" written under the picture. Postmarked June 27, 1907. The church was mislabeled as a cathedral.

Date: 1907

Item Type: Photograph

Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library - 73 Matching Results

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[International and Great Northern Railway Depot]

[City Hall and Flores Avenue]

[Students at Central School, Laredo, Texas, 1919]

[Flores Street near City Hall]

[Oxen carts in front of a pawn shop]

[Espejo Farm, Bermuda Onions, Laredo, Texas]

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]

[Mexican Federal soldiers at International Bridge]

[Richter Building, Laredo, Texas]

[Water Vendors]

[Baptist Church Building]

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

[City Drug Company building]

[Troop J, 14th Cavalry, Ft. McIntosh]

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

[Army tents and mules at Fort McIntosh, Laredo, Texas]

[Court House and Jail, Laredo, Texas]

[Horses and Buggies]

[International Bridge between Laredo, Texas and Mexico]

[Man and Woman on Horseback]

[Wagon in front of store]

[View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900]

[Ross Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

[St. Peter's Church, Laredo, Texas]