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[National Guard Encampment]

Description: Photograph of the National Guard Encampment. There are hundreds of buildings and tents in the image. Fort Bliss is in the background. There are many roads that lead in and out of the tent community. The landscape is a desert full of dirt and dust.
Date: 1916~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Army]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Army and Major General Clements. The image was taken at Fort Bliss. There are a dozen men standing under a canopy in military uniform wearing hats and side arms. There are two identified men in the image. One is General Clements and the other is General George Bell Jr.
Date: 1916~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Officers Row]

Description: Photograph of Officer's Row in Fort Bliss, Texas, and the Franklin Mountains behind the buildings. The foreground is a field with dry grass and a barbed wire fence.
Date: 1905~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Red Cross Headquarters]

Description: Photograph of Red Cross Headquarters. The building is located at Fort Bliss, Texas. In this image is an automobile in front of the building. There are also people standing in front of the entrance of the building.
Date: 1910~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[General Hugh L. Scott]

Description: Photograph of General Hugh L. Scott and W. F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"). The men are standing outside of General Scott's house. The General is wearing a uniform and Cody is wearing a suit; both are wearing hats. Behind them, a child is standing on the front porch.
Date: 1913~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[General Joseph T. Dickman]

Description: Photograph of General Joseph T. Dickman at Fort Bliss, Texas. Dickman is shown with other officers riding on horse back. The officers are wearing military uniforms and hats. Fort Bliss is in the background along with automobiles to the left of the image. There are also two children watching the officers riding down the dirt road.
Date: 1916~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Officers At Fort Bliss]

Description: Photograph of eleven officers stationed at Fort Bliss. The six men in the front row are sitting in chairs, and the five men in the back are standing. All the officers are wearing military uniforms and hats. The background appears to be a canvas tent.
Date: 1912~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Army]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Army motorized unit. There is a group of men posing. This unit is specialized in driving cars with guns mounted on them. There is a camp in the background as well as the Franklin Mountains.
Date: 1916~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Guard Duty]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. soldier on guard duty in EL Paso, Texas. The building on the left is the U.S. customs building. The soldier is walking across the railroad tracks holding a rifle on his right shoulder and wearing a military issued uniform. In the background is a large group of people standing behind a rope. There are telephone poles lining both sides of the street.
Date: 1911~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of a large group of soldiers in the middle of a field. Most of the soldiers are standing beside horses. A truck near the center of the photo is situated behind some soldiers. In the distance, the outline of a mountain is seen.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[MB-1 Bomber]

Description: Photograph of a Martin MB-1 Bomber being looked over by army personnel, civilians, and children. A service truck is parked against the bomber. The MB-1 Bomber was designed and built by the Glen L. Martin Company for the United States Army Air Service towards the end of WWI, making its debut in late 1918.
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Refugees]

Description: Photograph of refugees walking through the desert away from the mountain range. There are military personnel watching the refugees as they walk.
Date: 191X
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Braulio Hernandez]

Description: Photograph of Braulio Hernandez visiting a grave. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Braulio Hernandez visiting grave of friend killed in battle May 1911." The grave marker to the right reads: "MARIANO RIOS, FALLECIO A LOS 27 ANOS DE EDAD, MAYO 11 DE 1911, El Paso, Texas." The small headstone in the center reads: "Capitan D. Madrid." A car is visible in the background.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Machine Shop]

Description: Photograph of an unknown machine shop. The men in this photo do no appear to be Mexican Revolutionaries. The man in the center of this photograph is working on the canon barrel. The canon barrel is resting on a large machine press table. An assortment of bolt action Mauser style rifles stand up right in the corner.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Santa Fe Bridge in El Paso, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Santa Fe Bridge in El Paso, Texas. This is a view from the Santa Fe Bridge looking north towards El Paso. Accompanying information on the back of the photograph reads: "Watching Juarez battle at bridg.e" Also visible in this photograph are the Franklin Mountains in the background, trolley tracks, and a large group of curious El Pasoans and Fort Bliss soldiers guarding the bridge.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Maderistas in El Paso]

Description: Photograph of Maderistas in El Paso, Texas. The two men on horseback (far left) as well as the man standing near the utility pole are in all probability Soldiers of Fortune fighting on the same side with the Mexican Revolutionaries.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mechanized Vehicle]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Army mechanized vehicle. An early version of an unidentified armored plated vehicle moves along a street heading north - the Franklin Mountain are in the background. Many armored vehicles made their debut during the Mexican Revolution. Perhaps the Chihuahuan desert was used as a testing ground since many of these same vehicles were later used in mass quantities during WWI.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Madero Camp Footbridge]

Description: Photograph of Madero Camp Footbridge. This photograph was taken from the El Paso side of the Rio Grande river looking south towards Ciudad Juarez. The area is near present day ASARCO and across the Rio Grande River from where Francisco Madero had established his headquarters. Several U.S. Soldiers can be seen near the entrance of the bridge.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Construction of Pontoon Bridge]

Description: Photograph of a pontoon bridge being constructed across the Rio Grande near present day Ascarate Park (lower valley of El Paso) in June 1919. This photo was taken around the last Battle of Juarez (June 15-16, 1919). Soldiers can be seen maneuvering pontoons in the Rio Grande toward the bridge site. On the left side of the photo, soldiers are laying planks across the pontoons.
Date: June 1919
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Construction of a Plank Bridge]

Description: Photograph of engineers in the U.S. Army building a plank bridge along the Rio Grande. According to information on the back of the photo, the photo was taken in June 1919, around the last Battle of Juarez (June 15-16, 1919).
Date: June 1919
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Revolution Refugees]

Description: Photograph of refugees. These refugees are loading their personal belongings onto this truck. The truck that they are using belonged to Longwell Transfer Inc. Longwell Transfer was an auto baggage truck transfer located at 116-18 San Francisco in 1917. Most of the refugees were taken to the large refugee camp located inside of Fort Bliss.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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