Rescuing Texas History, 2016 - 5 Matching Results

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[Flood Damage in El Paso, 1897]

Photograph of flood damage in the city of El Paso, Texas, after a large flood hit the area in 1897. A store call "John Finnigan and Co." can be seen in the right background of the photo, and remaining floodwaters can be seen in the foreground.

Date: May 1897

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Paso Flood, May 1887]

Photograph of the town of El Paso,Texas, taken from the top of the county courthouse after a large flood hit the area.

Date: May 1897

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Construction Site Looking Eastward]

Photograph of the United States Post Office in El Paso, Texas. The building has bricks with many tall window slots on both visible sides. There are electrical wires strung across the top half of the picture, and bricks and rocks on the ground. Buildings are slightly visible just past the outer corners of the building.

Date: May 3, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Money Order & Registry Room Looking Northward]

Photograph of an open room in a post office, under construction. The room has tall windows to the left with ladders near them. There are various doors in the center of the back wall. A blocked archway with a decorated metal grate is to the right, and tarps are laying on the ground beneath it.

Date: May 3, 1919

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Roof Looking North West]

Photograph of the roof and front of a post office in El Paso. The building has tall ionic columns in the front with two tall windows to the left and right. "United States Post Office" is written above the columns. Other buildings are in the background.

Date: May 3, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library