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[82 Field Artillery]

Description: Photograph of the 82nd field artillery marching by the Masonic Hospital. In the photograph are soldiers dressed in uniform; they are riding horses and walking with heavy weaponry. The Masonic Hospital stands in the background. Before becoming the Masonic Hospital, the hospital was known as the Rolston Hospital located at 918 N Pieras Street, corner of Montana Avenue in central El Paso. The hospital was bought by the Masons in 1923 and renamed the Masonic Hospital in that same year.
Date: 1919~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[Aerial View of Anson Mills Building and the Surrounding Area in Downtown El Paso, Texas]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of buildings in El Paso, Texas. The Anson Mills Building can be seen to the left of San Jacinto Plaza in the upper right portion. The Anson Mills Building was designed by Henry C. Trost of Trost & Trost. Also visible mid left is the Paso del Norte Hotel; The White House Department Store; and Pioneer Plaza
Date: July 3, 1919
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar

[Back of El Paso Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the back of a U.S. Post Office building in El Paso, Texas, taken from the northwest corner. It is a two-story white stone building with many tall windows along the north and west sides of the building, several of which have decorative designs above them. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says, "January 1st 1919, Looking East."
Date: January 1919

[Cohen House in El Paso]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Cohen house in El Paso, Texas. The building has a vertical wood visual design on the second floor, a partial pyramid roof shape, two chimneys on the left and right of the roof, a porch with a short brick wall, two columns in front of the entrance, and landscaping. The steps move out to the sidewalk near the street.
Date: 1919
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[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

[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

[Post Office Lobby, Looking Westward]

Description: Photograph of the United States Post Office in El Paso, Texas. It has two large archways with decorated metal grates inbetween them. The archways have two grated doors right next to them. The floor has a square pattern, and two small counters are equally spaced on the floor in front of the archways.
Date: July 2, 1919

[Post Office Workroom Looking North West]

Description: Photograph of a room under construction in the El Paso post office. It has piles of supplies and tools sprawled around the room. Support columns are holding part of the room up, and they're more finished looking. There is a skylight area out of view, and many tall windows on the back wall with light coming through.
Date: April 1, 1919

[Post Office Workroom Looking Northward]

Description: Photograph of a room under construction in the El Paso post office. It has piles of supplies and tools sprawled around the room. Support columns are holding part of the room up, and they're more finished looking. There is a skylight area and many tall windows on the back wall with light coming through.
Date: February 28, 1919

[Post Office Workroom Looking South East]

Description: Photograph of a room under construction in the El Paso post office. It has a large archway in the middle of the room with a decorated metal grate in the middle of it. It has support columns on the left and right sides of the room, with white walls and wooden floors. Supplies and wooden planks are laid in piles around the room.
Date: April 1, 1919

[Post Office Workroom Looking South West]

Description: Photograph of a room under construction in the El Paso post office. The workroom has four archways with wood frames put in place. There are various supplies neatly placed in piles throughout the room, as well as wooden planks. There are a few rectangular shaped door frames besides the arches.
Date: February 1, 1919

[Rio Grande River]

Description: Photograph of American troops crossing the Rio Grande. There are dozens of men walking in a line, holding rifles and wearing military uniforms. The soldiers are walking through the water which is knee deep.
Date: 1919~

[Southwestern Desert Scenery]

Description: Postcard image of a natural southwestern desert vista with several large Spanish Dagger Yucca trees in the foreground. No information was provided about the location of this event. On the back of the post it reads, El Paso, Texas, 1919.
Date: 1919
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921

[U.S. Cavalry Crossing Pontoon Bridge]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Cavalry Brigade troops returning to the U.S. via a pontoon bridge from Juarez, Mexico on June 16, 1919. In each pontoon boat is a soldier looking on as the line of cavalry troops and horses passes by. Information on the back of the photo reveals that this bridge was located near present day Ascarate Park (in the lower valley of El Paso).
Date: June 16, 1919
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[U.S. Post Office - El Paso, Old Main Post Office]

Description: Postcard of a portion of downtown El Paso, taken from a high vantage point looking south, including the back of the Old Main Post Office in the center, with various other buildings visible behind and around it. Several smoke stacks are visible on the far right, a trolley is running down current-day Stanton Street in the center of the image, and railroad tracks are visible in the foreground.
Date: 1919~
Creator: W. H. Horne Co.
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