Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library - 88 Matching Results

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[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

[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

[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

[Approach to North Bluff, Corpus Christi]

Stairway and winding lanes on approach from the bay in downtown Corpus Christi.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Bender Hotel]

Postcard postmarked January 6, 1926 of the Bender Hotel in Laredo, Texas. Several people are standing outside and there are automobiles parked on the street and on the hotel sidewalk.

Date: [1925..1926]

Item Type: Postcard

[Railroad Bridge Destroyed by Flood]

Postcard of the International Railroad Bridge destroyed by flood.

Date: 1932

Item Type: Postcard

[Flooded International Bridge, Laredo, Texas]

Airplane dropping lifesavers to men marooned on a flooded bridge.

Date: September 3, 1932

Item Type: Photograph

[Custom House building, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico]

Postcard of the Custom House building in Nuevo Laredo. The back of the postcard includes a thank you note addressed to Capt. Elmer C. Croom from L. R. de la Peña.

Date: 1935-07-28?

Creator: de la Peña, L. R.

Item Type: Postcard

[International Bridge, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico]

View of International Bridge, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. There is a note written on the back of the postcard addressed to Mr. Fred C. Barron.

Date: June 27, 1936

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 28.705433 -100.513439

[Hotel Iturbide, Monterrey]

Postcard featuring a photograph of the front of Hotel Iturbide on Calle Zaragoza in Monterrey, Mexico with mountains in the background as well as people and automobiles in the street. It was sent to Rochester, Minnesota with this handwritten text: "Sun. P. M. Dear Matt: arrived here yesterday (Saty.) leaving right now, the weather has been unusually cold. Laredo, on the border, had 2" snow the Mexican kids sure were having fun with it. So long, Mel"

Date: January 24, 1940

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 25.667649 -100.310830

[Map of Coca-Cola Bottling Company Properties]

Plat showing the 1951 survey of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company properties in Laredo, Texas. In the lower-left corner, there is a legal statement made by the surveyor attesting to the accuracy of the map. Scale 1:240

Date: November 1951

Creator: Foster, E. J.

Item Type: Map

[Survey of Webb County]

Survey of the Southern part of Webb County noting geographic features as well as some man-made constructions (railroads, highways, pipelines, windmills, etc.). Scale 1:48,000

Date: March 1953

Creator: Foster, E. J.

Item Type: Map

[Rio Grande Flood of 1954, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of flood water completely covering the International Bridge between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Laredo, Texas. At the skyline is the Mexican Customs and Immigration building. The explanation on the back of the postcard states: "A new four-lane bride is replacing the completely inundated and partially destroyed bridge at Laredo, Texas, by the Rio Grande Flood of 1954. The Mexican Immigration and Customs building is shown in the background."

Date: July 1954

Creator: Yates, Frank

Item Type: Postcard