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[Federals on Standby]

Photograph of Federal soldiers standing by for orders. Several homes and structures are visible in the background. Most of the Federals are standing by their horses as another Federal, perhaps an officer, walks by examining them. Two Federals on the left hand side of the photo are standing next to some artillery pieces. The soldiers' presence has drawn a crowd of local men and young boys. The Federals appear to be dressed in a khaki dyed cotton uniform.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Fallen Donkey]

Photograph of a donkey, loaded down with supplies, lying on a desert floor. Mountains are visible in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads: "Mexico - Revolutios - dead."

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Ammunitions Wagon]

Photograph of an Ammunition Wagon. A young boy sits at the very end of the wagon. The group of men, who look to be fatigued, are all wearing uniforms. A pair of mules are hauling the wagon. Just beyond the wagon, on the other side of the road, is an empty farmer’s field. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Mexico-Revolution. Rebel Cannon enroute to Juarez-1911-under Command of Col. Benjamin Aranda, a mechanist who made it."

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

Wounded Mexican

Photograph of an unknown wounded Mexican individual. There is no accompanying information given about this photograph. The four men are carrying the wounded person to an unknown destination, perhaps to a waiting horse and wagon. The individual is presumed alive and wounded because there is no coffin and also because the top blanket is not completely draping the entire body. A train is visible in the distant background. It seems very reasonable to conclude that the wounded individual just c… more

Date: 1910/1920

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Military Train]

Photograph of a Mexican Military Train. Written on the side of the train is "Ejercito Mexicano Tren Militar," which translates to "Mexican Military Army Train." This train has stopped at the Juarez train depot in Ciudad Juarez. The train car is protected by a wall of thick steal on all sides. There are 23 rifle holes along this side of the car and a turret like housing unit in the center of the car. The turret in the center housed either a small canon or perhaps even a Hotchkiss M1914 mach… more

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Constitutional Soldiers]

Photograph of Mexican Constitutional Soldiers. One Constitutional soldier can be seen rolling a wagon wheel in the center of the photograph.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Unidentified Soldier]

Photograph of a soldier. This soldier is standing next to an Army supply truck. Th soldier is holding his mess plate and his canteen cup.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mobile Cannon]

Photograph of a cannon on a train car. This train car was specially modified to be able to carry and support this cannon. Because the railroad tracks were so easy to sabotage or to ambush, many of the railroad cars had to be outfitted with makeshift self defense mechanisms such as this cannon. Both the federals and revolutionaries destroyed many railroad lines in order to cut off supplies to the other side.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

Wounded Insurrecto

Photograph of a wounded revolutionary soldier. A wounded revolutionary soldier has been taken off a train car and is being transported to an unknown location. It has been conservatively estimated that as many as 1 million people, including civilians, were killed during the Mexican Revolution. Source - Encyclopedia Americana (2003). Other sources have put the total death toll at more than 2 million.

Date: 1910/1920

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Revolutionaries]

Photograph of three unidentified Mexican Revolutionaries. These men are standing on part of a railroad section. During the Mexican Revolution multiple miles of railroad tracks were dynamited and destroyed by both sides in order to prevent supplies and men from reaching their intended destinations.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Army Convoy]

Photograph of an Army convoy heading north on an unidentified street. Some soldiers are on horseback, or are riding on trucks, while others are walking as they lead horses. Two soldiers on the left side of the photo are speaking to civilians. Spectators crowd the sidewalks to catch a glimpse of the convoy.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mobile Machine Gun]

Photograph of Mexican Constitutional soldiers with a machine gun. Mexican Federal soldiers can be seen displaying some of their fire power in this photograph. The gun displayed in this photo is the Mle Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Derailed N de M Locomotive]

Photograph of a derailed N de M locomotive train. The engine number is 862. Insurrectos have surrounded what is left of this train and appear to be salvaging whatever supplies that they can find useful. The N de M is officially known as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. The N de M absorbed the Mexican Central Railroad in 1909.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrectos Waiting to Board a Train]

Photograph of a large group of Insurrectos waiting to board a train. Hundreds of men and their horses are waiting to board one of the two trains featured in this photograph that have been identifed and were operated and owned by the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México was better known as the N de M. At the top left corner of the photograph a line of horses, barely visible, can be seen waiting to be loaded onto the waiting train cars.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Soldado Revolucionario]

Photograph of a Soldado Revolucionario bidding farewell. The Soldado Revolucionario in this photograph is holding a Winchester style rifle while looking out of the train’s window. A young man who is also holding a rifle, perhaps even a boy, also looks out of the train’s window.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Ciudad Juarez Railroad Station]

Photograph of the Juarez Railroad Station. The two men on horseback leading the group are Mexican Federal soldiers as are two of the last men in the rear end of this group.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Villistas Survey Train Damage]

Photograph of a destroyed railroad train. The photograph shows that the train’s boiler, which normally sits in front of the train’s engine, has completely gone through and destroyed the engineers cab compartment.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Derailed Supply Train]

Photograph of a derailed supply train. The accompanying information on the back of this photograph states that this train was a Mexican Federal train loaded with ammunition and dynamite. It was headed toward awaiting Mexican Federal troops. Four insurrectos can also be seen near the car.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrectos Waiting for a Train]

Photograph of Insurrectos waiting for a train.

Date: 1910/1920

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Rebels on Horseback]

Photograph of Mexican Rebels crossing an unknown railroad track. There was no accompanying information left behind regarding the exact details about this photograph. In the photograph a large group of Mexican Revolutionary Rebels are crossing a railroad track. A mangled train car and locomotive engine sit in the background. On the right side of the photograph, a medical worker is holding the Red Cross flag. To the right of the Red Cross flag is a group of four well dressed gentlemen who ar… more

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Train Cars]

Photograph of two well dressed, unidentified men standing next to a couple of train car, stopped at a depot. A cannon and a wagon sit atop of the train car in the center of the photo.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Field Ambulance]

Photograph of two horse-drawn field ambulances being followed by a dozen or so officers mounted on horseback. Right behind the officers are several companies of infantry soldiers and more wagons. Electric and telegraph lines/poles can be seen on both sides of this road.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Francisco "Pancho" Villa]

Photograph of Pancho Villa. This is a rare photograph of Francisco Villa. General Villa is the man who is standing on top of the first railroad boxcar. The photograph is rare because Villa appears to be smiling. The men who are riding on top of these railroad boxcars are Villista revolutionists. Villa’s men and supporters became known as Villistas. Strewn among the men is a mixture of hammers, shovels and rifles. At the end of the first boxcar there is a small white wooden crate. The la… more

Date: 1910/1920

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Partner: El Paso Public Library

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