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Shell.

Description: Patent for improvements to explosive projectile shells. Provides a shell adapted to contain gas and high explosives with constructed multi-layered shells with the intent to inflict as much damage as possible.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Aoughsten, Richard G. & Aoughsten, Otto L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[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
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Army Cannon]

Description: Photograph of a group of U.S. Army soldiers attempting to move a large cannon. The wheels used to transport the cannon are nearly the height of the soldiers. There are two other cannons in the background.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Cannon]

Description: Photograph of an unattended cannon during a fight. A soldier stands behind the cannon; another soldier stands to the left. Smoke and dust pervade the air.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Cannon in Use]

Description: Photograph of a group of insurrectos firing a cannon during a battle in Juarez, Mexico. A thick cloud of smoke and dust hangs in the air directly in front of the insurrectos and cannon.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Constitutional Artillery Team]

Description: Photograph of a Mexican Constitutional Army Artillery Team. The four member team has just fired an artillery shell and is preparing to fire another round. The man in the white shirt is in charge of loading and unloading the canon by opening or closing the breech of the canon. The two men to the left, who are closest to the photographer, are the handling the ammunition. A large projectile, seen on the far left, is being handled by one of the two men.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Federals Readying Equipment for Travel]

Description: Photograph of Federal soldiers loading equipment and attaching harnesses onto horses for travel. The Federals photographed appear to be an artillery unit. There are a few cannons and other machinery visible in the photograph. A few young boys can be seen looking on.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Field Artillery]

Description: Photograph of field artillery cannons. These artillery pieces were brought in to protect the town of Columbus, New Mexico after the raids by Mexican rebels. These small but effective cannons were ideal for combat in the desert because of their mobility. In the background a "mule train" carries additional supplies. Beyond the pack animals and on top of the mesa, U.S. Soldiers can be seen using signal flags to contact a distant signaling post.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrecto Cannon]

Description: Photograph of a cannon. This Insurrecto artillery team is preparing to load this cannon shell through the breach of this unknown type cannon. During the early years of the Mexican Revolution many of Mexican Revolutionaries or Insurrectos were issued military style uniforms.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrecto Cannon]

Description: Photograph of Villistas with a cannon. The man who is thought to be Villa is the third man from the left of the photograph. The man’s coat is open.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrecto Cannon in Use]

Description: Photograph of insurrectos firing a cannon. A cloud of smoke/dirt is present in the center of the photo, as the cannon had just been fired. A few insurrectos stand back by the adobe building, watching the action as it unfolds. Two insurrectos on horseback appear to be riding away from the scene. Information on the back of the photo states that the photograph was taken in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[John Silas 'Jack' Reed]

Description: Photograph of John Silas "Jack" Reed sitting on an armored plated railroad car. John Reed is the gentleman in the middle group of three men sitting atop the railroad car. The other men are not identified. The journalist John Reed is traveling to an unknown destination on this train with this group of Mexican Revolutionaries. John Reed's time while traveling with the Villistas resulted in many outstanding magazine articles for the Metropolitan Magazine. "Jack's" Mexican reports were later r… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Journalist of the Mexican Revolution]

Description: Photograph of journalist on a train. John Reed is identified in this photograph as the gentleman standing on the extreme left hand side of the photograph. Mr. Reed is wearing a dark colored vest and a stripped tie.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Looking to Fire]

Description: Photograph of a revolutionary soldier manning a cannon while his colleagues stand near him looking into the distance. Another revolutionary is peering out from behind the building, taking care to shield himself from danger. On the right hand side of the photo, a rebel soldier is crouching down looking behind him at the group with the cannon; he is slightly out of focus. It appears as if the group is either in the middle of a fight or preparing for one. The soldier at the cannon has removed … more
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

[McGinty Cannon]

Description: Photograph of the McGinty Cannon in the midst of a large rebel group. Captain Alfred W. Lewis is the individual in the foreground with his back to the camera. The McGinty Cannon was kidnapped from El Paso, Texas on March 17, 1911 to aid the efforts of the rebellion cause in the Mexican Revolution.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[McGinty Cannon and Insurrectos]

Description: Photograph of the famed McGinty Cannon of El Paso, Texas surrounded by armed insurrectos near Ojinaga, Mexico. The second man standing from the left is Captain James Charles Bulger and Captain Alfred W. Lewis is standing in between the man sitting behind the Colt Automatic Machine Gun and General Antonio Villareal, whose hand is on the wheel of the cannon.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Rebel Camp]

Description: Photograph of a Mexican Rebel Camp. Dozens of rifles can be seen standing upright against the walls of adobe structures. Several groups of men are gathered around small individual campfires preparing their meals. In the center of the photograph, seven men can be seen gathered around a small canon. The canon is a "Blue Whistler" style canon. The Blue Whistler canon was a United States Civil War era canon.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Military Train]

Description: 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

[Mobile Cannon]

Description: 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

[Moving a Rebel Cannon]

Description: Photograph of a small group of rebels transporting a cannon. The cannon is hitched to a small horse-drawn buggy, handled by two rebels. A few rebels follow the cannon from behind, as they walk toward a new position. The photo was taken in Juarez, Mexico.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Prepping a Cannon for Use]

Description: Photograph of Federals prepping a cannon for use. A few other soldiers are seen in the background, next to their horses. A group of civilians observe the Federals' actions. The Federals' uniforms appear to be those used commonly in Victoriano Huerta's and Venustiano Carranza's Federal Armies. In the far distance, behind a white structure the dome of a building protrudes into the sky. This building is the Juarez Customs House.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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