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Soldiers Cremating Dead Bandits #1

Description: Copy negative of a group of soldiers in a field standing behind dead bandits, with one pouring oil on them for cremation during the Pancho Villa raids. There are a few men in a wagon on the right and a man on a horse on the left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Soldiers Cremating Dead Bandits #2

Description: Copy negative of a group of soldiers in a field standing behind dead bandits, with one pouring oil on them for cremation during the Pancho Villa raids. There are a few men in a wagon on the right and a man on a horse on the left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Coffins]

Description: Copy negative of coffins of deceased American soldiers about to be shipped to hometowns. The coffins are sitting on top of crates. There is a wooden building behind the coffins.
Date: 1916~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Dead On The Battlefield]

Description: Photograph of dead Villistas at the battle of Celaya. In this image there are bodies piled together on the ground. Accompanying information states: "These dead Villistas are the result of the battle of Celaya in which Obregon defeated Francisco Villa and his Villistas. In this one battle Villa lost approximately 4000 men with another 6000 being taken prisoner. 120 of the imprisoned officers were executed shortly afterwords."
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Los Colorados]

Description: Copy negative of a group of men on horseback riding down a dirt road in several lines. The men are wearing sombreros. One of the men in the front is carrying a dark-colored flag with writing on it. They appear to be in a desert and there are hills rising in the background behind them.
Date: 1912~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Searching for submerged bodies after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Three men are standing in a small boat using oars to check for submerged bodies in the port area after the explosions. The boat and the men are smeared with oil/petroleum. Wooden and metal debris covers the surface of the water behind the men. On the back of the photograph is written "Searching for submerged bodies."
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Rescue workers recover a body from the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Seven men climb over wooden and metal debris carrying an unidentified body. Two men in the foreground on the left, and another man behind on the right, are watching. Large pieces of metal and wooden debris litter the ground. Cars are parked behind the men, with windows broken or blown out. On the bottom of the picture is the caption "Texas City Disaster, April 16, 1947".
Date: April 16, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Executed Man]

Description: Postcard of a deceased man. The caption on the postcard indicates that the individual was executed. He appears to have been shot; a pool of blood runs down the sidewalk. Papers are strewn about the body. The feet of onlookers are seen on a doorstep at the top of the postcard.
Date: November 19, 1913
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library