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[Hueco Tanks near El Paso, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a cow walking through a "tank" of water, also known as a water hole, at Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso, Texas. The tank is surrounded by rock formations and trees in a desert landscape and two people wearing dark hats and coats are standing on rocks near the edge of the water in the center of the image. In the distant background, mountains are visible.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Family at Hueco Tanks]

Description: Postcard image of a group of unidentified people posing near large rocks in Hueco Tanks State Park near El Paso, Texas. One man is sitting atop a large rock and a woman is standing atop the rock next to his; two other people are standing farther back against a large rock formation. Some trees and shrubs are also visible around the rocks.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Customs Officers and Guards #2]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing outside a one-story brick building with the caption, "Customs Officers and Guards. Juarez, Mexico." There appears to be a main entrance to the right and a smaller doorway on an addition to the left; both doorways are decorated with Mexican flags and banners aw well as a framed picture of President Venustiano Carranza above the left doorway. Seven men are standing around the outside of the building including two in the main doorway (one holding a shotg… more
Date: 1914~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Keno Gambling Hall, Juarez, Mexico]

Description: Postcard image of men seated along a long narrow table in the middle of the room at a Keno Hall in Juarez, Mexico. Keno House Rules are visible along the top portion of the wall at left and several Keno number walls are visible at the back of the room and to the right. The back of the postcard reads, "Dear Mother. Your letter and the one from Father rec'd. All ok here and will write at once. I shall leave for Denver in about a week. Expect G. & Father Sep. 7, Yours, Walter". The postcard i… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Paso Station]

Description: Copy photo of the El Paso, Texas train station. A small group of people are posing in front of the station. Text on the image says [sic] "Stephenson El Paso." Written below the image is "El Paso, Texas 1912 - T&P Freight Station at 1st and Ochos streets" and "Southwest Collection."
Date: unknown
Creator: Southwest Collection
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #147 in El Paso, Texas]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #147 in El Paso, Texas. There are other train cars visible behind the engine, and a group of men are lined up posing for the camera. Written below the image is "El Paso, Texas 1911" and "T&P Topics Nov 1949 pg 37."
Date: November 1949
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Geneva Loan & Jewelry Company Storefront]

Description: Photograph of the Geneva Loan & Jewelry Co. building at the corner of Overland Avenue and El Paso Street in El Paso, Texas, with various items visible in the storefronts on the west and south sides of the building. Several unidentified people are walking or standing near the building, including two women and a child standing on the corner and a man crossing the street on the right side of the image. On the left side of the image, part of Happy's Photo-Studio is visible next door to the store;… more
Date: September 18, 1978
Creator: Binion, Charles
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Paso Tree Near Street]

Description: Photograph of a tree near a street corner in El Paso, Texas. Two men are crossing the street towards the camera, and cars are in the road. A skyscraper is to the left, with a department store in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Photograph of five engineers]

Description: Photograph of five engineers working at a drafting table in an office in El Paso, Texas, c. 1913. Byrd Williams, Jr. is second from the left, looking over his shoulder at the photographer. Written on the back of the photograph reads, "Byrd Williams, Jr. 2nd from left. El Paso Eng. Department about 1913."
Date: [1913..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photo Album of Mamie McFaddin]

Description: Photograph album containing a number of images pasted on the pages, some with handwritten annotations. A note on the inside cover says "Mamie Louis McFadden, 1906 McFaddin [...], Beaumont, Texas -- Given to me with all Mexican pictures by Frank Pickrell at El Paso, Texas."
Date: 1906~
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

El Paso: The Story of a City

Description: Promotional publication of the El Paso (Texas) Chamber of Commerce, extolling the virtues of the city and region, especially its agricultural, business, manufacturing, and recreational attractions. It contains many reproductions of photographs of houses, businesses, scenery, and industry. It includes statistics about agricultural production and lists of mines served by the smelters and refineries.
Date: 1910
Creator: El Paso Chamber of Commerce (Tex.)
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Historical Sketch of Aoy School

Description: Booklet providing background of the Aoy School in El Paso, including brief biographical information about the founder, Olivas Villanueva Aoy, as well as information about the location and building, teachers and principals, and other general information about the history from the founding through 1949.
Date: April 27, 1951
Creator: Schaer, Bertha Archer
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[News Script: Crime]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of crime rates in Fort Worth which was reported to be dropped by 2%.
Date: December 27, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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