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[Desert Vegetation]

Description: Postcard image of several saguaro cacti as well as trees, brush and cholla cacti in the Sonoran Dessert with the caption: "Desert Vegetation."
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Camp Scene on the Mexican Border]

Description: Postcard of a U. S. military camp on the U.S. - Mexican border. Two rows of tents are in the forefront; a row of cabins is visible on the right. A variety of miscellaneous items, including wooden boards, fire wood, buckets, barrels and trash cans, are strewn on the ground in between the rows of tents. Soldiers are inside the open-sided tents completing chores.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Army Field Ambulance]

Description: The postcard caption reads: 'U.S. Ambulance picking up wounded soldiers on the Battlefield.' In this image, three soldiers are transporting a wounded soldier on a field stretcher from the battlefield onto the waiting horse- or mule-drawn ambulance, which already contains another wounded soldier. At right, a fourth soldier and a man wearing dark-colored civilian clothes (possibly a news reporter or photographer) are observing. Behind them, other soldiers are visible around wagons of supplies… more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Military Observation Balloon]

Description: Postcard of a military observation balloon. A group of soldiers and some children surround the balloon and look on as a few individuals secure the balloon to the ground.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[General Frederick Funston and Staff on Tour]

Description: Postcard of a group of uniformed men seated in two automobiles, labeled in the lower-right corner as "31. General Funston and Staff on tour of inspection, Tex-Mex. Border Outposts." Major General Frederick Funston is identified as the officer seated in the backseat of the car on the left, wearing a short-brimmed hat. Behind them, a single-story building is visible on the far left, and a barbed-wire fence runs along the length of the image.
Date: 1910~/1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[National Guardsmen]

Description: Postcard image of men in uniform setting up a camp in the middle of desert brush, including men moving supplies in the foreground and a series of covered wagons behind them. In the far background, there is a water tower on the left side of the image and a telegraph or electric pole near the center. The bottom of the image has the caption: "National Guardsmen making camp."
Date: 1915/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Dead Insurrecto]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified rancher on horseback looking down at the body of a dead Mexican 'bandit' or Insurrecto in the Chihuahuan Desert. Postcard captions reads: 'The bodies of dead bandits found all along the trail of Pancho Villa'.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Troops crossing a river, somewhere in Mexico]

Description: Postcard image of U.S. Army Troops crossing an unidentified river at an unknown location. The back of the postcard image reads, 'The way the boys cross the river. Very Shallow.' The river is most likely the Rio Grande river and the location, because of the terrain, somewhere in the Big Bend Valley area - possibly.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Donkeys grazing]

Description: Postcard image of three donkeys grazing for food in front of two pitched tents at an unknown campsite or small ranch. At right, a man and a boy are repairing a riding wagon and several small wood structures are visible behind them. At left, laundered clothing items are hanging on a clothes line.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Yucca Plants and Mountains]

Description: Postcard of several yucca plants on a flat area with desert mountains in the background. The caption for this postcard reads: 'Yucca Plants and Mountains.' These Yucca plants are also known as Spanish Daggers.
Date: 1915/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mountain Howitzer in Action]

Description: Postcard of a Mountain Howitzer in action. This unidentified artillery team is preparing to fire the Howitzer. The man standing closest to the Howitzer is a non-commissioned officer. The soldiers ranking of Sergeant is noted by the three chevrons on the right upper arm sleeve of his uniform.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Siege Artillery on the Mexican Border]

Description: Photograph of a caterpillar tractor pulling heavy siege artillery on the Mexican border. According to the caption, this group of U.S. Marines is trying move a piece of siege artillery that has become stuck in the mud.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[In the Trenches]

Description: Photograph of trenches. Soldiers are wearing gloves and a lone standing soldier, with the clipboard, is wearing an Army issued trench coat. A solider with binoculars is judging the accuracy of the group’s aim.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Field Ambulance]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Ambulance picking up wounded soldiers on a battlefield. Three unidentified soldiers are placing a wounded soldier onto the field gurney also known as a stretcher or litter. This particular field ambulance was specially modified with supporting hooks so that it could transport up to four loaded field gurneys. The unidentified man in the dark suit and wearing the derby hat is most likely a newsman.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Portrait of Félix Díaz Prieto]

Description: Postcard with an oval portrait image of Félix Díaz [17 February 1868 – 9 July 1945], wearing a three-piece suit and visible from the chest up, viewed from his left side. The caption below the image reads: Felix Diaz. Associated with President [Victoriano] Huerta at Mexico City. Handwritten text on the back of the postcard: "Dear G.M. Glad to hear that you and Father are enjoying yourselves. Will write at once. All ok.", Walter. The postcard is addressed to Miss G.M. Horne, Portland Maine,… more
Date: May 25, 1913
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Adobe Bricks]

Description: Postcard image of three boys wearing hats and overalls, posing with their pet goat in front of an adobe brick house, with the text "Adobe Bricks" handwritten in the lower-left corner. There is a large pile of adobe bricks on the left side of the image and a desert hill visible in the background. The back of the postcard reads: "Better keep these cards G.M. May send you some interesting ones later on. Signed, Walter." The postcard is addressed to: Miss G.M. Horne, Portland Maine, Box 365 a… more
Date: August 1913
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Pennsylvania National Guard Arriving at the Border]

Description: Postcard image of the Pennsylvania National Guard making camp, with the caption: 'National Guard arriving at the Mexican Border'. Several uniformed guardsmen are fixing a supply wagon; other guardsmen are distributing supplies; and one man near the center is holding a pot. The background - tents are visible on both sides of the image; railroad box cars are visible in the distant background; and an unidentified motorcycle is visible on the left side of the image. Correspondence on the back i… more
Date: July 1916
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[First Aid in the Field]

Description: Postcard image of an unknown man receiving medical treatment from a field medic (possibly a Red Cross worker). The field medic appears to be changing the first aid dressing on the injured man's foot, and is being assisted by a second, well-dressed man, who is holding a pair of surgical scissors. The back of the postcard reads: Miss G. M. Horne, Portland Maine, Box 365. Foot shot away. Poor picture taken inside a tent. Walter.
Date: March 12, 1914
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Southwestern Desert Scenery]

Description: Postcard image of a natural southwestern desert vista with several large Spanish Dagger Yucca trees in the foreground. No information was provided about the location of this event. On the back of the post it reads, El Paso, Texas, 1919.
Date: 1919
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Federal Building in El Paso]

Description: This postcard focuses on the El Paso Federal Courthouse in downtown El Paso, Texas. The view of the courthouse is from the perspective of standing in San Jacinto Plaza. The building is done in a general romanesque style by the supervising architect James H. Windrim. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Battery A on the Mexican Border

Description: This book is an account of Battery A of the Rhode Island National Guard and its activation on June 24, 1916, its travel to the U.S.-Mexico border, its activities until it was mustered out on November 2, 1916. They were stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and also referred to their site as Camp Pershing. Includes a narrative description of their trip by train, their camp and training activities on the border. Also includes many reproductions of photographs of the troops and sites, cart… more
Date: 1916
Creator: Stiness, Henry R. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

[Mountain Scenery, Hueco Tanks, El Paso County, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of geological formations at Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso, Texas. The rocky formation just out of the ground is surrounded by wild desert grasses and Ocotillo Cactus. The Kiowa, Mescalero Apache, Comanche, Tigua and the people of Isleta del Norte Pueblo consider the site to be a meaningful part of their heritage.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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