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["Crest of Boulder Dam and Arizona Highway"]

Description: Postcard image of the "Crest of Boulder Dam and Arizona Highway" as written in white text near bottom right of postcard. The semi-circular roadway atop the dam has many automobiles traveling across it. Two walkways radiate from the highway (one in foreground, the other near center of photo). Mountains in background. Black text on back of postcard reads: "For Correspondence Post Card Address [in black line rectangle] Postage 1 [cent]". A decorative black line with JCB (?) at bottom, separates … more
Date: [1925..1935]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Postcard image "Looking Downstream, Boulder Dam"]

Description: Postcard image "Looking Downstream, Boulder Dam" as written in white text in bottom right corner of postcard. In the image, water is seen flowing from the dam into the canyon. Buildings on either side of the canyon walls in foreground. Roadways along the banks of the canyon walls in background. Cables cross each other near the center of the photo. Black text on back of postcard reads: "Message Post Card Address [in black line rectangle] Postage 1 [cent]".
Date: [1925..1935]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

["Arizona Spillway, Boulder Dam"]

Description: Postcard image of the "Arizona Spillway, Boulder Dam" as written in white text at bottom center of picture. Two automobiles are parked in the foreground on the roadway at the top of the dam. Background shows the canyon and mountains. Black text on back of postcard reads: "For Correspondence Post Card Address [in black line rectangle] Postage 1 [cent]". A decorative black line with JCB (?) at bottom, separates message and address.
Date: [1925..1935]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

U. S. Cavalry detachments and bases of army pilots on or near the U.S.-Mexico border, 1918-1919. Map

Description: Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map that identifies towns where Cavalry units were stationed on the border from El Paso to Del Rio in 1918 and 1919. An inset shows locations of the three U. S. Military District headquarters (Rockwell Field, California; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Kelly Field, Texas) for the pilots patrolling the border from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: 1918/1919
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Overland troop movements, 1916-1935. Map

Description: Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map of the Texas/Mexico border showing line of forts from El Paso to Brownsville. Includes chart of mileages between Texas forts, listing of old forts in Texas still active in 1935, information about cavalry speeds and auxiliary units, and inset of U.S./Mexico border showing line of forts from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

[Santa Fe's "Queen of the Rails"]

Description: Photograph of Santa Fe's "Queen of the Rails" - the "California Limited" train No. 4 eastbound, headed by Engine No. 2928 - a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, and a consist of fourteen standard heavyweight cars- crosses the Canyon Diablo Bridge near Winslow, Arizona. Observe this locomotive's automatic-type, elevating smokestack, designed to increase the up-draft, thereby increasing combustion efficiency in the firebox.
Date: 1947~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Depot at south rim of the Grand Canyon]

Description: Photograph of the rail side of a railway depot located at the terminus of the branch line at the south rim of the Grand Canyon. It is a wooden structure with log cabin-style architecture and "Grand Canyon" written in the gable end above the entryway. Several unidentified people are standing in front of the building and a truck is parked on the right side of the image.
Date: 1950~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 36.056539 -112.136583
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika

Description: This map shows the southwestern portion of the United States and northern portion of Mexico. U.S. states are outlined in color and numbered (corresponding to an index of states and territories in the lower left corner). Additionally, cities, bodies of water, the names and locations of some Native American Indian tribes, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

California, Mexico, and Central America.

Description: This map shows Central America and surrounding areas including the southern United States. Colors were used to outline territories in the United States, Mexico and the Mexican states, and individual countries in South America. Some cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There is a key to the "Classification of Places" on the right side of the map showing the symbolic representations of city populations. There is also a pictorial elevation… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Mexico

Description: This map show the country of Mexico with each of the states labeled and shaded in various colors. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There are two insets on the map: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec (lower left corner) and Mexico to Vera-Cruz (upper right corner). On the back, there is a second map showing the U.S. states of New Mexico and Arizona. The counties of each state are shaded in various colors and marked cities, bodies of water, … more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Miss Clack and Indian

Description: Copy negative of Tommie Clack and a Native American man. Ms. Clack is dressed in a large button-up shirt, slacks and tall boots and is holding a bow and arrow. In the background is an old automobile.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Children on Bicycles and Horse

Description: Copy negative of several young boys and girls sitting on horses and bicycles. There are two young girls on bicycles, two boys on the back of a horse pulling a buggy with two more boys and a grown man. In front of the wagon wheel are two young girls and a boy holding a bicycle is at the horse's head.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Men

Description: Copy negative of William H. Hughes and a friend. One man is seated next to an elaborate wicker chair and the other man is standing behind him. Both men are wearing suits, bow ties and hats and have cigars in their mouths.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Man and Woman

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stone taken in Yuma, Arizona by Plumley Studio. Mrs. Stone is on the left, wearing glasses and swept up hair. Mr. Stone is on the right wearing a suit.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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