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[Jose Chavarria and the Soldiers]

Description: Paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in 1968 by Ernest Mediano. The paper describes a scene in a photo where some cavalry soldiers are asking his grandfather Jose Chavarria to sell them a horse in Ruidosa, Texas. The soldiers were charged with keeping Pancho Villa out of the United States.
Date: 1968
Creator: Mediano, Ernest
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Cavalry]

Description: This photograph is of a group of cavalrymen out on drill. There are many soldiers, ranged on the slope of a mountain and wearing dark uniforms and hats. Several of the men are standing with horses in the back or to the side. Two of the men have pins on their collars, showing that they are marksmen. Behind the men, there are rocks and desert plants.
Date: 1886
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[The Fort Hospital]

Description: This photograph shows two horsedrawn carriages in front of several large structures. The building to the right is a two-story house that belonged to the hospital steward. To the left, there is the slope of a mountain and the foreground is covered in desert scrub.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Group of Wagons]

Description: This photograph shows a group of wagons headed in the same direction. In the foreground, there appears to be an unpaved road and there is a wagon to the right that seems to have two of its wheels caught in a depression at the side of the road, as well as a second wagon farther up the road. To the left, there is a third wagon traveling over the ground off the road, and in the far left, there are several animals, possibly pulling a fourth wagon. Each of the wagons is hitched to at least two an… more
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Man in a Carriage]

Description: This photograph focuses on a man sitting in an open carriage. The carriage is very small, only built to hold one or two people, and has large wheels. There are two animals (possibly mules) hitched to the carriage in the left of the photograph; the animal in the front is dark and the one behind is white and only partially visible. The ground is covered with short grass and there are trees and mountains in the background.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[People in a Field]

Description: In this photograph there are a group of people standing under trees near a field. In the foreground, there are two people sitting on horseback; the young woman in the front is wearing a checkered dress and bonnet while the young man behind her is wearing a loose white shirt and a cowboy hat. The horse that the woman is sitting on is dark with a white stripe down the middle of its face. Behind them to the left, there are several people standing in a group in the shade of a tree. There are at… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Cavalry at Bloys Campground]

Description: This photograph shows a large group of people. In the front, there are five people sitting on a bench at a low table covered in books and other objects. There is a man in a suit standing in front of them, holding a United States flag on a pole. Back behind, there are people in uniform standing, and others sitting on horseback in a loose semi-circle. In the middle of the photograph there is someone with a movie camera. In the background, there are some trees and what appear to be some mount… more
Date: 1944~
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Partner: Marfa Public Library
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