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[Texas Rangers in Laredo, Texas]

Description: Photograph of ten Texas Rangers, nine on horseback, and one on foot to the right. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "A. J. Sowell with the + mark over head. Taken at Laredo while in the Ranger service under Capt. J. J. Sanders, 1911. Capt Sanders on right with chimney in back where + is marked."
Date: 1911
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Espejo Farm, Bermuda Onions, Laredo, Texas]

Description: Photograph of an Bermuda onion harvest at the Espejo farm in Laredo, Texas. A letter on the back is addressed to Mrs. N. L. Green about the author's visit (to place unknown) and plans to leave again.
Date: 1918
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Water Vendors]

Description: Three water vendor carts in front of what appears to be a water tank. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores. Correspondence reads, "At Laredo, Going over into Mexico this afternoon, so if I fail to send you a card, the Insurrectos have got me." This card was written and mailed to Miss Mollie Chaney in Longview, Texas on February 13, 1913 in Laredo, Texas.
Date: February 13, 1912
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Horses and Buggies]

Description: Horse and buggies in front of the Market Plaza building in Laredo, Texas
Date: 1910~
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Wagon in front of store]

Description: Wagon in front of L. Villegas store at the corner of Farragut St. and Flores Avenue
Date: 1910~
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Man and Woman on Horseback]

Description: Photograph of Frederico Vidaurri and Herminia Lafon riding horseback around 1910. They are on a street in front of an unknown building; several people are visible in the background.
Date: 1910~
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Students at Central School, Laredo, Texas, 1919]

Description: Portrait of 34 students of Josephine Roberts Baird class sitting on the South steps of Central School in Laredo, Texas. The man in the back is a monitor named "Juan." The signatures of all the students appear on the back of the portrait.
Date: March 1919
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Troop J, 14th Cavalry, Ft. McIntosh]

Description: Group of men on horseback. Soldiers at Ft. McIntosh getting ready for a parade. The soldiers are carrying Colt M1911 pistols which the U.S. Army adopted in 1911.
Date: 1911~
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[City Drug Company building]

Description: Built in 1896 at the corner of Flores and Hidalgo Street in Laredo, Texas, site of the first City Drug Company. Event is the Washington's Birthday Celebration around 1911.
Date: 1911~
Location: None
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Parade for Washington's Birthday in Laredo, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a parade for Washington's Birthday. The crowd is watching uniformed men on horseback ride through the street. The photograph was taken from the second floor of one of the street's buildings.
Date: February 23, 1914
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Parade for Washington's Birthday in Laredo, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a parade for Washington's Birthday in Laredo, Texas. The parade-goers shown are on horseback, including the performing musicians. Crowds fill the sidewalks on either side of the parade route.
Date: February 23, 1914
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Laredo

Description: Photograph of a street scene in Laredo, Texas. Stalls are set up in front of a building, with people visible under their tarps. Two people drive a horse-drawn cart down the street.
Date: February 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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