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[Back of El Paso Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the back of a U.S. Post Office building in El Paso, Texas, taken from the northwest corner. It is a two-story white stone building with many tall windows along the north and west sides of the building, several of which have decorative designs above them. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says, "January 1st 1919, Looking East."
Date: January 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.760414 -106.487664
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Texas Turquois Company Card]

Description: Business card with the text: "Texas Turquois Co. A. D. Hudson, Mgr. Gem Cutters and Dealers. Mountings Manufactured. 305 San Francisco Street, El Paso, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Turquois Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[1122 Montana in El Paso, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the front and southwest side of a house in El Paso located at 1122 Montana Ave. The two-story house has a porch that is covered over the entrance, multiple windows, and a hipped roof with overhanging eaves and soffits. The area around the house is unfinished dirt and there is a bicycle propped against the near corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.769463 -106.482856
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Battlefield Scene in Mexico #1]

Description: Postcard image of five mounted U.S. Army Soldiers standing in a loose semi-circle in the Mexican desert, with the four facing the front of the image, looking at a dead Insurrecto. The men are all wearing U.S. Army uniforms and hats; the man on the ground is missing a shoe, lying in front of a bush. The area has low desert brush and mountains are visible in the far background. Handwritten text on the back: "am well hope you the same [...] your son E W Murray."
Date: 1916
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

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.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico Business Directory for 1885]

Description: Directory for El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. Separate introductions give narrative histories and descriptions of El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte (later called Ciudad Juárez) with lists of major public buildings and officials.
Date: 1885
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Directory of the City of El Paso 1889

Description: Directory for El Paso, Texas: "Embracing the official census of the city, a street guide, United States, State, County, and City officials, secret and benevolent societies, the names, occupation, and residence, of all adult persons, together with a classified business directory" (page 1).
Date: 1889
Creator: El Paso Directory Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Mundo Para Dios]

Description: Contact Print of nine women wearing light-colored dresses with short, dark capes posing in a line on either side of two men from the Salvation Army wearing dark, high-collared uniforms. They are standing on a low stage between an American flag (left) and another flag at right, behind a long bench with fabric draped over the back and potted palm trees on the floor at either end. A young girl, also wearing a light-colored dress and cape, is standing near the center of the bench in front of banner… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

History of the Schools and Churches, El Paso, Texas

Description: Booklet intended to provide information for prospective El Paso residents about the churches and schools in the city. It provides a brief sketch of each location with a photo, a history of its organization and establishment, and pastors or teachers working at the location. The book also has advertising from local businesses.
Date: 1903
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Location: 31.750881 -106.481476
Partner: El Paso Public Library

My Life of Eighty Years

Description: Bound autobiographical manuscript written by Mary Stanton outlining her early life in Georgia, her education, and working as a teacher and administrator in El Paso before retiring in 1925. She also briefly discusses travel and personal thoughts about teaching, with an addendum regarding the early organization of the El Paso Public Library.
Date: July 25, 1943
Creator: Stanton, Mary I.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Douglass High School, 1895-1956

Description: Book outlining the history of Douglass High School in El Paso, with photos and biographical sketches of teachers and alumni: "This is a booklet covering some of the events and people of the Black community of El Paso. An attempt to capture from words and old photographs a few of the lasting impressions of some incidents which will always be remembered of Douglass High School" (p. 3).
Date: 1981
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: 31.754339 -106.483482
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Report of the Public Schools of El Paso, Texas: 1898

Description: Report on El Paso public schools for the 1898 academic year, including information about board members and teachers, salaries and financing, a breakdown of lessons taught at each grade level, rules and regulations for the schools, and reports from the treasurer and superintendent.
Date: 1897
Creator: El Paso Public Schools
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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

[Funeral for Abraham Gonzalez]

Description: Photograph of the funeral for Abraham Gonzalez. The funeral took place in the parlor of the Governors Palace at Chihuahua. The casket is surrounded by officers and military advisers. Text underneath the photograph reads: "Abraham Gonzles [sic] lying in state, governor of the state of Chihuahua."
Date: 1913~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Body of Rodolfo Fierro]

Description: Photograph of Rodolpho Fierro's body after he drowned near Chihuahua. His body, from the shoulders down, is covered in a white sheet and wearing a hat. A group of men are standing or kneeling around the body. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Rodolfo Fierro, number one killer and body guard of Pancho Villa. Fierro was the 'real bad man' of the Revolution. He was known as El Carnicero or The Butcher. After being thrown off his horse, he [drowned in] quicksand near Casas Grandes, Chihuah… more
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[American Army Officers and War Correspondents]

Description: Photograph of four men standing in field. Two of the men are war correspondents, and the other two are officers in the U. S. military. There is a building in the right side of the image with a man walking in front of it holding a rifle. Text underneath the photograph reads: "American Army & A War Correspondent, south of Columbus, N. M. 1916. 1. Charles S. Hamilton, 1st Lieut. 6th Infant. 2. Richmond Smith, Capt., 6" Inf. (Civ. clothes). 3. Louis J. Van Schaick, Capt., 6" Inf. 4. Jas. N. Peale, … more
Date: 1916~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Border Citizens on the Banks of the Rio Grande]

Description: Photograph of large crowds of American and Mexican citizens on the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. The people on the left bank of the Rio Grande are on the American (El Paso) side and the people on the right bank are on the Mexican (Juarez) side. A group of rebels can be seen sitting down on the bank of the river. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Hanging bridge across from Smelter - nearly collapsed from rush of people esc… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Braulio Hernandez]

Description: Photograph of Braulio Hernandez visiting a grave. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Braulio Hernandez visiting grave of friend killed in battle May 1911." The grave marker to the right reads: "MARIANO RIOS, FALLECIO A LOS 27 ANOS DE EDAD, MAYO 11 DE 1911, El Paso, Texas." The small headstone in the center reads: "Capitan D. Madrid." A car is visible in the background.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[American Journalist]

Description: Photograph of two American Journalist covering the Mexican Revolution. The two men in the center of the photograph are the two newsmen. Two men in sombreros stand on either side. Each individual holds a rifle. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Mexico - Revolution - Newsmen.”
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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