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[Mountain Scenery on the Border]

Description: Postcard of mountain scenery on the border. Postcard of an unidentified group of cavalry soldiers at the base of the Franklin Mountains. Some of the horses appear to be malnourished because their ribs are showing. Perhaps the horses were left to graze in this field. On the right hand side of this postcard three soldiers are looking down towards the ground and appear to be searching for something.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Jumping Contest]

Description: Postcard of several U.S. Army cavalry members riding dark-colored horses next to a low, wooden fence; several of the horses are jumping over the fence. The caption in the lower-left corner says "Jumping Contest." The postcard was sent from El Paso, Texas and is addressed to "Miss G. M. Horne" in Portland, Maine. Text on the back of the postcard reads: "Dear Gertrude:- Big military tournament here next week - 5000 soldiers; and commencing Oct. 15, a full month of maneuvers by the Division of … more
Date: October 4, 1914
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Transporting a Wounded Soldier]

Description: Postcard depicting a group of U.S. soldiers with a flatbed truck. Four solders on the left are moving a soldier lying on a stretcher; two other solders are kneeling in the bed of the truck, which is covered with straw. On the right, two other solders are talking and behind them, and harnessed horses and trees are visible in the background. The butt end of a rifle is visible in a holder next to the driver's side of the truck. The postcard caption at the bottom reads: "Picking up wounded sold… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Army Caterpillar Tractor]

Description: Photograph of an army caterpillar tractor pulling heavy artillery through mud. The flatbed wagon has become stuck in the mud. Marines are attempting to get the wagon out of the mud with the assistance of the tractor.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Wounded Cavalry Horses]

Description: The caption on the postcard reads: Wounded Cavalry Horses. These two unidentified soldiers are tending to the three wounded horses in this postcard image. All three horses have deep tissue lacerations to their front legs and chest areas that were cause by barbed wire fencing. Apparently the horses were caught up in a stampede of horses. As a result of the stampede, several of the stampeding horses were caught up in the barbed wire fencing.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[M.W. Massey Giving Wagon Rides]

Description: Photograph of a M.W. Massey giving wagon rides at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The wagon is drawn by two white horses and full of children riding in the back. Many festival visitors are standing on either side of the wagon.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Crazy Well Drinking Pavilion]

Description: This is a picture of the second Crazy Water Well Drinking Pavilion. The original Crazy Well and first Drinking Pavilion are housed in the small building in the middle of the picture immediately in front of the larger second Pavilion. This picture of the wooden structure was taken shortly after its construction in 1900. Notice the dirt roads, and the burros tied at the hitching rail. Burro rides on trails around town, especially up East Mountain, were a very popular form of recreation i… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

["California Zephyr" in Colorado]

Description: The famous "California Zephyr" roll through Colorado on Denver and Rio Grande Western Rails, circa 1960. This modern Domeliner traveled a route of 2,532 miles from Chicago to Dan Francisco. The luxury train was jointly operated by the Burlington, Rio Grande and Western Pacific Railroads.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[First Guaranty State Bank]

Description: Photograph of First Guaranty State Bank. 1882 is also written at the top of the two-story building. The second story contains four windows, and three horses and carriages are located in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library

Will Huffman, ? Brown, Jack Christal, Rufus Fry, ? Brown

Description: Photograph of five men posing on horseback. Stables can be seen in the background with rooftops of many homes behind them. The men are wearing boots, white shirts, vests, and hats. A Rope is attached to the saddles of some horses. The man on the far left is Will Huffman, next is a man named Brown, in the middle is John Calvin (Jack) Christal, followed by Rufus "Ruf" D. Fry, and another unidentified man named Brown.
Date: 1894?
Partner: Denton Public Library
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