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Webb County

Blue line print of survey map of Webb County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:380,952] (10,000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).

Date: 1908

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Water Cart]

Postmarked August 3, 1916 at Laredo, Texas, this card was sent to Concord, N.H.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Water Vender]

A water vendor on the riverbank. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Mexican Water Cart]

A water cart drawn by two burros. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Oxen carts in front of pawn shop]

Postcard of several men with loaded oxen carts in front of a pawn shop, Laredo, Texas.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of Hamilton Hotel in Laredo, Texas before the top floors were added.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[St. Peter's Church, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of a church on the corner of a street in Loredo, Texas. There is a note from "Nettie" written under the picture. Postmarked June 27, 1907. The church was mislabeled as a cathedral.

Date: 1907

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Ross Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of Ross Hotel in Laredo, Texas, formerly located at the northwest corner of Flores Avenue and Grant Street.

Date: 1909~/1910~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Oxen carts and Pawnshop]

Postcard of oxen carts in front of a pawnshop. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Miss Margaret Murphy from "Will."

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900]

View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900. Looking Northwest from the top of the Federal Building. Postcard sent from Roberto in Laredo to Sra. Laura G. de Arriaga in Plazuela de Tepito, Mexico on January 21, 1909.

Date: January 21, 1909

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Webb County Courthouse, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of Webb County Courthouse at the corner of Matamoros Street and Flores Avenue in Laredo, Texas. In front of the building a man in a suit is walking in the street near a horse-drawn carriage.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Railroad bridge over the Rio Grande River, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of the railroad bridge over the Rio Grande River, Laredo, Texas. In the foreground, there are women washing clothes on the river bank.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[City Hall and Washington's Birthday Celebration, Laredo, Texas]

large crowd at the front entrance of City Hall during Washington's birthday celebration

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Buildings destroyed by tornado 1905]

Buildings destroyed by 1905 tornado. Shows railroad in foreground. Jerry Thompson's book, Laredo: A Pictorial History, describes this photo as damage to buildings of Mexican National Railway, totally destroyed by the tornado.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Photograph of Tornado Damage in Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of buildings destroyed by a tornado in Laredo, Texas in 1904. In Jerry Thompson's book, Laredo: A Pictorial History, this photo is described as remains of the depot and roundhouse of the Mexican National Railway.

Date: 1904

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Company D, 37th Infantry, Ft. McIntosh]

Soldiers in uniform preparing for target practice.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

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

Men in uniform on horseback

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[City Hall during Washington's Birthday Celebration, Laredo, Texas]

Large birthday cake in front of City Hall during Washington's birthday celebration.

Date: 1903~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Laredo Public Library

Soil map, Texas, Laredo sheet

Map displays soil types along with arroyos, creeks, rivers, ranches, towns, cemeteries, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.

Date: October 20, 1908

Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.

Item Type: Map

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soil survey of the Laredo area, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, soils, and irrigation of the Laredo area of Texas.

Date: October 20, 1908

Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Webb County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.

Date: 1908

Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[August C. and Julia Richter Mansion Photograph #2]

Photograph of the August C. and Julia Richter Mansion in Laredo, Texas.

Date: 1908

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 27.507417 -99.514545

Partner: Texas Historical Commission

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 6, July 1902 - April, 1903

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index starts on page 379.

Date: 1903

Creator: Texas State Historical Association

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Laredo 1905 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Date: 1905

Creator: Sanborn Map Company

Item Type: Map

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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