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Postcard of a Mexican Cartoon]

Description: Postcard featuring an illustrated cartoon on its front, with Spanish dialogue below the image. In the image, a uniformed man is pointing a man with a broom towards other individuals sweeping the street. A man with a similar uniform is watching from a doorway in the background. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message, written in Spanish.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Photograph of a Hospital in Veracruz, Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a military hospital in Veracruz, Mexico; the walls of the building are shielded by large trees on the left and there are three men walking across the gap between buildings.
Date: 1912~
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard from Maurine Matlock to her Friend, September 23, 1915]

Description: Postcard from Maurine Matlock to her friend with a photograph of Veracruz, Mexico as seen from a hill. The note on the reverse side of the card says that they had a storm the other night, and dealing with cotton and corn.
Date: September 23, 1915
Creator: Matlock, Maurine
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Mexican Family, Ciudad Juarez 2] -- same as ark:/67531/metapth187918

Description: Postcard image of an unknown Mexican Family in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. One Mexican man sits on his donkey as he is facing the Mexican family - perhaps he is a visitor. A Mexican family of six pose in front of their adobe house. Father sits with his hat in his hands. Mother, wearing the dark colored dress and also holding a small child, stands behind her husband. A young boy and a teenage girl flank each side of the woman who is holding the baby. And finally an older woman, someone's a… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Postcard of a woman standing next to a hotel pool

Description: An unidentified woman stands next to a hotel's pool filled with flowers. Printed on the top of the postcard is "466-Alberca del Hotel Ruiz Galindo. Fortin Ver.
Date: unknown
Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

[Postcard of "Cola de Caballo" Waterfall]

Description: Postcard of a waterfall called Cola de Caballo, "Horse Tail," in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Printed in the corner is "Cola de Caballo, Monterey N.L. Mex."
Date: unknown
Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

Postcard of the Palacio de Bellas Artes

Description: Postcard of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, "Palace of Fine Arts," in Mexico City with many cars parked in front. Printed in corner is "Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico"
Date: unknown
Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

[Postcard of Mexican Postage Stamps]

Description: Postcard of a collection of Mexican postage stamps around a note that reads, "We are in Mexico now and I am crazy about it. Lot of love for you all. Mother sends love - Leonora U." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 65 Beach Ave. Charlotte, N. Y."
Date: September 14, 1909
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Bath House and Pool at Agua Caliente]

Description: Postcard of a group of people in suits and five swimmers near the brightly tiled edge of the pool, described as "Bath House and Pool, Agua Caliente, Mexico." The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Carroll E. Ward Texas Ice Co. Beaumont, Texas, U. S. A."
Date: August 31, 1934
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Hotel Ancira]

Description: Postcard of Hotel Ancira with a statue placed on a tower among palm trees. On the photograph, "Hotel Ancira No 21 -- Monterrey, N. L., Mex" is written.
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Gateway Bridge Across Rio Grande]

Description: Postcard image of the Gateway Bridge across the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. Within the image the bridge is the center with the Rio Grande below it. On the side under the label "Texas" various buildings and automobiles are pictured. The American Flag is also seen on this side. On the side under the label "Mexico" the bridge lets out to a large wooded area.
Date: unknown
Creator: C. T. American Art Colored
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Central High School in Waco]

Description: Postcard of Waco Central High School, a large, two-story brick building with three rows of windows, with a row of trees in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco, Texas. High School." There is a handwritten note on the front of the postcard: "Mrs. R. B. H. Our new address is 1418 S. 7th St. Waco. Think you would write. Don't seem like the same old town without you." There is also a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 7, 1907
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Old Mission, Juarez, Mexico after a Battle]

Description: Postcard image of a side view (from the north) of a Franciscan mission, labeled in the center of the image as "Old Mission, Juarez, Mex. after a Battle." One man on horseback, in the street, and a line of unidentified men standing on the sidewalk are in front the the building, which has visible damage from bullets and canons which resulted from the Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911). There is a handwritten note on the back sent from "Hess" to Mable Dagley in Lockney, Texas.
Date: October 1916
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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