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A5101 - A5200 |
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A5101 |
A5102 |
A5103 |
A5104 |
A5105 |
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ca. 1902 |
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Southwest cities and towns -Tucson - Arizona |
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Photograph reads: Second Owls Club, Tucson, Arizona,
designed by Trost & Trost. This Owls Club (second)
was located at 378 N Main Ave and is part of the El
Presidio Historic District, National Register #
76000379. |
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ca. 1925 |
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El Paso
- Apartment houses |
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The
Wright Apartments located at 208 Montana. Barely
noticeable on the far left of the photograph is the
First Presbyterian Church which was located on E
Yandell Blvd, NW corner of N Stanton, Rev. Floyd
Poe, pastor (ca. 1925) |
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? |
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El Paso
- Residences |
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Unidentified El Paso residence. The photograph is of
an unidentified location in the Upper Valley part of
El Paso. Barely visible are the Franklin Mountains
in the left center side of the photograph. |
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Unidentified lumber and scrap metal yard on the bank
of an unidentified river. |
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ca. 1910 |
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El Paso
- Chamber of Commerce |
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Chamber
of Commerce Building. Located at 310 - 12 San
Francisco. Visible on one of the window panes is the
advertisement for Craig, O'Donnell & Company (E J
Craig, City of Mexico, W T O'Donnell), manufacturers
agents and brokers. |
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A5106 |
A5107 |
A5108 |
A5109 |
A5110 |
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? |
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El Paso
- Trost & Trost architectural renderings |
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Top:
Architectural rendering for an apartment building
for Geo. Noble Todd, Tucson, Arizona. Bottom:
Architectural rendering of a Carnegie library,
unknown location. |
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ca. 1905 |
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El Paso
- Residences |
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Photograph reads: 703 N El Paso St. Built ca. 1905,
occupied by Douglas Gray (Douglas Gray, purchasing
agent for El Paso Smelter. |
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? |
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El Paso
- Fort Bliss |
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Photograph reads: El Paso - Fort Bliss to 1900. |
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ca. 1916 |
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El Paso
- Apartment Houses |
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The
Ayers Apartment House, Mrs. A C Clark proprietor.
Located at 310 W Missouri. |
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ca. 1899
- 1900 |
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Southwest cities and towns - Tucson - Arizona |
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Photograph reads: First Owls Club, Tucson, Arizona.
Henry Trost - Architect. Located a 300 North Main
Avenue, part of the El Presidio Historic District,
National Register number 76000379. |
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A5111 |
A5112 |
A5113 |
A5114 |
A5115 |
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ca. 1903 |
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Southwest cities and towns - Tucson - Arizona |
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Bayless
Residence of Tucson, Arizona. Address is 145 East
University Boulevard. Designation as site # 65;
Arizona Register of Historic Places. |
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ca. 1918 |
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El Paso
- Residences |
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This
residence is located at 323 W Rio Grande and was
once occupied by John F Williams, Vice President of
the City National Bank and City Mortgage Company. He
was also secretary - treasurer of the Neff - Stiles
Company. |
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ca. 1918 |
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El Paso
- Residences |
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This
residence is located on 323 W Rio Grande. It is the
same home as in A5112 but from a different angle.
This is the view from the courtyard. This house was
designed by famed architect Henry C. Trost and is a
Mission Style home. |
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ca. 1899
- 1900 |
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Southwest cities and towns - Tucson - Arizona |
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Photograph reads: First Owls Club, Tucson Arizona.
Henry C. Trost - Architect. This is another angle of
photograph A5110. |
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ca. 1913 |
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El Paso
- Theatres |
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Unique
Theatre, L J Locke proprietor, located at 111 South
El Paso. Next door is the Club House Café. Movies
showing at the time of this photograph were "The
Terrible Daughter" and "The Ironmasters." $.10 for
adults and $.05 for children |
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A5116 |
A5117 |
A5118 |
A5119 |
A5120 |
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ca. 1914 |
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El Paso
- Banks |
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First
National Bank, Joshua S Raynolds president. Located
at 109 - 117 San Antonio street corner of Oregon. At
one end of the bank sits Fullans diamond merchants &
money lenders. Fullan Arthur J, pawnbroker. |
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ca. 1914 |
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El Paso
- Downtown street scene |
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A view
of the 200 block of San Antonio street looking east.
Immediately to the left is Bryan Bros. men's
furnishing department store. The building was
located on the 201-3 San Antonio street. In the
center of the photograph is a trolley headed towards
Old Mexico. |
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ca. 1913 |
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El Paso
- Street scene |
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This is
a view of an unidentified El Paso street. It appears
that this street is east to west and because of the
number of residences it is most likely, but not
officially, Myrtle avenue. |
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ca. 1914 |
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El Paso
- Street scene |
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This is
a view of 500 block of San Francisco street looking
west. Immediately to the right is Westinghouse
Electric & MFG Company of Texas. Further down the
road is the Hotel Carlye, Mrs. C B O'Neal
proprietor. |
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ca. 1910 |
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Juarez -
Street scene |
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This is
a photograph of a street in Ciudad Juarez.
Immediately to the right is the Mexican Customs
House and in the center of the photograph is the
trolley car that crossed the border daily. |
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Not available
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A5121 |
A5122 |
A5123 |
A5124 |
A5125 |
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ca. 1910 |
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El Paso
- Paintings |
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Paintings by T.J. Kittilsen. These paintings were
once located inside of the El Paso County Court
House. The paintings depict how the Pass of the
North came to be. The paintings are now owned and
displayed by the El Paso Museum of History. |
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ca. 1911 |
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El Paso
- Portraits |
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Portrait
of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo, 8
May 1753 - 30 July 1811. Miguel Hidalgo was a priest
and the leader of the Mexican War of Independence.
After his execution on the morning of 30 July 1811,
his head was decapitated and displayed to serve as a
warning to other insurgents. |
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ca. 1910 |
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Juarez -
Public Jail |
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Carcel
Publica in Ciudad Juarez. Translation - Public
Prison. This building also housed the Juzgado De
Letras and Juzgado Mendoso. The latter two were
lower level magistrate courts set up to enforce
public laws. |
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ca. 1916 |
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El Paso
- Street scene |
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This
photograph was taken at the 100 block of N Oregon.
In the center of the photograph is Coney Island,
Power & Truesdell proprietors. Coney Island sold
wines, liquors and cigars and was located at 111 N
Oregon, corner of San Francisco.. |
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A5126 |
A5127 |
A5128 |
A5129 |
A5130 |
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ca. 1910 |
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El Paso
- Parks |
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San
Jacinto Plaza. A maintenance worker is seen in this
photograph cleaning the area just outside of the
pond area. Live alligators were part of San Jacinto
Plaza up until 1974 when they were finally removed
because of vandals. |
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ca. 1909 |
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El Paso
- Taft / Diaz meeting |
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This
photograph taken outside of an unidentified hotel
building in downtown El Paso was snapped during the
now famous Taft Diaz meeting. The meeting brought
together President William Howard Taft and President
Porfirio Diaz together in El Paso during the week of
October 16, 1909. |
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ca. 1909 |
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El Paso
- Taft / Diaz meeting |
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The
historical significance of this meeting between
President Taft and President Diaz was that it was
the first of it's kind. The first meeting between a
United States President and the President of Mexico.
The location of this photograph can not be
identified. |
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ca. 1909 |
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El Paso
- Taft / Diaz meeting |
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This is
a view of the International Border crossing at the
end of Santa Fe street in downtown El Paso. The
bridge was specially decorated for the arrival of
President Porfirio Diaz from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico,
for his meeting with President Taft. |
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ca. 1909 |
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El Paso
- Taft / Diaz meeting |
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This
photograph taken outside the Custom House (La Aduana)
at night in Ciudad Juarez shows the grandeur of
Mexico's decorations in honor of the Taft - Diaz
Meeting. President Diaz of Mexico held a grand
banquet inside the Custom House in honor of
President Taft's visit on the evening of October 16,
1909. |
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Not available 
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A5131 |
A5132 |
A5133 |
A5134 |
A5135 |
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? |
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El Paso
- Music |
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Photo of
a band/orchestra with four young ladies. |
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ca. 1909 |
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El Paso
- Taft / Diaz Meeting |
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President Taft is seen here riding in the
presidential carriage, in procession. It is unclear
if the gentleman seated across from President Taft
is indeed President Diaz of Mexico, as he is turned
away from the camera. |
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ca. 1909 |
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El Paso
- Taft / Diaz Meeting |
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Crowd a
waiting the arrival of President Taft outside the
St. Regis Hotel in El Paso. It appears that the
gentleman coming off of the trolley is President
Taft. |
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El Paso
- Residences |
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Photo of
residences located on the corner of North St. Vrain
Street and Montana Street. |
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ca. 1920 |
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El Paso
- Downtown street scene |
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This is
a view of Texas Avenue in downtown El Paso. The
camera is facing east. Around the center of the
photograph and to the left is Elite Confectionery,
located on N. Mesa on the NW corner of Texas. Pancho
would often visit the confectionery for some ice
cream when visiting El Paso. |
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Not available 
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A5136 |
A5137 |
A5138 |
A5139 |
A5140 |
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ca. 1922 |
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El Paso
- Residences |
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An
aerial view of a mostly residential neighborhood on
the eastern border of downtown El Paso. The main
street to the right of the alley is Texas and above
that is Mills. This was around the 300 - 400 block
area of those streets. |
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ca. 1920 |
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El Paso
- Franklin Mountains |
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An
unidentified area of the Franklin Mountains. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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El Paso
- Industry |
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The
photograph of an unidentified rock quarry shows some
men removing rock from the side of this mountain
while other men at the base of the mountain wait to
load their horse drawn carts. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Mexico -
Places |
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Two
unidentified photographs of Life in Mexico. The
exact location is unknown. Top: A farmer and perhaps
his daughter plow a field in preparation for
planting. Below: Two women are doing laundry while
the younger children are bathing themselves. |
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ca. 1920 |
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El Paso
- Roads |
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Photograph reads: Farm road, upper valley? An
unidentified tree lined farm road. Possibly in the
Canutillo, Texas area. In the middle of the road,
two couples are possibly enjoying a Sunday afternoon
drive. |
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A5141 |
A5142 |
A5143 |
A5144 |
A5145 |
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ca. 1916 |
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El Paso
- Punitive expedition |
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Officially known as the Mexican Expedition, this
military operation conducted by the U.S. Army was in
retaliation for Pancho Villa's raids on the village
of Columbus, New Mexico. This Calvary group probably
stretches more than a mile long. |
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ca. 1920 |
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El Paso
- Industry |
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An
ostrich farm, exact location unknown, somewhere in
El Paso, Texas. In the background, the Franklin
Mountains. |
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ca. 1922 |
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El Paso
- People |
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An
unknown gentleman stands in front of an unidentified
Assay Office. Note the bottom right corner of the
sign. It reads: McC CO. McClintock Company, Outdoor
Advertising, Poster and Painted Displays, 311 - 13 W
Overland street. |
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ca. 1918 |
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El Paso
- People |
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Photograph reads: Charles E. Pollock. |
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ca. 1920 |
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El Paso
- People |
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An
unidentified group of businessmen. |
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Not available
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A5146 |
A5147 |
A5148 |
A5149 |
A5150 |
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ca. 1911 |
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El Paso
- People |
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Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Wells Brown entertaining the Madero
family in their home, May 1911. In November of that
same year Francisco Madero would become President of
Mexico. He would later be assassinated on 18
February 1913. |
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ca. 1918 |
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El Paso
- People |
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Photograph reads: George H. Clements. Secretary and
Publicity Commissioner El Paso Chamber of Commerce. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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El Paso
- People |
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An
unidentified gentleman poses for a photograph. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Railroads |
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The
location of this photograph is unknown but this is a
passenger train belonging to the Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad. The Rock Island Railroad jointly
operated the Golden State Limited, stopping in El
Paso, with the Southern Pacific Railroad. |
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A5151 |
A5152 |
A5153 |
A5154 |
A5155 |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cloudcroft - New Mexico |
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An
unidentified location in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
Perhaps a sanatorium or a lodge. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Photograph reads: Indians of North America. This
Aultman photograph was most like taken somewhere in
New Mexico. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cloudcroft - New Mexico |
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This
photograph was most likely taken after A5151 as the
people in the photograph have moved somewhat and the
shadows appear to have gotten longer. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Mexico -
Railroads |
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A group
of Mexican miners is returning back to their mining
site after delivering their load of ore. During this
era, many Mexican mines were owned and operated by
U.S. conglomerates and mostly mined silver and
copper. |
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A5156 |
A5157 |
A5158 |
A5159 |
A5160 |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cloudcroft - New Mexico |
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Another
photograph of the building featured in A5151. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cloudcroft - New Mexico |
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Another
photograph of the building featured in A5151. |
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ca. 1912 |
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El Paso
- Franklin Canal |
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The
Franklin Canal which runs through the middle of
downtown and south El Paso extends 28.4 miles
through the city. The canal is actually part of a
larger network of canals located in the Upper Rio
Grande Valley. Once privately owned, in was acquired
in 1912 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. |
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ca. 1913 |
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El Paso
- Downtown street scene |
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Corner
of 100 Texas and 200 Mesa avenue. This block in
downtown El Paso was know as Buckler Block. On the
left hand side of the building is the Wells Fargo &
Co Express. On the other side is the Guarantee Shoe
Co. |
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ca. 1910 |
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El Paso
- Water delivery |
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This
group of young men is setting out to delivery fresh
water to homes who did not have fresh running water.
Although plumbing was available in most parts of El
Paso, some areas around town still needed their
daily supply of water delivered. |
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A5161 |
A5162 |
A5163 |
A5164 |
A5165 |
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ca. 1918 |
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El Paso
- Banks |
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City
National Bank, The. U S Stewart pres, J F Williams
v-pres. Located at 100 South El Paso Street. The
Bank went defunct in 1921 at which time it became
the Blumenthal Building. |
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ca. 1918 |
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El Paso
- Downtown street scene |
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This is
a view of San Francisco street looking west. Visible
at the end of the street is the Union Passenger
Station. Immediately to the left is the El Paso
Herald. Further to the left, mid photo, is the
little known business, The H Lesinsky Co., at the
time a large wholesale grocer. |
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ca. 1922 |
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El Paso
- Downtown street scene |
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The
Morehouse Block. 200-6 North Oregon. In the center
of the photograph is the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
To the right of the photograph is a popcorn vendor.
This person would go around the city selling fresh
popcorn from his mobile cart. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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El Paso
- Downtown street scene |
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This is
the 600 block of San Antonio street looking west. Up
the road and to the left, where the trees are, is
the Court House, County Jail and Court of Civil
Appeals. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Tucson,
Arizona - Missions |
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Mission
San Xavier del Bac, interior, Tucson, Arizona. The
mission was founded in 1699 by the Jesuit missionary
Eusebio Francisco Kino. |
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Not available
Not available 
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A5166 |
A5167 |
A5168 |
A5169 |
A5170 |
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ca. 1910
-1920 |
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Tucson,
Arizona - Missions |
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Mission
San Xavier del Bac,exterior, Tucson, Arizona.
Outside, San Xavier has a white, Moorish-inspired
design. Elegant and simple, with an ornately
decorated entrance. Unfortunately there are no
records of the architect, builders or craftsmen. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Tucson,
Arizona - Missions |
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Mission
San Xavier del Bac, interior, Tucson, Arizona.
Unlike other Spanish missions in Arizona, San Xavier
is still actively served by Franciscans and still
serves the Native community by which it was built. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Tucson,
Arizona - Missions |
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Mission
San Xavier del Bac, interior, Tucson, Arizona. At
least three different artists painted the artwork
inside the church and many consider it one of the
finer examples of the Spanish mission style of
architecture. |
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Not available 
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A5171 |
A5172 |
A5173 |
A5174 |
A5175 |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Tucson,
Arizona - Missions |
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Mission
San Xavier del Bac, exterior, Tucson, Arizona.
Except for being painted all in white, the present
day structure very much resembles this old
photograph. At the right two men are seen patching
up the wall to the side building. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Tucson,
Arizona - Missions |
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Mission
San Xavier del Bac, exterior, Tucson, Arizona. A
rear exterior photograph of the building. The dome
seen here is difficult to see from up front; And a
man, possibly a worker, can be seen at the end of
the picket fence. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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El Paso
- Parks |
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The
writing on the photograph reads Ascarate Park,
however Ascarate Park wasn't completed until late
1942-3. Also the people are dressed ca. 1910-1920.
An explanation could be that this would be the
future site of Ascarate Park. |
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ca. 1913 |
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El Paso
- Automobiles |
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Longwell
Auto & Longwell's Transfer. James J Longwell prop.
Located at 116 - 122 San Francisco. At the far left
of the photograph is the Frisco Bar and serving as
the backdrop is the Hotel Paso del Norte. This area
is now part of the Union Plaza district. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cattle |
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A lone
gentleman surveys cattle almost as far as the eye
can see. The exact location of this ranch is
unknown. |
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A5176 |
A5177 |
A5178 |
A5179 |
A5180 |
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ca. 1910
- 1930 |
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Hotels |
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Willard
Hotel, unknown location. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cloudcroft - New Mexico |
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A group
of unidentified passengers is awaiting a train to
take out of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cloudcroft - New Mexico |
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A group
of people, perhaps vacationing guest, are enjoying
an afternoon game of tennis in Cloudcroft, New
Mexico. |
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ca. 1910
- 1920 |
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Cloudcroft - New Mexico |
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A
gentleman and his golfing partner are preparing to
tee off at a golf course in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
Accompanying the two golfers are their two caddies
and a single woman. |
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A5181 |
A5182 |
A5183 |
A5184 |
A5185 |
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A5186 |
A5187 |
A5188 |
A5189 |
A5190 |
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A5191 |
A5192 |
A5193 |
A5194 |
A5195 |
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A5196 |
A5197 |
A5198 |
A5199 |
A5200 |
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ca. 1900
- 1910 |
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El Paso
- Downtown Street Scene |
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The 300
block of St. Louis (presently Mills St.), Stanton
St. is to the right and Kansas St. is to the left.
The 4-story building is the Great Northern Hotel, R.
J. Lockie proprietor - located at 309 St. Louis. The
Hotel D. R. Francis is to the left, located at 315
1/2 St. Louis, Mrs. M. I. Armstrong proprietor. The
El Paso County Courthouse and City Hall can be seen
in the center of the photo. |
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