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[War is Hell]

Postcard of 11 Signal Corps Soldiers spelling out the phrase, "War Is Hell". The message was deciphered using the Semaphore Flag Signalling Alphabet System. The U.S. Soldiers are standing in front of tents at an unknown military camp location in El Paso, Texas. At the bottom left corner of the postcard is the name a business Bryant Studio, presumably it is a business. Researching El Paso, Texas City Directories; no further information could be located about Bryant Studio.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poems of peace and war (open access)

Poems of peace and war

Book of poems about peace and war written by Mrs. David Scull Bispham. Bound in off-white wrappers. Front cover features title in black ink and an image of red cross. On inside rear cover is a dedication dated Nov. 18, 1915 (largely illegible), and the name of the author, Caroline Russell Bispham.
Date: 1915
Creator: Bispham, Mrs. David Scull & Bispham, Caroline Russell
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[World War I Soldiers]

Photo of a group of WWI Soldiers. Ralph Broyles is the soldier on the lower left.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pour la France, versez votre or : l'or combat pour la victoire.

A frightened German soldier holding a rifle in both hands is forced down onto one knee by the weight of a giant French coin which has landed on his arm. On the coin is a bas-relief of a rooster which appears to be escaping the surface of the coin to attack the soldier. Imprinted on the coin is the text: "LIBERTE - EGALITE - FRATERNITE" and "1915".
Date: 1915
Creator: Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Map of St. Quentin region of France showing battle entrenchments]

Map shows the location of Western Front entrenchments near the city of St. Quentin, France during World War One. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:100 000].
Date: [1915..1918]
Creator: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Camp Cotton]

Postcard of Camp Cotton located in El Paso, Texas. In the center of the image are rows of 20th Infantry tents attached to the ground. Soldiers are shown positioned between the rows of tents and in a group to the left of the tents. The postcard is addressed to Miss Judith Locke of San Antonio, Texas.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: W. H. Horne Co.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Cavalry Soldiers with Guns]

Photograph of two unidentified young cavalry soldiers holding pistols and standing next to a brick building in what appears to be a fort. Shrubs are visible in the foreground and the background in front of a large brick wall.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Body of Rodolfo Fierro]

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, Chihuahua on 13 October 1915. At the time of his death, Fierro was marching towards Sonora."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General Felipe Angeles]

Copy negative of General Felipe Angeles posing for a camera.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buffalo Bill]

Photograph of Wild Bill (W. F. Cody) and Colonel Charles Taylor. Wild Bill is standing with his horse next to an awning. Colonel Taylor and a man in uniform are standing under the awning and a woman wearing black is sitting behind them. A white building is visible in the background.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soldier and His Mule

Photograph of an American World War I-era soldier standing in the street with a pack mule. There is a street car in the background along with a drug store and other men in the street.
Date: [1915..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lettter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz (open access)

Lettter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Frantz

Letter thanking Frank Frantz for sending an editorial.
Date: September 1, 1915
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Soldiers in a Muddy Camp Area]

Photograph of soldiers standing in a muddy area of the camp area. In the middle of the photo muddy ground is visible with puddles of water throughout. To the left of the photo soldiers standing up with their backs to the camera and one black and white dog is visible next to a soldier. In the background of the soldiers tents are tied down to the ground.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Cavalry Men]

Photograph of two unidentified cavalry soldiers standing in a field wearing dark bands on their left arms and holding what appear to be sabers. Behind them a large tent and a tree are visible in the background.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eight Soldiers in Field]

Photograph of eight men sitting in two rows in an open field with tents and trees visible in the background. The man on the far left is bwearing a hat and two men on the right are holding rifles.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Soldiers by Barrack]

Photograph of several unidentified cavalry soldiers standing in side of and outside of a wooden barrack in a field with tents visible in the background on the right. In the foreground on the left a small group of soldiers are standing in front of the barrack, behind them several other men are partially visible inside the structure, and on the right another group of men are standing next to it.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Soldier]

Photograph of an unidentified cavalry soldier wearing a pistol in a holster posing in a field with a small building visible in the background.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Soldiers On Ground]

Photograph of cavalry solders laying and kneeling in four rows on the ground in a field with barracks and other buildings visible in the background. The men in the first and third row are laying on their stomachs while the men kneeling behind them are holding them down. Four other men are standing behind the soldiers watching.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Young Cavalry Men]

Photograph of two young identified cavalry soldiers holding pistols standing outside of a brick building in what appears to be a fort. Brush is visible in the foreground and behind them more brush and a brick wall can be seen.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Camp in the Davis Mountains]

Photograph of a cavalry camp in the Davis Mountains consisting of what appear to be several rows of horses and a row of tents at the foot of the mountain. A text on the front of the photograph reads "157- 1st Cavalry Brigade in Camp, Davis Mountains, Alpine, Tex."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Soldiers at Camp]

Photograph of a group of cavalry soldiers at a camp with a row of barracks on the left, and a horse-drawn wagon and other barracks visible in the background on the right. On the front of the photograph a handwritten note reads "Breaking Camp - Corpus Christi Texas Mar 26."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Camp by Water]

Photograph of a cavalry camp on a waterfront with two small structures in the water and rows of barracks and trees visible in the background.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Field of Tents]

Photograph of a field with three rows of tents with houses and other buildings visible in the background. In the foreground on the right is large tree and in the middle soldiers can be seen sitting and standing in several small groups.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown Man in Uniform]

Portrait of an unidentified man wearing a general's uniform with several medals on it posing in front of a dark background.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History