[Cotton Baling Inside Mill]

Two near-identical images of a cotton baling press in use at a mill. A bale is at the front and a man is standing just behind it at left, near the machinery. There is a blur where the man moved during the exposure. Descriptive text printed below the images in the lower-right corner: "7722- Baling Cotton--a powerful press just releasing a 500-lb. bale--at a mill in Texas." The same text is printed on the back in six languages
Date: 1905
Creator: Sun Sculpture Works and Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Border Divisional Band]

Photograph of a large group of people standing front of Iglesia Presbiteriana, "El Divino Salvador" [The Divine Savior]. They are posing in a semi-circle, wearing dark-colored clothing and holding horns; there are also children standing near the ends of the line. A drum is sitting on the ground in the center of the line and has the text "Salvation Army Border Divisional Band" written around the outside. The church is a multi-story brick building with square towers on either side of the main section and there are stairways leading from the main entrance in either direction to the towers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photo of Children at The Salvation Army]

Photograph of an unidentified group of children posing for a photograph at the Salvation Army. There is an American flag on the left side of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Mundo Para Dios]

Contact Print of nine women wearing light-colored dresses with short, dark capes posing in a line on either side of two men from the Salvation Army wearing dark, high-collared uniforms. They are standing on a low stage between an American flag (left) and another flag at right, behind a long bench with fabric draped over the back and potted palm trees on the floor at either end. A young girl, also wearing a light-colored dress and cape, is standing near the center of the bench in front of banners, and between two large bouquets. On the stage at right is a piano and at left is a bulletin board and a large, white cross; on the wall behind them, the text "El Mundo Para Dios" is on two banners near the ceiling, with Salvation Army posters in the center below the text.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bulletin Board for the Salvation Army]

Photograph of a collage of the many accomplishments, awards, and recognition received by the Salvation Army. Ca. 1943. In the center of the bulletin board is a photograph of three officers of the Salvation Army.
Date: 1943
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Salvation Army Bible Study]

Photograph of a group of women attending bible study at the Salvation Army.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Historical Sketch of Aoy School (open access)

Historical Sketch of Aoy School

Booklet providing background of the Aoy School in El Paso, including brief biographical information about the founder, Olivas Villanueva Aoy, as well as information about the location and building, teachers and principals, and other general information about the history from the founding through 1949.
Date: April 27, 1951
Creator: Schaer, Bertha Archer
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History