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[Ciudad Juarez Trolley Car]

Photographic negative of a trolley car filled with passengers and traveling down a road. "Bienvenidos A C. Juarez, Amigos" and "Ride the streetcars to and from" are written along its side. A man is walking in front of the trolley.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Defending Ojinaga

Negative image of six uniformed soldiers manning a pair of artillery weapons at Ojinaga, Mexico. The men wear rifles across their backs.
Date: 1911~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boy Soldier

Negative image of an adolescent Mexican boy wearing dark clothes, crossed bandoliers of ammunition, and a wide brimmed hat. Buildings, benches, and a group of people can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jail in Juárez, Mexico]

Negative image of a jail in Juárez, Mexico. People and two dogs can be seen standing near the building's entrance. The stone building has pale walls with "Juzgado de Letras" written on its right side. Two brick towers stand on either side of a central gate. Wires can be seen crossing the photograph and attached to a pole.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Mexican Shacks and Fishing]

Photographs of shacks in Mexico and a fishing trip. The top left photo is of a small shack built out of sticks, with a man working on a wagon in the front yard. The top right photo is of Sterling's Ranch, a house surrounded by trees next to a dirt road. The middle photo is of shack with walls made of sticks and thatched roofs. The bottom left photo is of a woman standing outside of a wood-paneled shack with farm animals behind it and children playing in the yard. The bottom middle photo is of two men holding fish, with a handwritten note that says "'Horny Gar' caught at Lake Capote, Tex." The bottom right photo is of a shack with laundry drying on a line in the yard.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Mexican Saloon]

Photograph of a Mexican saloon with a large group of horses, wagons, and people in front of it. A sign above the saloon says "La Estrella, Guerra & Co, Comerciantes."
Date: [1916,1917]
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Mexican Shacks]

Photographs of shacks in Mexico. The top left photo is of shacks made with sticks and thatched roofs, with a man in a military uniform standing next to a tent in front of the shacks. The top right photo is of a man standing next to a thatched-roof shack behind a stick fence. The bottom left photo is of two men standing at the doorway of a shack with mud and stick walls and a thatched roof. The bottom right photo is of a fenced yard with several buildings next to a dirt road.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Military Scenes]

Photographs of scenes of military life. The top left photo is of men standing behind a large cactus plant. The top right photo is of two bulls pulling a cart on a dirt road with shacks in the background. The middle and bottom left photos are of men standing in trenches next to the Rio Bravo. The bottom right photo is of General Wilson and several other men in a camp with tents and a car behind them.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Mexican Hut]

Photograph of a small hut with a thatched roof in Mexico, with two military men and a Mexican family with small children standing near the hut.
Date: [1916,1917]
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Mexican Shacks]

Photographs of shacks in Mexico. The top left and bottom right shacks are made of logs, and have wooden fences around the yards. The top right and bottom left shacks are made of sticks with thatched roofs, with a horse in one photo and a man in the other.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: International Bridge, Brownsville, Texas]

Photographs of the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge, which crosses the Rio Bravo between the United States and Mexico. The top photos are of the bridge as seen from a distance, with the left picture showing a side view and the right a view from the road before the bridge. The bottom photos are of military men standing on and near the bridge beside a wooden building.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Edinburg, Texas]

Photographs of Edinburg, Texas. The top left photo is of Edinburg County Courthouse. The top right photo is of a train in a city with men standing nearby. The middle photo is of Louis Bornscheuer in a military uniform standing next to a river. The bottom left photo is of a powerhouse building with two tall columns protruding from it. The bottom right photo is of Madero City, Mexico, seen from across a large river.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: South Texas]

Photographs of various scenes of South Texas. The top left photo is of an irrigation ditch with some water in it and men working on both sides. The top right photo is of a group of small shacks in Mexico. The middle photo is of the Church at Laguna Seca, Texas, with a row of small tents and a man in front of it. The bottom left photo is of a family sitting on the porch of a small house. The bottom right photo is of a small hut in a field next to a tree.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History