Photograph of a horse fountain in El Paso, Texas, at the corner of Alameda Avenue and Piedras Street. The East El Paso Cafe appears behind the fountain.

Photograph of two-story business fronts along a street in the Five Points neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. The building on the right has "El Paso Conservatory" written over its top row of windows. Businesses in the first story include Douglass Bros. hardware store and Wayne M. Tinkler & Co.'s appliance store.

Photograph of a view of Cedar Street in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with a mountain appearing in the background. Two women are crossing the road together.

Photograph of an El Paso neighborhood, with houses, yards, and parked cars. The O.T. Bassett Tower is visible in the background.

Photograph of an Asarco structure. The building has multiple stories, with stairways leading upward to the left. Two separate lengths of covered hallways or chutes lead from the main structure on the left to a narrow structure on the right.

Photograph of a view of Piedras Street in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with a mountain appearing in the background.

Photograph of a brick building containing multiple storefronts on San Francisco Avenue in El Paso, Texas. Businesses include a restaurant called Cleve's Place, an assay office, multigraphing & printing, and a curio shop. Advertising for the Knox Hotel and Coffee Shop appears on a billboard above and behind the storefront.

Photograph of a western view down Wyoming Avenue in El Paso, Texas. Cars populate the road, while trees and buildings lie on either side. The Juárez Mountains can be seen in the background.

Photograph of a man in a jacket standing beside a small experimental jet with a nose propeller. A power cord runs from the rear of the plane's fuselage to a adapter box that is attached to the steel support that holds the jet aloft. Cars are parked in a row in the background.

Photograph of Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with mountains appearing in the background.

Photograph of the inside of the Escontrías Print Company in El Paso, Texas. A balding middle-aged man leans against equipment to the left, another older man with a hat stands at a desk in the background, and a younger man smoking a pipe stands by shelves to the right. They are identified as Tony, "Dutch," and Lloyd Escontrías.

Photograph of Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with mountains appearing in the background.

Photograph of a small ranch building standing by a small body of water and several large boulders. Two horses stand by the right side of the water. An expanse of flat areas with scrub vegetation is visible behind the Escontrías ranch building. Mountains line the background.

Photograph of Stanton Street in El Paso, Texas. Businesses, cars, and people can be seen around the street. Bassett Tower can be seen in the background.

Photograph of San Francisco Street, El Paso, Texas, looking west towards Union Depot Station. A series of businesses line the street to the left. The El Paso Union Depot and its bell tower can be seen at the end of the street.

Photograph of El Paso Union Depot, a two-story brick building with a bell tower and a pavilion to the left. Railroad tracks pass in front of the building.

Photograph of a crossroads in the Five Points neighborhood of El Paso, Texas. Houses can be seen behind rows of trees. Cars can be seen along the central road. Mountains are visible in the background.

Photograph of a group of buildings that make up the University of Texas at El Paso. There are seven three-story structures standing near each other on an earthen lot. Mountains are visible in the background.

Photograph of the side of San Elizario Mission in El Paso, Texas. A bell-shaped pediment on the front of the building is topped with a cross. Narrow arched windows appear along the side of the building. The mission is situated on an earthen lot with bare trees visible around the perimeter.

Photograph of a classical revival-style platform with four columns. "Hart" is shown in relief on the side of the structure.

Photograph of El Morocco Cafe, a single story restaurant and bar. The building's sign depicts images of pyramids, palm trees, and people riding camels. Five arches are open on the building's front porch. Two cars are parked to the right.

Photograph of the El Paso skyline with several skyscrapers rising above the surrounding buildings. The Bassett Tower and Hotel Cortez can be seen to the left. The El Paso Natural Gas Building was built across from the Bassett Tower on Texas Street in 1954. The vantage point of the picture is from the Old Mesa Gardens which later became a part of the backyard of a house on the 600 block of W. Yandell. Today the house and land are part of the El Paso Historical Society offices and is known as the Burges House

Photograph of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in El Paso, Texas. Three arched entrances stand under a stained glass window depicting a religious scene. Arched windows can be seen along the side of the building to the right.

Photograph of Southwest Portland Cement Company's cement factory in El Paso, Texas. The concrete building has a three-story main structure that is topped by three chimneys and two smaller structures.