Resource Type

Serial/Series Title

[Brady Residence]

Photograph of the Brady residence in El Paso, Texas. One story building has a Spanish tile roof, a tower, brick quoins, and a series of chimneys.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[L. M. Lawson Residence]

Photograph of the M. L. Lawson residence, a stuccoed brick building with a single story. Windows with ornate frames appear on either side of the building's facade. Brick steps lead to an arched entryway.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Orndorff Common Room]

Photograph of a common room inside of Hotel Orndorff in El Paso, Texas. Pillars, chandeliers, and arched window emplacements surround the stucco room. A variety of plush chairs, desks, and lamps are arranged around the room.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Popular Dry Goods Store]

Photograph of a Popular Dry Goods building in El Paso, Texas. The building has six stories, and each story has rows of windows that are arranged in groups of three.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso Military Institute]

Photograph of El Paso Military Institute, a two-story concrete building with a classical-style pediment and columns hanging over the entrance. Uniformed cadets pose in front of the building with weapons and a U.S. flag. Mountains are visible in the background.
Date: 1906
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Irvin Apartments in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of the Irvin Brazos Apartments, a two-story brick building in El Paso, Texas. The building's facade has an arched entryway covered in ivy and topped with a plaque bearing its name.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Commercial National Bank in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of the Commercial National Bank building in El Paso, Texas. The three-story concrete building has pediments over the pair of columned doors at the foreground corner. A plaque with the building's name appears on the both sides of this corner behind a fire hydrant. Other businesses can be seen on either side of the building down the street, including the Hotel Beaumont, Ben-Hur Bar, and Typewriter & Office Supply to the left and B&H Cafeteria and a pharmacy on the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Parked in Hotel Paso Del Norte]

Photograph of a car parked in the Hotel Paso Del Norte in El Paso, Texas. Arches behind the car show ornate pillars and a stairway. A painting to the left of the car depicts ships at sea.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firestone Tire Store in El Paso]

Photograph of a Firestone Tire Store in El Paso, Texas. The concrete building has two floors and an area overhanging fuel pumps.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso County Courthouse]

Photograph of the El Paso County Courthouse, a five-story brick and concrete building with twelve fluted columns on its left side. Streetlights are spread across the surrounding sidewalks.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Caples Building in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of the Caples Building in El Paso, Texas. The building has six floors and is divided into two separate sections. People can be seen around parked cars at the base of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dome in Hotel Paso Del Norte]

Photograph of a sitting room in Hotel Paso Del Norte. A glass dome bearing images of leaves is situated above a sofa on a rug. Ornate archways on the left and columns on the right separate the room from others.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church in El Paso, Texas. The building has brick facade with two flanking towers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Orndorff in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of Hotel Orndorff in El Paso, Texas. The building has a brick facade. Its lower floor has striped awnings, the second floor has ornately carvings around the arched windows and balcony doors, and the third floor has plain double windows.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Singer Sewing Machine Building]

Photograph of Singer Sewing Machine Company building in El Paso, Texas. The two-story stone structure has quoins along its corners and on its center area. "Singer Sewing Machine Co." is displayed under three circular vents near the top of the building on the left, and a crest containing an "S" appears to the right. Under the building's title is a windowed doorway and balcony. Under the crest is a planter box.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alhambra Theatre in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of the Alhambra Theater in El Paso, Texas. The three-story building has an ornately carved facade, eight arched windows, and a ticket booth.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso Country Club Common Room]

Photograph of the interior of El Paso Country Club. Rugs, chairs, and desks are arranged around the room. Two lamps hang from the ceiling.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Union Bank and Trust Company in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of the Union Bank and Trust Company building in El Paso, Texas. The brick facade features a series of tall windows over the doorway, as well as two columns with a stone entablature bearing the building's name.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bank Foyer]

Photograph of an empty bank foyer. The long room contains two tables, decorative arched ceilings supported by columns, and gated teller's windows.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Columns and Dining Tables in Hotel Paso Del Norte]

Photograph of ornate columns in the dining room of Hotel Paso Del Norte. Covered tables are outfitted with wine glasses and napkins. Archways surrounding the room feature reliefs of a woman holding flowers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction of Hotel Paso Del Norte]

Photograph of the exterior of Hotel Paso Del Norte during its construction. Workers can be seen in scaffolding along the building's brick and concrete walls. A sign in the upper left corner reads "Hotel Paso Del Norte, Trost and Trost Architects, Fred A. Jones Building Company, Dallas, Houston, El Paso, Corpus Christi Texas, Birmingham Alabama." A wagon to the lower left bears a sign that reads "Western Transfer & Storage Co." Ten men wearing hats and fine suits stand in a row in front of the scaffolding. These men are identified from left to right as Zach White, James G. McNary, G. A. Trost, Henry C. Trost, W. L. Tooley, Hunter, Horace B. Stevens, Richard Burgess, Fred A. Jones, and Felix Martinez.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso Country Club]

Photograph of the El Paso Country Club. The building's facade features three Dutch Gables, several square and arched windows, and two porches covered with Spanish tile. Men and women are posing with horses in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Paso Del Norte]

Photograph of the exterior of Hotel Paso Del Norte in El Paso Texas. Two six-story brick towers rise parallel to each other from a lower structure composed of stone blocks. A fire escape can be seen on the inside wall of the left tower.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aultman & Dorman
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Bank and Trust Company in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of the American Bank and Trust Company in El Paso, Texas. It is a seven-story concrete classical revival building. The front of the building is three times as wide as the side. People are walking along the sidewalk around the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
System: The Portal to Texas History