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[Customs Officers and Guards #1]

Photograph of a group of people standing outside a one-story brick building with the caption, "Customs Officers and Guards. Juarez, Mexico." There appears to be a main entrance to the right and a smaller doorway on an addition to the left; both doorways are decorated with Mexican flags and banners aw well as a framed picture of President Venustiano Carranza above the left doorway. Seven men are standing around the outside of the building including two in the main doorway (one holding a shotgun) and a man and a woman in the second doorway. The back of the postcard is addressed to Sr. Guillermo Stein.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Stein, William & Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Panteón Felicista]

Postcard image of a group of men standing in a row (including a Mexican Army officer, who is smoking) along the left side of the image, behind a gravedigger who is holding a shovel and standing in a partially-dug grave. The caption (lowever-left) reads: "60. Int. de la Ciudadela. Panteón Felicista." [translation: 60. Interior of the Citadel. Felicista Pantheon.] On the right side of the image, there is a pile of dirt along the ground, a covered corpse is visible near the center of the image, and, in the background, an unidentified man wearing a suit is standing in front of an automobile that is facing the opposite direction.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bullfight in Juarez, Mexico]

Postcard depicting a bullfight in a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico arena. In the photograph, two men in costume wait to bullfight, and one man is directly engaging the bull. People are visible in the stands. Advertisements are visible in both English and Spanish. Postcard was stamped and mailed from El Paso, Texas on April 27, 1915. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Bullfight in Plaza de Toros, Juarez Mexico]

A postcard depicting a bullfight in Plaza de Toros, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. One matador engages the bull directly. Three other matadors stand away from the bull. A crowd is visible in the stands, with one onlooker reaching out towards the bull. There is advertising in Spanish on the wall surrounding the arena. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System: The Portal to Texas History