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Downtown Post Office Photograph Collection
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McCracken Collection
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Binion Collection
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Escontrías Collection
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Earl R. McCraken Downtown El Paso Photographs
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History of the Schools and Churches, El Paso, Texas
Booklet intended to provide information for prospective El Paso residents about the churches and schools in the city. It provides a brief sketch of each location with a photo, a history of its organization and establishment, and pastors or teachers working at the location. The book also has advertising from local businesses.
Date:
1903
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
My Life of Eighty Years
Bound autobiographical manuscript written by Mary Stanton outlining her early life in Georgia, her education, and working as a teacher and administrator in El Paso before retiring in 1925. She also briefly discusses travel and personal thoughts about teaching, with an addendum regarding the early organization of the El Paso Public Library.
Date:
July 25, 1943
Creator:
Stanton, Mary I.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Douglass High School, 1895-1956
Book outlining the history of Douglass High School in El Paso, with photos and biographical sketches of teachers and alumni: "This is a booklet covering some of the events and people of the Black community of El Paso. An attempt to capture from words and old photographs a few of the lasting impressions of some incidents which will always be remembered of Douglass High School" (p. 3).
Date:
1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Public Schools of El Paso, Texas: 1898
Report on El Paso public schools for the 1898 academic year, including information about board members and teachers, salaries and financing, a breakdown of lessons taught at each grade level, rules and regulations for the schools, and reports from the treasurer and superintendent.
Date:
1897
Creator:
El Paso Public Schools
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeing El Paso and the Valley
Pamphlet providing an overview of the town of El Paso and brief descriptions of missions and tourist spots in El Paso and its counterpart, Juarez.
Date:
1914
Creator:
Cline, Elizabeth Wooten
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Construction Site Looking Eastward]
Photograph of a construction site. There is a foundation with two cranes and supplies spread around. There are buildings in the background.
Date:
December 3, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carnegie Library Diagonal Left View]
Photograph of the El Paso Carnegie Library from a diagonal view. The building is white with four tall columns in front of the entrance, and a star emblem engraved above the columns. There are tree branches on the top part of the photograph.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drawing of the Hotel Paso Del Norte]
A drawing of the Hotel Paso Del Norte in El Paso, Texas. The building is "U" shaped, with two towers extending up from the bottom floor of the building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drawing of First Presbyterian Church in El Paso]
Drawing of First Presbyterian Church in El Paso, Texas. It includes a bell tower, stained glass windows, angular roofs, and a car driving on the street.
Date:
1906/1908
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flood Damage in El Paso, 1897]
Photograph of flood damage in the city of El Paso, Texas, after a large flood hit the area in 1897. A store call "John Finnigan and Co." can be seen in the right background of the photo, and remaining floodwaters can be seen in the foreground.
Date:
May 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carnegie Library Lobby With Secretary]
Photograph of a lobby in Carnegie Library. A secretary is sitting at a desk next to a door and window, and a table is displaying books to the right.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bennett House in El Paso]
Photograph of the front of the Bennett House in El Paso, Texas. There are columns beneath an entrance that protrudes from the building, a balcony to the left, windows, and a roof that extends farther out.
Date:
1906~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masonic Sanatorium Rendering]
Rendering of a masonic sanatorium. The building has rows of windows, and a wing on both sides of the central building. The central building has decorative designs around the entrance and roof.
Date:
1925~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[El Paso High School Cafeteria]
Photograph of a cafeteria in an El Paso high school. It has long tables with five chairs at each table, and rectangular columns supporting the ceiling.
Date:
1913~/1916~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rio Grande Crossing at Paso Del Norte]
Photograph of people leading a horse drawn buggy over a small, bridge crossing of the Rio Grande. A mountain and valley can be seen in the background.
Date:
1885~
Creator:
Wittick, George Benjamin
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Residence for Mr. J. E. Nagley]
Drawing of a residence for Mr. J. E. Nagley. It has two columns on the porch walls near the entrance, a pyramid shaped roof, two chimneys on both sides of the roof, and four windows on the second floor.
Date:
1903~/1906~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Post Office]
Photograph of people standing in front of the El Paso Post Office. Hotels are on both sides.
Date:
September 22, 1978
Creator:
Binion, Charles
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Proposed Elks Building]
Rendering of the proposed Elks Building in El Paso, Texas. It has a tall center portion with eight stories, and two wings to the left and right with two stories. The second floor windows have archway shapes and decorative edges. There are people walking in the street and a car to the left.
Date:
1915~/1920~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Post Office Construction Site Looking South West]
Photograph of a post office construction site. There are some long stone pieces on the ground near workers by the post office windows. Lights are supported up in the air by safety lines. Other buildings surround the post office.
Date:
October 2, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[El Paso Street]
Photograph of El Paso Street with a dirt road, people, horses, carriages, adobe structures, a newspaper tree is on the left side of the photo, and what appears to be "Bank of El Paso" on the left behind the newspaper tree.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Proposed Hotel in Big Springs]
Rendering of a proposed hotel in Big Springs, Texas. There are people gathered at the base of the building near cars. The building has five stories, with windows in the top four. The corner columns of windows have a special border design.
Date:
1920~/1929~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Loretto College Rendering]
Rendering of Loretto College from the front. It has two building wings to the left and right of a central building with a tower. The area in front of the building has landscaping and a fountain.
Date:
1922~/1923~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nagley Apartments]
Photograph of the Nagley Apartments on North Ochoa, a long flat building on slanted ground. The right and left sides of the building are symmetrical.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History