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[A Postcard Home from the Racetrack]

Postcard with an image of the end of a 16-horse race, titled at the bottom as: "A finish at Juarez, Mex." with the top three winners listed in the lower-left corner: "1st. Cordie, F. 2nd. Hardy 3rd. Singletoe." A note on the back was written from the photographer, Walter H. Horne, to his father in Hallowell, Maine and is postmarked February 27, 1915 at 8:30 a.m in El Paso, Texas.
Date: February 1915
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Post Office Workroom Looking Northward]

Photograph of a room under construction in the El Paso post office. It has piles of supplies and tools sprawled around the room. Support columns are holding part of the room up, and they're more finished looking. There is a skylight area and many tall windows on the back wall with light coming through.
Date: February 28, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Partially Complete Construction Site Looking East]

Photograph of a construction site, where there are completed concrete walls with slots for windows, concrete bricks on the ground, men working with a concrete maker, a tall steel beam framework, cranes, and buildings in the background.
Date: February 1, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Post Office Workroom Looking South West]

Photograph of a room under construction in the El Paso post office. The workroom has four archways with wood frames put in place. There are various supplies neatly placed in piles throughout the room, as well as wooden planks. There are a few rectangular shaped door frames besides the arches.
Date: February 1, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction Site With Partial Walls Looking West]

Photograph of a construction site. The walls are partially done, and there are large columns. Several crane arms are sticking up in the air and a hotel is behind the construction site.
Date: February 1, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Post Office Workroom Looking West]

Photograph of a room under construction in the El Paso post office. The room has construction supplies laid around the room over unfinished floors. A wooden framework is in the back part of the room behind a man standing near a work bench and support columns.
Date: February 1, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fly-By]

Photograph of seven DH-4 (De Havilland) airplanes flying over Fort Bliss, Texas. Below the planes, soldiers can be seen walking, riding, and standing as they watch the planes fly by. Military buildings and vehicles are seen scattered below on the ground. The Franklin Mountains are in the background. Information on the back of the photo states that the "Fly-By" over Fort Bliss was done in honor of General John J. Pershing's return to Fort Bliss after his service in World War I. The photo was taken from below the Officer's Club on February 2, 1920.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General Pershing and Staff]

Photograph of General John J. Pershing sitting atop a white horse and looking toward his five mounted staff members. Soldiers are visible in the background. The reverse side of the photograph states that Pershing was reviewing troops in El Paso, Texas.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers with Damaged Biplanes]

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing among two damaged biplanes. The wing of the left plane is bent, while the right plane is tilted downward on its nose.
Date: February 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Planes at Air Service Camp]

Photograph of a row of a row of 1st Surveillance Group biplanes at the Air Service Camp in El Paso, Texas. Groups of men in military uniforms are standing around each plane.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downward-Tilted Biplane]

Photograph of a biplane that has been tilted forward onto the ground because of its broken wheels. The image of a sphinx appears on the side of the fuselage.
Date: February 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wrecked Plane in Fabens, Texas]

Photograph of a wrecked aircraft in an earthen field. The wings have been separated from the vehicle and lie on nearby.
Date: February 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Artillery Salute for General Pershing]

Photograph of soldiers firing wheeled artillery on an earthen field. Plumes of smoke rise behind the guns and partially obscure distant mountains. A caption on the reverse side of the photo indicates that the firing was a salute to visiting General John J. Pershing.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Radiator and Broken Propeller]

Photograph of a close view of a biplane radiator and propeller. The wooden propeller is broken, with its left blade completely missing and its right blade missing the tip.
Date: February 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History