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[Ponsford/Trost Collection]
84
Ponsford/Trost Collection
34
Downtown Post Office Photograph Collection
33
McCracken Collection
33
Binion Collection
31
Escontrías Collection
27
Charles Binion Collection
21
Earl R. McCraken Downtown El Paso Photographs
18
Harry Blumenthal Collection
17
Oscar Rhineheimer Collection
15
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[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
[Artillery Unit Crossing a River]
Postcard of an army artillery unit crossing a river. It is unclear if these troops are American or Mexican Federal troops.
Date:
[1910..1920]
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Arts and Crafts at the Salvation Army]
Photograph of volunteers group of the Salvation Army making homemade gifts for the children in the program. Many of the gifts are religious in nature. The volunteers for making these gifts are all women.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Asarco Structure]
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.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Escontrías
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Junior High School]
Photograph of the front of Austin Junior High School. The building has three stories of windows, an entrance with a long set of stairs that lead up to it from the street, a slanted lawn, and cars parked on the street. The side of the street near the camera has unfinished dirt and rock on both sides of the sidewalk.
Date:
1922~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Award Ceremony]
Photograph of a group of young adults and teens receiving an award from the Salvation Army Officer. In the photograph a teenage girl is receiving her certificate from the officer. There is a Mexican flag and an American flag. In front of those flags, the Salvation Army staff is standing in a line.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aztec Caves]
Positive transparency of Aztec Cave in the Franklin Mountains near El Paso, Texas. "Class of 69" and "Jesuit Sacto" are written in the back of the shallow cave.
Date:
1969
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[B&B Discount Entrance]
Photograph of discounted items in front of the entrance to B&B Discount. A clerk woman is writing details about something she is looking at.
Date:
January 18, 1978
Creator:
Binion, Charles
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Back End of St. Joseph's Sanitarium]
Photograph of the back end of St. Joseph's Sanitarium in El Paso, Texas. The building is surrounded by dry dirt land, and multiple room windows are protruding from the roof of the building. There are three independent rooms separate from the main building near the back courtyard.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Back of El Paso Post Office]
Photograph of the back of a U.S. Post Office building in El Paso, Texas, taken from the northwest corner. It is a two-story white stone building with many tall windows along the north and west sides of the building, several of which have decorative designs above them. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says, "January 1st 1919, Looking East."
Date:
January 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Banana Wagon on El Paso Street]
Photo negative of a man standing beside a wagon full of bananas or plantains. The wagon is being pulled down the street by a horse. Cars, people, and tall business buildings can be seen across the road.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Banded Boulders at Hueco Tank Park]
Positive transparency of a banded boulders at Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site. There is vegetation growing among the rocks in the foreground.
Date:
1969
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Banquet at the Salvation Army]
Photograph of a semi-formal banquet at the Salvation Army. The attendees of the banquet are wearing religious attire. Soup cups, silver, and bread plates are on the tables.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Blumenthal, Harry
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bassett Tower & The Diamond Shop]
Photograph of the Bassett Tower and The Diamond Shop. There are people standing at a crosswalk, with a street lamp and cars to the right.
Date:
September 19, 1978
Creator:
Binion, Charles
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bayonet Drill]
Photograph of a bayonet drill. The army soldiers are practicing close quarters combat or hand to hand combat in preparation for their bayonet drilling exercises. To the right, bayonet practice dummies wait to test the soldier’s marksmanship. The rifles in this image are M1903 Springfield rifles.
Date:
[1910..1920]
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bayonet Drill with Dummy Straw Filled Bags]
Postcard depicts soldiers performing a bayonet drill. In the photograph, dummy bundles of straw hang from a wooden structure. The soldiers attack the bundles with bayonets. Postcard is addressed to J. R. Teague of Framingham, Massachusetts, 114 Hollis St. Postcard is postmarked from San Antonio, Texas July 6, 1918 at 5:30 P.M.
Date:
[1910..1920]
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beer Billboard]
Photo negative of a beer advertisement on a billboard. It reads "Less Taxes and More Work, Vote for Beer Aug. 26."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
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
[Bidding Farewell to their Native Land]
Postcard image of an unidentified woman and two small children standing along the Rio Grande river. According to the caption, the family is looking back towards El Paso del Norte and are bidding farewell to their native land. El Paso del Norte is now known as Ciudad Juárez. There is no corroborating information about the identities for this small family. We also do not know if the woman is the mother, grandmother, or someone else related to the children. The family appears to have all of their belongings with them. Two men can be seen in background. The Mexican Revolution displaced many families along the U.S. Mexico Border and some families never returned back to their beloved homes.
Date:
1910/1920
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Big Bend District]
Postcard of the Rio Grande River bending around an unknown area in the Big Bend National Park. The Big Bend National Park is in Brewster County, Texas and contains approximately 801,163 acres of protected land according to the National Park Service website. Big Bend is named as such because of the many and vast curves that the Rio Grande river takes in this area of the Texas southwest. There is an unidentified wood shack in the foreground of the image. And on the other side of the river, there is a group of four unidentified individuals relaxing on the river bank.
Date:
1910/1920
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Big Spring School Building]
Rendering of the Big Spring School Building. It has three entrances on the front, with the two outer entrances having an archway shape. The middle entrance has a roof area that extends higher than the rest of the building. Many windows span the length of the three story building.
Date:
1928/1929
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biplane Painted to Resemble a Dragon]
Photograph of a biplane that has been painted with scales, eyes, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. Buildings can be seen on the desert landscape in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bird's Eye View of Fort Bliss, Texas]
Postcard of Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa. Lanoria Mesa is the sixth and final location of Fort Bliss the Post and Lanoria Mesa is where Fort Bliss stands today. The mesa is located in northeast El Paso, Texas. From the Texas Historical Commission: https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=85628 This is a west southwest perspective of Fort Bliss looking towards the Franklin Mountains. The large building in the center of the image is Building 13 - Enlisted Men's Barrack's and the smaller building is Building 19 - the Bathhouse. Both buildings were constructed in 1893 according to National Register of Historic Places. https://www.denix.osd.mil/cr/archives/uploads/fort-bliss-main-post-historic-district/ Beyond the barracks are the parade grounds and beyond the parade grounds is the area known as Officer's Row. Officer's Row consist of family style homes that were used as the quarters for the officers and for their families. Most of those buildings still stand today. The street in front of the officer's quarters is now called Sheridan Road.
Date:
1918~
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History