Resource Type

[Photograph of Men at the Knights of Columbus Convention]

Photograph of a large group of men in suits outside of a brick building at the Knights of Columbus Convention in El Paso, Texas.
Date: July 14, 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Williams family in El Paso]

Photograph of the Williams family sitting on the ground outside of their home in El Paso. Byrd III and John both have their hair buzzed and they are both wearing light colored button up shirts. The boys are both sitting with one of their knees pulled up to their chest and they both have toy cannons. Their baby brother Charles is sitting to the right of them, and he is wearing a light colored knit cap with a dark cardigan. Their mother Irene is sitting next to Charles and she is looking down at him and smiling. The ground they are sitting on has no grass and is made completely of sand. Their house is visible behind them and it is made of a dark brick with a chimney and vines crawling up the wall. More houses are visible in the background of the image.
Date: [1922..1925]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Vowell Hall, University of Texas at El Paso]

Photograph of the UTEP campus 1920-1921. Front right: Vowell Hall (Kelly Hall); Middle center: Old Main; Back left: Quinn Hall. Cars are parked along the street that passes between the buildings, and the street is near a stretch of dirt with arid shrubs. The bottom left of the photo has another street bending left.
Date: 1920/1921
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso Carnegie Library Lobby Stairs]

Photograph of stairs and table tops in the lobby of El Paso Carnegie Library.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Images of El Paso Carnegie Library]

Series of three photographs of the Carnegie Library in El Paso, Texas, which opened in 1904. The first image is of the front entrance, viewed from behind several shrubs; it is a two-story stone-and-brick building with stairs leading up to the entrance and classical-style architecture including Ionic columns. The text "Free Public Library" is in the stone above the entrance. In the middle image, labeled "circulation desk", a woman behind a long wooden desk is assisting a young woman; stairways and stacks are visible in the background, through tall arches. The bottom photo, labeled "second floor" shows a portion of the upper floor, including wooden railings around the walkway, doorways, and a light fixture on the ceiling; portions of the first floor arches and furniture are visible below.
Date: 1920~/1940~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Escontrias School]

Photograph of the front and right side of the Escontrias School in Socorro Texas. The building has an archway for the entrance, a flagpole and dirt ground out front, windows on the side of the building.
Date: 1924~/1934~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library Lobby]

Photo of the front lobby of the El Paso Carnegie Library decorated for Christmas. A dark lacquered desk is on the right side of the photo, with an open door to the left. There are three archways with dark lacquered trim. There is a table with books in front of the archways, with Christmas decorations around it like a wreath and trees. People are sitting in the room beyond the archways reading newspapers.
Date: 1926-12~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nagley Apartments Front View]

Photograph of the Nagley Apartments on North Ochoa. There two sides of the complex are symmetrical, and the complex is positioned on a slant. There is a dirt street in front of the building, and the entrances to the building have stairs that get progressively longer as the street slants downward.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Orndorff Elevators]

Photograph of archway shaped elevator doors in the Orndorff Hotel. There are flower bouquets on a ledge at the forefront of the photo, and lights shaped like candles to the left and right of the elevator doors.
Date: 1926/1933
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Orndorff Dining Room]

Photograph of the entrance to the dining room of the Hotel Orndorff. The photo was taken from a sitting room. It includes tables, chairs, light fixtures hanging from the ceiling, and a ceiling full of support beams.
Date: 1926/1933
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library Lobby Looking Right]

Photo of the front lobby of the El Paso Carnegie Library decorated for Christmas. A dark lacquered desk is on the left side of the photo, and three archways are just beyond the desk. Books are displayed on a table to the right of the desk, and Christmas decorations are around it.
Date: 1926-12~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars Parked in Front of Vocational School]

Photograph of cars parked in front of a vocational school in El Paso, Texas. The building is sitting on a slant, with the street moving down towards the bottom left. The building itself has archway shaped windows at the top level, and detailed reliefs in the middle. The top of a bell tower is sticking out over the roof.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[EL Paso Vocational Building]

Photograph of an El Paso vocational building. The building is sitting on a slanted hill, and the building itself has archway shaped windows at the top floor and a bell tower.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior View of Hotel Orndorff]

Photograph of the Hotel Orndorff lobby interior. It includes couches, staircase archways, flower vases, ceiling beams, and railing.
Date: 1926/1933
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Washington Park Pool]

Photograph of an in-ground pool in Washington Park. It is fenced in with trees on the outside of the fence.
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clint Public School - 1925]

Photograph of the front side of Clint Public School. Children are gathered in front of the entrances, and the bottom half of the photo has a patch of grass over dirt ground. The building itself has a lightning rod, and many windows on the front and side.
Date: 1925
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grade School Tornillo Texas]

Photograph of a grade school in Tornillo, Texas. There is a flag pole out front with the flag blowing in the wind. The building has a few windows to the left of the archway entrance. The brick around the entrance ascends upwards above the roof.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loretto Academy]

Photograph of Loretto Academy from afar. The building has a wing to the left and right of the main entrance, and the main entrance has a tower to its right. The lawn in front has a row of trees near the sidewalk.
Date: 1922~/1936~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library Christmas Tree Room]

Photograph of a room in the El Paso Carnegie Library decorated for Christmas. The room's walls have wooden support beams and archways that have a dark smooth finish, and the back of the room contains book shelves and a table.
Date: 1926-12~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cordova Island]

Aerial photograph of Cordova Island seen in the center left, with the city of El Paso, Texas seen in the background. "19©29 E.P.A.S." can be seen written on the photo.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Orndorff Sitting Room]

Photograph of the sitting room in the Hotel Orndorff. The room is elegantly furnished with carpet, chairs, sofas, and a fireplace. There are support columns and light fixtures hanging from the ceiling.
Date: 1926/1933
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boys in Lydia Patterson Institute, 1928

Photograph of boys' athletic team in gymnasium. Photograph of seventh to eleventh grade boys from the Lydia Patterson Institute of El Paso, TX. December 3, 1928
Date: December 3, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cadwallader School]

Photograph of the Cadwallader School front side. There are windows along its length, an archway overhang around the entrance door, a wall extension that sticks above the roof for decoration, and a flag pole in front of the building on the lawn.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History