[General Frederick Funston and Staff on Tour]

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Postcard of a group of uniformed men seated in two automobiles, labeled in the lower-right corner as "31. General Funston and Staff on tour of inspection, Tex-Mex. Border Outposts." Major General Frederick Funston is identified as the officer seated in the backseat of the car on the left, wearing a short-brimmed hat. Behind them, a single-story building is visible on the far left, and a barbed-wire fence runs along the length of the image.

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Creator: Unknown. 1910~/1920~.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso and was provided by the El Paso Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 13 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Postcard of a group of uniformed men seated in two automobiles, labeled in the lower-right corner as "31. General Funston and Staff on tour of inspection, Tex-Mex. Border Outposts." Major General Frederick Funston is identified as the officer seated in the backseat of the car on the left, wearing a short-brimmed hat. Behind them, a single-story building is visible on the far left, and a barbed-wire fence runs along the length of the image.

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Additional historical contextual notes: Major General Frederick Funston [November 9, 1865 – February 19, 1917] was also known as Fighting Fred Funston. General Funston was involved in the Bandit Wars along the U.S./Mexico border which sought out to quash Mexican Rebels who entered the U.S. and were attacking U.S. communities along the U.S. Mexico Border.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

These primary source items relate to the Mexican Revolution. The collection includes 15 books and 10 postcards dating from 1910 to 1919.

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[General Frederick Funston and Staff on Tour], postcard, 1910~/1920~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187891/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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