[A Postcard Home from the Racetrack]

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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.

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1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

Creation Information

Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 February 1915.

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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 17 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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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.

Physical Description

1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Text on back of postcard: "2/20/15 Dear Father: Pretty sight to see those fellows come down the stretch in a bunch. No horses in this race. Will write soon. Yours, Walter."

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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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  • February 1915

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  • Oct. 10, 2011, 9:26 p.m.

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  • Feb. 17, 2020, 2:23 p.m.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [A Postcard Home from the Racetrack], postcard, February 1915; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187910/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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