[After the Battle Ciudad Juárez, 1911]

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Postcard image of a group of unidentified people posing together in front of a building damaged during Battle for Ciudad Juárez. The group includes Anglo men, women, and boys, as well as Mexican Insurrectos, standing and seated on the rubble of a ruined corner of the building. One man holding a rifle is on horseback at the left side of the image, with two other men standing on the ground.

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1 postcard : b&w

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 1911~.

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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 1928 times, with 23 in the last month. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Postcard image of a group of unidentified people posing together in front of a building damaged during Battle for Ciudad Juárez. The group includes Anglo men, women, and boys, as well as Mexican Insurrectos, standing and seated on the rubble of a ruined corner of the building. One man holding a rifle is on horseback at the left side of the image, with two other men standing on the ground.

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1 postcard : b&w

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Additional historical context: The 1911 Battle for Ciudad Juárez was led Francisco Madero who defeated the Mexican Federal Army, led by Mexican General Juan Navarro, who occupied Ciudad Juárez. General Juan Navarro had approximately 700 Mexican men under his command. Francisco "Pancho" Villa and Pascual Orozco both commanded the Revolutionary Armies that "took back" Ciudad Juárez from the occupying Mexican Federal Army and President Porfirio Díaz. The building in this image was one of the buildings that was used by Mexican General Juan Navarro as part of his headquarters during his occupation of the City of Juarez.

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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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  • 1911~

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  • Oct. 10, 2011, 9:26 p.m.

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  • Sept. 22, 2020, 8:51 p.m.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [After the Battle Ciudad Juárez, 1911], postcard, 1911~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187926/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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