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[General Pershing in Formation]
Photograph of General John J. Pershing and fellow army servicemen on horseback in formation. The group appears to be part of a presentation of some sort. In the background, automobiles are lined up from side to side, indicating Pershing and staff has an audience. In the far distance, the outline of the Franklin Mountains is visible. A note on the back of the photo states that this photo of Pershing was taken on his first visit to El Paso after WWI in 1920.
[Fly-By]
Photograph of seven DH-4 (De Havilland) airplanes flying over Fort Bliss, Texas. Below the planes, soldiers can be seen walking, riding, and standing as they watch the planes fly by. Military buildings and vehicles are seen scattered below on the ground. The Franklin Mountains are in the background. Information on the back of the photo states that the "Fly-By" over Fort Bliss was done in honor of General John J. Pershing's return to Fort Bliss after his service in World War I. The photo was taken from below the Officer's Club on February 2, 1920.
[Francisco "Pancho" Villa]
Copy negative of Francisco "Pancho" Villa.
[Cafe and Gambling Hall]
Photograph of a street corner. An arched entrance on the corner is labeled 'Tivoli Bar and Cafe.' A building visible to the right of the entrance is labeled 'Tivoli Hotel.' A man is walking across the street to meet another man sitting on the sidewalk next to a partially visible automobile.
[El Paso, Texas Residential Scene - view of Campbell St looking NE]
Postcard of a residential area of El Paso near the western slope of the Franklin Mountains, looking northeast. In the center of the image, there is a two-story building near the center of the image labeled "Blair Apartments" on N Campbell Street. Text in the lower-left corner says "El Paso, Tex., and Mt. Franklin".
[Mexican Prisoners Awaiting Sentence #1]
Postcard image of at least three Mexican Insurrecto prisoners behind bars, being guarded at a jailhouse in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A man is seated outside the left side of the window; he is wearing a Mexican army-style uniform, including a large sombrero and a bullet ammo bandolier with a 5 round ammo clip. A woman is standing near the right corner of the window, looking inward at the prisoners. Handwritten note on the back: "Prisoners awaiting sentencing - Juarez Prison."
[Adobe "Casa" Juarez, Mexico]
Postcard image of an adobe house in Juarez, Mexico. In the bottom adobe house, wood beams support the adobe roof. The woman at the center right side of this image walks with a baby at her chest. Behind the walking woman stands a man behind the corner of the bottom adobe house. Two more woman can be seen on the far left side of the upper adobe house. Bottom adobe house, right side of the open door, there appears to be a large Geode rock split in two. The back of the postcard reads: "Many thanks for nice box of candy and chestnuts that reached me today". Hope you are well. J. M. Miller. 205 Mesa Avenue, El Paso. Texas, 79901. The postcard is addressed to Harriet T. Miller, 311 Adolphus St., Chester, West Virginia, 26034.
Miss Mildred Casad "Miss El Paso" at Atlantic City Bathing Beauty Revue, 1927
Photograph of Mildred Casad wearing a bathing suit with a hear pattern while standing in front of a Chevrolet car. She is holding a metal trophy and is draped with a sash that reads "Miss El Paso." The facade of Casner Chevrolet Co. appears behind her. The photographer and his camera can be seen reflected in a window to the left.
[General Pershing and Staff]
Photograph of General John J. Pershing sitting atop a white horse and looking toward his five mounted staff members. Soldiers are visible in the background. The reverse side of the photograph states that Pershing was reviewing troops in El Paso, Texas.
[Soldiers with Damaged Biplanes]
Photograph of a group of soldiers standing among two damaged biplanes. The wing of the left plane is bent, while the right plane is tilted downward on its nose.
[Planes at Air Service Camp]
Photograph of a row of a row of 1st Surveillance Group biplanes at the Air Service Camp in El Paso, Texas. Groups of men in military uniforms are standing around each plane.
[Downward-Tilted Biplane]
Photograph of a biplane that has been tilted forward onto the ground because of its broken wheels. The image of a sphinx appears on the side of the fuselage.
[Jake Erlich Posing with a Car and Two Women]
Photograph of a pair of young women standing by a 1928 Buick automobile. Jake Erlich has his hand on one woman's shoulder, points at the other, and has one foot up on the car's rear wheel well. A Buick dealership with large windows stands behind them.
[Wrecked Plane in Fabens, Texas]
Photograph of a wrecked aircraft in an earthen field. The wings have been separated from the vehicle and lie on nearby.
[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.
[Radiator and Broken Propeller]
Photograph of a close view of a biplane radiator and propeller. The wooden propeller is broken, with its left blade completely missing and its right blade missing the tip.
[Masonic Sanatorium Rendering]
Rendering of a masonic sanatorium. The building has rows of windows, and a wing on both sides of the central building. The central building has decorative designs around the entrance and roof.
[Proposed Hotel in Big Springs]
Rendering of a proposed hotel in Big Springs, Texas. There are people gathered at the base of the building near cars. The building has five stories, with windows in the top four. The corner columns of windows have a special border design.
[Loretto College Rendering]
Rendering of Loretto College from the front. It has two building wings to the left and right of a central building with a tower. The area in front of the building has landscaping and a fountain.
[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.
[Proposed Hotel Marfa, Texas]
Rendering of people gathered in front of a proposed hotel in Marfa, Texas. The building has a tall center with two wings that extend in front of it on the left and right like arms. Archways extend along the inside of the wings and the front of the tall center. A courtyard lies between the two wings.
[Sul Ross Teacher's College Library Rendering]
Rendering of the Sul Ross Teacher's College Library. It has an entrance with four tall columns and a staircase. The far right and left of the building has four columns like the entrance. The entire front has windows that span three stories.
[Coahoma School Building]
Rendering of the Coahoma School Building in El Paso, Texas. It has a large entrance with steps and an archway shape for the door. The left and right side of the building are slightly staggered in height with windows across the whole front.
[El Paso Carnegie Library Lobby Stairs]
Photograph of stairs and table tops in the lobby of El Paso Carnegie Library.
[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.
[Alpine School Building]
Rendering of the Alpine School Building. It has a central entrance with an intricate design above it, and a building wing on both sides.
[Proposed New Trinity Drawing]
A drawing of the proposed New Trinity church. The building contains a tower, two wings with angular roofs, and people near cars out front.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[Store Building for Dr. G. F. Brooks]
Rendering of the Store Building for Dr. G. F. Brooks. The building has an archway door with a wall that curves into a short gate, display windows, and traditional windows on the second floor.
[Rendering of Apartment House, Sweetwater Texas]
Rendering of an apartment house in Sweetwater, Texas. It has two entrances with archway shaped doors and tall columns. The two story building has windows on both stories.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[Fire Station No. 1]
Photograph of three vehicles parked in front of a fire station in San Angelo, Texas. The building has three garage doors in the front with windows above them, and an attached tower on the back left. The street near the parked vehicles is made of dirt.
[Hotel Building for Van Horn Rendering]
Rendering of a hotel building for Van Horn, Texas. The building is very long from left to right with only two stories. The front of the building has spaces cut out to reveal the wall behind it, creating a dimensional look. The right side near the entrance has two archways and an area between them with space cut away.
[Hotel Building for Southwestern Hotels Inc. in Marfa, Texas]
Rendering of a hotel building for Southwestern Hotels Inc. in Marfa, Texas. It has multiple entrance doors to the left and right of a main archway with decorated designs above it. The entrances are separated by columns, and the second story has windows.
[El Paisano Rendering]
Rendering of people walking near El Paisano in Marfa, Texas. The building has two parts separated by a row of archways and an open space. Each part has entrances separated by columns, and a second story with windows. The building to the right has a flag on top.
[School Building Rendering]
Rendering of people standing in front of a school building near a car. The building has three stories with windows all along the front and left side. The entrance has two columns, stairs, and a lightning rod at the top.
[Proposed School Building in McCamey, Texas]
Rendering of a proposed school building in McCamey, Texas. There are people standing out front near a car. The building has three stories with many windows, reliefs on the left and right corners, and an entrance with columns and a lightning rod.
[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.
[Interior View of Hotel Orndorff]
Photograph of the Hotel Orndorff lobby interior. It includes couches, staircase archways, flower vases, ceiling beams, and railing.
[Van Horn State Bank]
Rendering of the Van Horn State Bank in Van Horn, Texas. The front is very long with six separate entrances separated by support columns.
[Rendering of the Proposed Crane-O'Fallon Building]
Front view rendering of the proposed Crane-O' Fallon Building. It has a Spanish colonial revival design with a decorated archway and three support columns on each side of the archway along the wall.
[Washington Park Pool]
Photograph of an in-ground pool in Washington Park. It is fenced in with trees on the outside of the fence.
[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.
[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.
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