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- Douglass High School, 1895-1956
- Book outlining the history of Douglass High School in El Paso, with photos and biographical sketches of teachers and alumni: "This is a booklet covering some of the events and people of the Black community of El Paso. An attempt to capture from words and old photographs a few of the lasting impressions of some incidents which will always be remembered of Douglass High School" (p. 3).
- [El Paso Looking East]
- Photograph looking east at tall buildings in downtown El Paso. There are cars on the sides of the street.
- [San Jacinto Plaza & Buildings to the Southeast]
- Photograph of San Jacinto Plaza and the buildings that are south east of it. There are people standing on the sidewalk and laying near trees. A street lamp is on the sidewalk.
- [La Villita Shopping Center]
- Photograph of cars parked in front of the La Villita Shopping Center. There is a landline pole and small traffic light bordering the street to the right.
- [Broadway Men's Fashions in El Paso]
- Photograph of the Broadway Men's Fashions building in El Paso, Texas. There are cars parked to the right, in front of other stores. Two people are standing on a corner next to a small traffic light.
- [Looking East from the San Antonio State Theater]
- Photograph of downtown San Antonio, looking east from the State Theater. The photo is looking down a busy street with cars, and stores are to the left and right of the street.
- [Man Using Crosswalk in El Paso]
- Photograph of a man using a crosswalk near an intersection in El Paso, Texas. There are cars and a bus in the background next to the State National Bank.
- [Mesa, Looking North from San Antonio]
- Photograph of a street looking north from San Antonio. There are cars in the street, and many tall buildings on the left and right.
- [U.S. Post Office]
- Photograph of people standing in front of the El Paso Post Office. Hotels are on both sides.
- [Mills Avenue in Downtown El Paso]
- Photograph of buildings on Mills Avenue in downtown El Paso. There are cars parked in front of the buildings, with people standing in front of building entrances.
- [Mills Building from Across San Jacinto Plaza]
- Photograph of people standing and sitting in front of the Mills Building, taken from across San Jacinto Plaza. There are trees bordering the lawn where the people are standing. The Mills Building has many tall windows that scale the height of the building.
- [Shopper Looking into Tom McAn Shoe Store]
- Photograph of a male shopper looking into a Tom McAn Shoe Store. There are many shoes displayed in front of the entrance.
- [Trade Winds Cocktail Bar Sign]
- Photograph of the Trade Winds Cocktail Bar sign and window.
- [Aaronson Bros. Shoppers]
- Photograph of shoppers at Aaronson Bros in San Antonio, Texas. Two women are looking at discounted items in front of the entrance door, while other shoppers are inside.
- [Abdou Building Door at Night in El Paso]
- Photograph of an entrance door to the Abdou Building in El Paso, Texas. There is an unlit neon sign above the door.
- [Bassett Tower & The Diamond Shop]
- Photograph of the Bassett Tower and The Diamond Shop. There are people standing at a crosswalk, with a street lamp and cars to the right.
- [San Antonio Shoppers and Commuters]
- Photograph of shoppers and commuters walking near a JCPenney store entrance. There are flags to the right, along the street, and more buildings in the background.
- [Geneva Loan & Jewelry Company Storefront]
- Photograph of the Geneva Loan & Jewelry Co. building at the corner of Overland Avenue and El Paso Street in El Paso, Texas, with various items visible in the storefronts on the west and south sides of the building. Several unidentified people are walking or standing near the building, including two women and a child standing on the corner and a man crossing the street on the right side of the image. On the left side of the image, part of Happy's Photo-Studio is visible next door to the store; a number of multi-story buildings are visible in the background. Additional technical information about the photo is printed on the back.
- [People Waiting in Front of Post Office]
- Photograph of people waiting in front of the El Paso Post Office. The building has six tall ionic columns.
- [Railroad Switching Yard, Looking West]
- Photograph of trains in a railroad switching yard, looking west from the cotton street bridge. There are buildings in the background.
- [The State Theater in El Paso]
- Photograph of cars parked in front of The State Theater in El Paso, Texas.
- [B&B Discount Entrance]
- Photograph of discounted items in front of the entrance to B&B Discount. A clerk woman is writing details about something she is looking at.
- [Boys Club Mural]
- Photograph of a mural on a large building being used as a boys club in El Paso. The mural consists of three faces, with an eagle resting on the middle's shoulder. Text can be seen to the far right of the mural on a painting of a building that reads, "Entelequia. Copyright 1976. By [text cuts off]". A person can be seen leaning against the mural wall, facing away from the camera.
- [Boys Playing Pool]
- Photograph of a group of boys playing pool in a boys club with a photo of John F. Kennedy hanging on the wall behind them. Text on the back of the photo indicates the JFK photo is of the president awarding a "Boy of the Year" award to a boy from the club seen here. The word "Intermediate" can be seen painted on the wall in the background.
- [Cardboard Collector]
- Photograph of a man standing in the street next to a bicycle carrying stacks of flattened cardboard. Cars can be parked in the street in the background and a short row of buildings can be seen to the right.
- [Children Playing Near Steps]
- Photograph of two small children sitting on the ground, smiling. The photo is taken from underneath an outdoor stairway, looking through the gaps in the steps.
- [Home in South El Paso]
- Photograph of a two story brick building with wooden stairs and balcony. A young man and a boy that appears to crying can be seen standing underneath the balcony area. A clothesline full of clothes drying can be seen hanging from above, and bicycle can be seen parked to the left.
- [People Hanging Clothes in South El Paso]
- Photograph of a man and woman on the wooden porch of a brick building, with clothes and linens seen hanging to dry on a clothesline over the porch.
- [Trost Sculpture]
- Photograph of a sculpture featuring an indigenous man and a friar. A coat of arms is inbetween them featuring two lions and two castles. H. C. Trost's signature is beneath the friar's feet.
- [View of El Paso from Mount Cristo Rey]
- Positive transparency of an eastern view from Mount Cristo Rey. Buildings and a Asarco smoke stack of Sunset Heights is visible near the center of the photo. The sun is rising in the background.
- [Wrecked Car at the Bottom of a Cliff]
- Positive transparency of an overturned and wrecked car lying at the base of a cliff at San Felipe Arroyo. Three tires are partially visible in the foreground by the car.
- [Socorro Mission]
- Positive transparency of Socorro Mission from the side. The adobe mission has ladders that lead from the ground to the second story and then onto an area with a bell-gable.
- [South Franklin Peak]
- Positive transparency of South Franklin Peak as seen from the east. The rocky mountainside is largely barren with only a few small patches of vegetation along its slope. A small drag mark extends up the peak near the center of the image.
- [1122 Montana in El Paso, Texas]
- Photograph of the front and southwest side of a house in El Paso located at 1122 Montana Ave. The two-story house has a porch that is covered over the entrance, multiple windows, and a hipped roof with overhanging eaves and soffits. The area around the house is unfinished dirt and there is a bicycle propped against the near corner.
- [1517 Montana in El Paso]
- Photograph of 1517 Montana in El Paso, Texas. There is a long set of steps leading up to the building from the street, past a slanted lawn. The two story building has a main roof, and a porch roof supported by columns. The main roof has chimneys and an arch-shaped extension of the lower window.
- [1st Division Parade]
- Postcard of a soldier on a horse during the 1st division parade in downtown El Paso, Texas. Behind the horseman, There is a huge crowd of people on the side walk from each end of the photograph. People can also be seen in almost every window of every building in the photograph. The postcard says, "1st Division Parade Sept. 17-19." The postcard is blank on the back.
- [26000 Troops in Military Parade #2]
- Postcard of U.S. infantry soldiers marching in a Suburban neighborhood to garner support. There is writing in the corner of the postcard that says, "5th Infty Ohio N.G. in Great Military Parade at El Paso Tex. (26,000 Men)."
- [26000 Troops in Military Parade #3]
- Postcard displaying a military parade going down a suburban street. On the back of the postcard it says, "Band of 6th Ohio in Parade of 26,000 troops." The neighborhood is in El Paso. On the front of the postcard in the right bottom corner it says, "El Paso, Tex."
- [26000 Troops in Military Parade #4]
- Postcard of military parade in El Paso suburbia. The brigade consists of 26000 men. To the right, there is a man on a motorcycle and in front of him are two children sitting on the curb. In the bottom left corner it says, "Ohio ~ Penn. Brigade in Parade of 26000 Men."
- [4th Cavalry Returning From Mexico]
- Postcard that says, "4th Cavalry Returning from Mexico." There is a large message on the back of the postcard, but it is illegible. On the front of the postcard you can see a long line of soldiers on horses, two of which are holding flags.
- [Acequia Madre In Juarez]
- Photograph of Acequia Madre river in Juarez, Chihuahua. There are men on both sides of the river with their horses, and some of the men sit under trees in the shade.
- [Adobe Brick Building]
- Photo negative of an adobe building in El Paso, Texas. The single-story building is "L" shaped and has a covered area in its corner. Someone can be seen sitting in a doorway near chickens to the right.
- [Adobe Village]
- Photograph of a large adobe village in an unknown location. The location looks like an enclosed village. There's a wagon at the left bottom corner.
- [Adobe Village and Man]
- Photograph of a man standing next to a ladder. Behind the man, there is a large adobe structure with several rooms which appears to be a part of a village.
- [Adults at The Salvation Army]
- Photograph of men and women at the salvation army. There are three rows of people posing in front of a blank wall. There are only five adults in the photograph that are with the salvation army; the two men in black and the three women in white dresses.
- [African American Cowboy]
- Photograph of an African American cowboy dressed in all black at an event. The photograph has the words "The Schoo , Boy" written on backwards on it.
- [African American Women at the Salvation Army]
- Photograph of a large group of women. The majority of the women are African American. Two women in the second row are holding infants. The group appears to be in a church. There is an American flag and a Mexican flag on the back wall.
- [Alhambra Theatre in El Paso, Texas]
- Photograph of the Alhambra Theater in El Paso, Texas. The three-story building has an ornately carved facade, eight arched windows, and a ticket booth.
- [American Bank and Trust Company in El Paso, Texas]
- Photograph of the American Bank and Trust Company in El Paso, Texas. It is a seven-story concrete classical revival building. The front of the building is three times as wide as the side. People are walking along the sidewalk around the building.
- [American General Bell Talking with Consal Garcia and General Gonzalez]
- Postcard depicting a conversation between General George Bell, an American General; Consal Garcia; and General Pablo Gonzalez Garza, a Mexican General.The three are standing amongst many men in suits. On the back of the postcard the names of the three men are written. On the back of the postcard it says, "Gen. Bell receiving the 23 negro prisoners from Gen. Gonzalez," underneath the names of the men.