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[Jesus Hurtado]
Photograph of Jesus Hurtado. According to information on the back of the photo, Jesus Hurtado was a resident of Juarez, Mexico. Thus the photo was more than likely taken in Juarez. Debris is seen on the ground next to Mr. Hurtado.
[John Silas 'Jack' Reed]
Photograph of John Silas "Jack" Reed sitting on an armored plated railroad car. John Reed is the gentleman in the middle group of three men sitting atop the railroad car. The other men are not identified. The journalist John Reed is traveling to an unknown destination on this train with this group of Mexican Revolutionaries. John Reed's time while traveling with the Villistas resulted in many outstanding magazine articles for the Metropolitan Magazine. "Jack's" Mexican reports were later republished in book form as 'Insurgent Mexico', which appeared in 1914.
[José Doroteo Arango Arámbula]
Photograph of José Doroteo Arango Arámbula also known as Francisco "Pancho" Villa. Villa is holding a camera. Barely visible on the left side of the photograph is Rodolfo Fierro, who was also know as "the Carnicero," Pancho Villa's right hand man. Behind Villa and standing up is Pascual Orozco. The gentleman to the left of Villa, most likely a photo journalist, sits with Villa and smiles for the camera. The men are seated on a set of railroad tracks.
[Journalist of the Mexican Revolution]
Photograph of journalist on a train. John Reed is identified in this photograph as the gentleman standing on the extreme left hand side of the photograph. Mr. Reed is wearing a dark colored vest and a stripped tie.
[Juarez Political Offices]
Photograph of a large crowd in front of the Juarez City Council office building. "Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad" translates to City Council in English. "Jefatura Politica" translates to Political Leadership. A note on the back of the photograph states that this is a photo of the Juarez Mayor's Office and that the photo was taken in May of 1911, the time frame when the Battle of Juarez occurred and revolutionary forces took over the city. A carriage is stopped in front of the building. Next to the City Council building is El Sauz, a local meat market.
[Juzgado de Letras in Juarez]
Photograph of a group of men in front of the Juzgado de Letras, an initial trial court of some sort, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A large dog is lying on the ground between individuals.
[Ketelsen & Degetau Store in Flames]
Photograph of the Ketelsen & Degetau Hardware store in Ciudad Juarez engulfed in flames. The store is said to have been destroyed by Pancho Villa's troops on the second day of the Battle of Juarez, May 9, 1911.
[Krakauer House]
Photograph of the Krakauer House in El Paso, Texas. There is a garage in the side of the hill upon which the house sits. Steps move up the hill to the house's entrance, with an archway and columns. The perimeter of the building has short decorated walls, and the building itself has a vertical stripe design on the second floor.
[Krupp House in El paso]
Photograph of the Krupp house in El Paso, Texas. The building has gabled roof and a lawn of dirt. The visual design includes vertical dark and light stripes on the building sides. The porch on the left has columns and metal grates, and the entrance has an archway shape.
[Large Group of Rebels]
Photograph of rebel soldiers conversing with one another as they wait for their next orders. Mountaintops can be seen in the far distance.
[Large Plume of Smoke]
Photo of a very large plume of smoke extended high into the sky. On the bottom left hand corner, the smoke rises from the rooftop of a brick building in Juarez, Mexico. Although the external facade of the building is intact, it appears that the entire interior of the building is engulfed in flames. A few people observe the fire.
[Lerner House]
Photograph of the Lerner house. The house has a gabled roof, windows slightly protruding from the roof, chimneys, a rugged brick design with support columns for the roof hanging over the porch, and sparse bushes around the edge of the house.
[Liberty Hall]
Photograph of Liberty Hall's balcony and ceiling. The balcony has many seats with windows behind them, and the ceiling has support beams and wooden planks.
[Lieutenant Colonel Heaton]
Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Heaton of the United States Army.
[Longwell's Garage in El Paso]
Photograph of Longwell's Garage in El Paso, Texas, a four-story brick building. There are American flags hanging from the front of the building.
[Looking to Fire]
Photograph of a revolutionary soldier manning a cannon while his colleagues stand near him looking into the distance. Another revolutionary is peering out from behind the building, taking care to shield himself from danger. On the right hand side of the photo, a rebel soldier is crouching down looking behind him at the group with the cannon; he is slightly out of focus. It appears as if the group is either in the middle of a fight or preparing for one. The soldier at the cannon has removed his hat to get a better view so as to position the cannon in the best place.
[Looting in Ciudad Juarez]
Photograph of a store that has been looted somewhere in Ciudad Juarez. The looters have left most of the merchandise from this store piled in the middle of the isle.
[Looting in Ciudad Juarez]
Photograph of a store that has been looted. Some of the merchandise that is visible in this photograph includes an assortment of shoeboxes along both walls; on the top shelf in the rear of the room seventeen suitcases sit untouched; and in the glass cabinet closest to the left an assorted of perfume bottles, ornate snuff tins and playing cards can be seen on the lower shelf of the glass display cabinet.
[Looting in Ciudad Juarez]
Photograph of an unidentified store that has been looted. The accompanying information on the back of this photograph reads: "Mexico Revolution - Juarez (Looting)." Most of the merchandise still remains on the store shelves and display counters. This store was a general store. Hats, traveling suitcases and rolls of fabric are visible in this photo.
[Loretto Academy]
Photograph of Loretto Academy from afar. The building has a wing to the left and right of the main entrance, and the main entrance has a tower to its right. The lawn in front has a row of trees near the sidewalk.
[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.
[Luis Terrazas]
Photograph of Luis Terrazas surrounded by U.S. Soldiers.
[Luz Corral Villa]
Photograph of Luz Corral Villa, wife of the infamous Francisco (Pancho) Villa.
[T. M. Wingo House]
Photograph of a perspective view of the T. M. Wingo House. The establishment has a fence on dirt ground with a gate that has rock pillars to the left and right. The building has archways and a semi circle protruding from the side.
[T. M. Wingo House Close Up]
Photograph of the T. M. Wingo House up close. The building features an elaborate design on the exterior wall extending beyond the roof with curvatures. There are archways and a stylistic hole in the side of the building.
[Machine Shop]
Photograph of an unknown machine shop. The men in this photo do no appear to be Mexican Revolutionaries. The man in the center of this photograph is working on the canon barrel. The canon barrel is resting on a large machine press table. An assortment of bolt action Mauser style rifles stand up right in the corner.
[Maderistas in El Paso]
Photograph of Maderistas in El Paso, Texas. The two men on horseback (far left) as well as the man standing near the utility pole are in all probability Soldiers of Fortune fighting on the same side with the Mexican Revolutionaries.
[Madero Camp Footbridge]
Photograph of Madero Camp Footbridge. This photograph was taken from the El Paso side of the Rio Grande river looking south towards Ciudad Juarez. The area is near present day ASARCO and across the Rio Grande River from where Francisco Madero had established his headquarters. Several U.S. Soldiers can be seen near the entrance of the bridge.
Madero Camp Near El Paso
Photograph of Francisco I. Madero camp across the area from present day ASARCO (Smeltertown) opposite side of the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Men are surrounding a white flag and at least two of the men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms. The western slopes of the Franklin Mountains can be seen in the background.
[Madero Headquarters]
Photograph of Gen. Peppino Garibaldi, Italian soldier of fortune, at the Francisco I. Madero headquarters across the Rio Grande River in Mexico around the areas surrounding present day Mount Cristo Rey. This photo was taken across the Rio Grande from where Smeltertown would have been located.
[Main Lobby of Masonic Temple]
Photograph of the Masonic Temple main lobby. The interior has many wooden support beams holding up the ceiling. The room is filled with tables, chairs and rugs.
[Major Generals]
Photograph of Major Generals Hugh L. Scott and Frederick Funston accompanied by Andres Garcia, the Consul General of Mexico in El Paso, as they walk towards the camera. Major General Scott is the third individual from the left, Major General Funston is the fifth individual from the left, and Andres Garcia is the sixth individual, walking next to Major General Funston.
[Man on a Beam]
Photograph of a man standing on top of a concrete beam as another man looks on smiling. A dog looks up at the man in bewilderment. The man is in front of an unidentified building in Mexico. The exact location of where the photo was taken is unknown.
[Man Sitting on Back Porch]
Photograph of a man sitting on the back porch wall of an unidentified, bungalow-style house. The yard is bare dirt, the house roof is shaped like two caret symbols, and there is a melded rock design at the base of the house.
[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.
[Masonic Temple Building]
Photograph of a tall, dark-colored masonic temple in El Paso, Texas. There are four rectangular brick columns in the front with ionic designs at the top, and there are windows between the brick columns. The roof has a decorated ledge directly beneath it. The right side of the building has the same design as the front.
[MB-1 Bomber]
Photograph of a Martin MB-1 Bomber being looked over by army personnel, civilians, and children. A service truck is parked against the bomber. The MB-1 Bomber was designed and built by the Glen L. Martin Company for the United States Army Air Service towards the end of WWI, making its debut in late 1918.
[McGinty Cannon]
Photograph of the McGinty Cannon in the midst of a large rebel group. Captain Alfred W. Lewis is the individual in the foreground with his back to the camera. The McGinty Cannon was kidnapped from El Paso, Texas on March 17, 1911 to aid the efforts of the rebellion cause in the Mexican Revolution.
[McGinty Cannon and Insurrectos]
Photograph of the famed McGinty Cannon of El Paso, Texas surrounded by armed insurrectos near Ojinaga, Mexico. The second man standing from the left is Captain James Charles Bulger and Captain Alfred W. Lewis is standing in between the man sitting behind the Colt Automatic Machine Gun and General Antonio Villareal, whose hand is on the wheel of the cannon.
[Mechanized Vehicle]
Photograph of a U.S. Army mechanized vehicle. An early version of an unidentified armored plated vehicle moves along a street heading north - the Franklin Mountain are in the background. Many armored vehicles made their debut during the Mexican Revolution. Perhaps the Chihuahuan desert was used as a testing ground since many of these same vehicles were later used in mass quantities during WWI.
[Men in Industry]
Photograph of two men either grinding or smoothing an unidentified object (seen under the large, bulky stone) by antiquated means during the Mexican Revolution. In the shadows, holding a tin box, the figure of a man can be seen with a rifle resting against his legs.
Men of the Mexican Revolution
Photograph of a group of Mexican Revolution Men. This group of men is heavily armed with a variety of handguns, single bolt action rifles, Winchester style rifles. They also have an abundant supply of ammunition. This group of men also appears to be fairly clean in their physical appearance which was not typical of the usual insurrectos.
[Men Standing in Front of La Tuna]
Photograph of a group of men standing at the entrance to La Tuna Federal Correction Institution. The building has a decorated gateway arch sticking up from the roof, and the entrance has a row of archways. The ground is covered by rock and dirt near the building's steps.
[Mexican Constitutional Soldados]
Photograph of Mexican Constitutional Soldiers. The group of Mexican Constitutional soldiers are engaging the enemy.
[Mexican Constitutional Soldier]
Photograph of a Mexican Constitutional Soldier. A Constitutional soldado is taking aim at a distant target with his bolt action Mauser. The Constitutional soldado is wearing a khaki uniform, leather leggings, and a Stetson style hat. The soldado is a private in the Venustiano Carranza Constitutional Army. A second soldier, sitting off to the right, is holding a Winchester style rifle.
[Mexican Constitutional Soldiers]
Photograph of Mexican Constitutional Soldiers. One Constitutional soldier can be seen rolling a wagon wheel in the center of the photograph.
[Mexican Constitutional Soldiers]
Photograph of Mexican Constitutional Soldiers. The Constitutional soldiers are engaging Mexican insurrectos
[Mexican Constitutional Soldiers]
Photograph of Mexican Federal Soldiers. This group of Constitutional Soldiers is preparing to ride out. There is a soldier sitting on his horse in the front center of this photograph. Just beyond this soldier is a man climbing onto his horse. This man, who is about to mount his horse, is wearing a domed shaped hat. The domed shaped hat was typically worn by a captain in the Constitutional Army.
[Mexican Officials]
Photograph of a group of Mexican officials standing outside of a building. From left to right are Santiago Gonzales, Andres Garcia, Professor Vicarte, Rafael Rembao, Mrs. Rembao, and an unidentified man.
[Mexican Railroad Workers]
Photograph of Mexican Railroad Workers. Leather luggage bags, blankets and baskets are accompanying the men to their final destination. Railroad workers, seen here wearing overalls, are taking the men to an unknown location. Several of the men, including the journalist, are wearing sand goggles. Sand goggles protected the eyes from the blowing dust and sand out in the open desert.
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