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[Fly-By]

Description: 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 wa… more
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

[General Pershing and Staff]

Description: 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.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar

[Planes at Air Service Camp]

Description: 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.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar

[Artillery Salute for General Pershing]

Description: 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.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar

[Post Office Construction Site Looking South West]

Description: Photograph of a post office construction site. There are some long stone pieces on the ground near workers by the post office windows. Lights are supported up in the air by safety lines. Other buildings surround the post office.
Date: October 2, 1918

[Post Office Construction Site Looking North West]

Description: Photograph of a construction site for a post office with tall ionic columns and window slots. Cranes are inside the walls, and buildings are in the background. "United States Post Office" is engraved above the columns.
Date: April 2, 1918

[Post Office Lobby, Looking Westward]

Description: Photograph of the United States Post Office in El Paso, Texas. It has two large archways with decorated metal grates inbetween them. The archways have two grated doors right next to them. The floor has a square pattern, and two small counters are equally spaced on the floor in front of the archways.
Date: July 2, 1919

[Post Office Workroom Looking East]

Description: Photograph of a room in the El Paso post office. It has a large archway in the middle of the room with a decorated metal grate in the middle of it. It has support columns on the left and right sides of the room, with white walls and wooden floors.
Date: June 2, 1919

[Construction Site Looking North]

Description: Photograph of a construction site. A foundation has construction supplies, and buildings are in the background.
Date: November 2, 1917

[Construction Site Looking South]

Description: Photograph of a construction site where workers are building a foundation. Horses are standing in front of a cart, and buildings are in the background.
Date: November 2, 1917

[Post Office Construction Site Looking South East]

Description: Photograph of a post office construction site. There are horses with wagons behind them next to men digging from a dirt pile. There are buildings visible behind the post office.
Date: November 2, 1918

[Post Office Looking North]

Description: Photograph of a post office with tall ionic columns in front of the entrance, and "United States Post Office" engraved above the columns. It has some minor work being done on the front. There is a landline pole on each post office corner, and a few other buildings.
Date: December 2, 1918
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