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[Car Jumping Across Two Embankments]

Description: Photograph of a man in an automobile in the air between two embankments. Three people on the road below point upward at the car. The city of El Paso is visible in the background.
Date: unknown

[View of Montana Avenue]

Description: Photograph of Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with mountains appearing in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: Escontrías

[Man Spraying Pesticide on Crops]

Description: Photo negative of a man standing in a field and spraying crops with a cylindrical dispenser. A building, trees, and mountains are visible in the background.
Date: unknown

[Men Outside of Hotel Jardin]

Description: Photograph of the two-story brick building, Hotel Jardin. A crowd of men stand along the sidewalk and nearby tracks outside of the Hotel.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry

[Construction of Hotel Paso Del Norte]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Hotel Paso Del Norte during its construction. Workers can be seen in scaffolding along the building's brick and concrete walls. A sign in the upper left corner reads "Hotel Paso Del Norte, Trost and Trost Architects, Fred A. Jones Building Company, Dallas, Houston, El Paso, Corpus Christi Texas, Birmingham Alabama." A wagon to the lower left bears a sign that reads "Western Transfer & Storage Co." Ten men wearing hats and fine suits stand in a row in front of the s… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford

[Flower Vendors by a Hardware Store]

Description: Photo negative of a flower vendor set up outside of a hardware store. Adults and children stand among bouquets of pale flowers that are being stored in tin washtubs. A billboard behind the group reads "Paints," "Hardware," "Miller-Edwards Co., Five Points."
Date: unknown

[Indian Spring Canyon]

Description: Positive transparency of Indian Spring Canyon in Franklin Mountains near El Paso, Texas. Mountains fill the background, while a desert area with scrub vegetation fills the foreground.
Date: 1969

[Aerial View of El Paso, Texas]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of El Paso, Texas. City streets and buildings can be seen laid out in a grid pattern.
Date: July 3, 1919
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Location: None

[El Paso Country Club]

Description: Photograph of the El Paso Country Club. The building's facade features three Dutch Gables, several square and arched windows, and two porches covered with Spanish tile. Men and women are posing with horses in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford

[Wrecked Car at the Bottom of a Cliff]

Description: 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.
Date: January 14, 1972

[Mexican Refugees]

Description: Negative image of Mexican refugees crossing a desert. A boy walks beside a woman who is mounted on a donkey and carrying a dog.
Date: unknown

[Merchants Delivery Service Buildings and Vehicles]

Description: Photograph of the Merchants Delivery Service buildings, two brick buildings that share a wall. Four men stand in front of four vehicles with "Merchants Delivery Service" written along their sides.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry

[Escontrías Print Company]

Description: Photograph of the inside of the Escontrías Print Company in El Paso, Texas. A balding middle-aged man leans against equipment to the left, another older man with a hat stands at a desk in the background, and a younger man smoking a pipe stands by shelves to the right. They are identified as Tony, "Dutch," and Lloyd Escontrías.
Date: unknown
Creator: Escontrías

[The Hitchin' Post]

Description: Photograph of the Hitchin' Post, an automotive mechanic and gas station. It is a single-story building with stucco walls and a tile roof. Nine men are standing in front of the building. Three fuel pumps stand on the lot, and several cars are parked around the building. Railroad tracks and city buildings are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry

[Adobe Brick Building]

Description: 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.
Date: unknown

[Army Wagon Train]

Description: Negative image of mounted U.S. Army soldiers riding alongside a wagon train traveling through a desert. The wagons are drawn by mules and are laden with supplies.
Date: unknown

[Robert Krakauer Memorial Building]

Description: Photograph of the Robert Krakauer Memorial building in El Paso, Texas. The two story brick building has an arched entryway flanked by two double windows and a row of smaller windows on its second floor. A group of men are standing near the entrance and two cars are parked on the road outside. A little girl can be seen by a wooden fence to the right.
Date: unknown

[Million Auto Parts Incorporated Wrecker Ambulance]

Description: Photograph of a wrecker ambulance vehicle owned by Million Auto Parts Incorporated. The car has a winch and fire extinguisher. Two men stand by the vehicle on a sidewalk in front of an auto parts store.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry

[Canyon in Big Bend National Park]

Description: Positive transparency of a rocky canyon in Big Bend National Park in Texas. A stream runs at the base of the rocks, and tall grasses grow along the river's bank.
Date: 1968

[Hotel Paso Del Norte]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Hotel Paso Del Norte in El Paso Texas. Two six-story brick towers rise parallel to each other from a lower structure composed of stone blocks. A fire escape can be seen on the inside wall of the left tower.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aultman & Dorman

[View of Montana Avenue]

Description: Photograph of Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with mountains appearing in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: Escontrías

[Cave Graffiti in Hueco Tanks Historical State Park]

Description: Positive transparency of cave graffiti at site seventeen in Hueco Tanks State Historical Park. "M. F. Wayland, Jul. 25th, 1884" is written into the wall inside of a drawn frame of geometric shapes. Other words and initials can be seen on the wall.
Date: 1969~

[Two Soldiers by the Rio Grande]

Description: Negative image of two mounted U.S. Army soldiers beside the Rio Grande. Telegraph lines cross beside a hill behind the men toward a settlement in the background.
Date: unknown
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