Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library - 73 Matching Results

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[Horses and Buggies]

Horse and buggies in front of the Market Plaza building in Laredo, Texas

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Destroyed remains of International Bridge]

Image of bridge destroyed by cyclone of April 28, 1905. Viewed from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]

Postcard with a southwest view of the International Bridge over the Rio Grande, from Laredo, Texas. There is a short letter on the back of the postcard mentioning a "new baby boy." Notes were added later regarding the identities of the parents, the baby, and the addressee who was a cousin of the writer.

Date: unknown

Creator: Ernst, C. J.

Item Type: Postcard

[Convent building next to International Bridge]

Photograph showing a rear view of Convent Building next to the International Bridge.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Buildings near Rio Grande River]

Photograph of the International Bridge across the Rio Grande River. View from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. In the background the building with a tower was the old convent building.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[International Bridge across the Rio Grande]

Photograph of the International Bridge across the Rio Grande between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Wagon in front of store]

Wagon in front of L. Villegas store at the corner of Farragut St. and Flores Avenue

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Lady on Horseback, Laredo, Texas, c. 1910]

Photograph of Frederico Vidaurri and Herminia Lafon riding horseback, near the corner of an unknown building in Laredo, Texas around 1910.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Street scene, Laredo, Texas, c. 1910]

Photograph of the market building on the left looking down Hidalgo Street, Laredo, Texas about 1910. A man in the foreground is smoking a cigar and looking at the camera.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Survey Map of Webb County]

Survey map of 19.73 acre tract in the Northwest corner of "porcion" 28, Webb County, Texas. Scale 1:2,400

Date: August 1954

Creator: Foster, E. J.

Item Type: Map

[Survey of Webb County]

Survey of the Southern part of Webb County noting geographic features as well as some man-made constructions (railroads, highways, pipelines, windmills, etc.). Scale 1:48,000

Date: March 1953

Creator: Foster, E. J.

Item Type: Map

[Map of Coca-Cola Bottling Company Properties]

Plat showing the 1951 survey of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company properties in Laredo, Texas. In the lower-left corner, there is a legal statement made by the surveyor attesting to the accuracy of the map. Scale 1:240

Date: November 1951

Creator: Foster, E. J.

Item Type: Map

Plano de los Dos Laredos

Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.

Date: January 1881

Creator: Laroche, E. R.

Item Type: Map

[1853 boundaries of the City of Laredo]

Sketch of land leased from the City of Laredo by the United States Government for use of the U. S. Army stationed at Fort McIntosh.

Date: 1853

Item Type: Map

[Railroad Bridge Destroyed by Flood]

Postcard of the International Railroad Bridge destroyed by flood.

Date: 1932

Item Type: Postcard

[Richter Building, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of the Richter Building, location of City Drug Store. Postmarked April 11, 1914 at Laredo, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Miss Bertha Murphy.

Date: April 1914

Item Type: Postcard

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of Hamilton Hotel in Laredo, Texas before the top floors were added.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

[St. Peter's Church, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of a church on the corner of a street in Loredo, Texas. There is a note from "Nettie" written under the picture. Postmarked June 27, 1907. The church was mislabeled as a cathedral.

Date: 1907

Item Type: Photograph

[Baptist Church Building]

Postcard dated December 10, 1912 of a Baptist church on a corner in Laredo, Texas. There are several people outside of the church, standing and sitting on the steps, as well as carriages visible on the streets.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Postcard

[International and Great Northern Railway Depot]

Photograph of people, cars, and wagons in front of a railroad depot, identified at the bottom as "I. and G. N. Ry. Depot, Laredo, Texas." Postcard is dated 7/15/1920. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to "Henry" that refers to an attack that day on Nuevo Laredo by revolutionaries.

Date: July 15, 1920

Item Type: Postcard

[City Hall and Flores Avenue]

Photograph of City Hall on Flores Avenue. Shows a street car going north-south on Flores Avenue. Has the stamp of the "Consulado de Mexico."

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

[Bender Hotel]

Postcard postmarked January 6, 1926 of the Bender Hotel in Laredo, Texas. Several people are standing outside and there are automobiles parked on the street and on the hotel sidewalk.

Date: [1925..1926]

Item Type: Postcard

[Thatch Roof Home]

Postcard of a typical thatch-roof home, common along the border area in Webb County around 1900. In the image, there is a dog sitting outside the hut which is surrounded by a wire fence. There is a note written on the back.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]

Postcard of a bridge across a river, labeled, "International Bridge over the Rio Grande, Laredo, Texas." Several unknown buildings are visible on either end of the bridge. There is a letter on the back written 3/3/1917 that says, "Wanted to get across this bridge but on account of Typhus Epidemic on other side could not do so. Will cross at Brownsville. Wish you were along." (The epidemic mentioned was in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.)

Date: March 3, 1917

Item Type: Postcard

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[Horses and Buggies]

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[International Bridge across the Rio Grande]

[Wagon in front of store]

[Lady on Horseback, Laredo, Texas, c. 1910]

[Street scene, Laredo, Texas, c. 1910]

[Survey Map of Webb County]

[Survey of Webb County]

[Map of Coca-Cola Bottling Company Properties]

Plano de los Dos Laredos

[1853 boundaries of the City of Laredo]

[Railroad Bridge Destroyed by Flood]

[Richter Building, Laredo, Texas]

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

[St. Peter's Church, Laredo, Texas]

[Baptist Church Building]

[International and Great Northern Railway Depot]

[City Hall and Flores Avenue]

[Bender Hotel]

[Thatch Roof Home]

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]