Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library - 73 Matching Results

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[Man and Woman on Horseback]

Photograph of Frederico Vidaurri and Herminia Lafon riding horseback around 1910. They are on a street in front of an unknown building; several people are visible in the background.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[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

[Market House, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of a building (writing at the bottom labels it "Market House, Laredo, Tex."). The building is surrounded by horse-drawn carriages and several pedestrians are visible in the foreground of the image.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of houses on Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas showing the Bender Hotel and St. Peter's Church in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Mercy Hospital and Jarvis Plaza, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of Jarvis Plaza in Laredo Texas. Mercy Hospital is visible in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Mexican Federal soldiers at International Bridge]

Mexican Federal soldiers lined up on the International Bridge after being surrendered by United States troops to the Constitutionalistas in Nuevo Laredo.

Date: 1916~

Item Type: Photograph

[Mexican Water Cart]

A water cart drawn by two burros. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

[Oxen carts and Pawnshop]

Postcard of oxen carts in front of a pawnshop. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Miss Margaret Murphy from "Will."

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Postcard

[Oxen carts in front of a pawn shop]

Oxen carts in front of a pawn shop, Laredo, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Mr. Wilfred Hellser from "H. W."

Date: June 25, 1918

Item Type: Postcard

[Oxen carts in front of pawn shop]

Postcard of several men with loaded oxen carts in front of a pawn shop, Laredo, Texas.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Postcard

[Oxen Carts, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of men with loaded oxen carts in front of a pawn shop in Laredo, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Photograph of Tornado Damage in Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of buildings destroyed by a tornado in Laredo, Texas in 1904. In Jerry Thompson's book, Laredo: A Pictorial History, this photo is described as remains of the depot and roundhouse of the Mexican National Railway.

Date: 1904

Item Type: Photograph

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

[Railroad Bridge Destroyed by Flood]

Postcard of the International Railroad Bridge destroyed by flood.

Date: 1932

Item Type: Postcard

[Railroad bridge over the Rio Grande River, Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of the railroad bridge over the Rio Grande River, Laredo, Texas. In the foreground, there are women washing clothes on the river bank.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

[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

[Rio Grande Flood of 1954, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of flood water completely covering the International Bridge between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Laredo, Texas. At the skyline is the Mexican Customs and Immigration building. The explanation on the back of the postcard states: "A new four-lane bride is replacing the completely inundated and partially destroyed bridge at Laredo, Texas, by the Rio Grande Flood of 1954. The Mexican Immigration and Customs building is shown in the background."

Date: July 1954

Creator: Yates, Frank

Item Type: Postcard

[Ross Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of Ross Hotel in Laredo, Texas, formerly located at the northwest corner of Flores Avenue and Grant Street.

Date: 1909~/1910~

Item Type: Postcard

[Ruins of First Webb County Courthouse]

Postcard of ruins of old Webb County Courthouse that burned down in 1906. Postcard dated October 23, 1906 and addressed to Miss Sarah Mowry.

Date: 1906

Item Type: Postcard

[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

[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

[Students at Central School, Laredo, Texas, 1919]

Portrait of 34 students of Josephine Roberts Baird class sitting on the South steps of Central School in Laredo, Texas. The man in the back is a monitor named "Juan." The signatures of all the students appear on the back of the portrait.

Date: March 1919

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

Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library - 73 Matching Results

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[Man and Woman on Horseback]

[Map of Coca-Cola Bottling Company Properties]

[Market House, Laredo, Texas]

[Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas]

[Mercy Hospital and Jarvis Plaza, Laredo, Texas]

[Mexican Federal soldiers at International Bridge]

[Mexican Water Cart]

[Oxen carts and Pawnshop]

[Oxen carts in front of a pawn shop]

[Oxen carts in front of pawn shop]

[Oxen Carts, Laredo, Texas]

[Photograph of Tornado Damage in Laredo, Texas]

Plano de los Dos Laredos

[Railroad Bridge Destroyed by Flood]

[Railroad bridge over the Rio Grande River, Laredo, Texas]

[Richter Building, Laredo, Texas]

[Rio Grande Flood of 1954, Laredo, Texas]

[Ross Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

[Ruins of First Webb County Courthouse]

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

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

[Students at Central School, Laredo, Texas, 1919]

[Survey Map of Webb County]

[Survey of Webb County]