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[Bookmark belonging to Bessie Bruce]

Description: Bookmark with a thread tassel. The bookmark contains a drawing of a dog and the inscription, "I'm good for a trick or two." We assume that the bookmark served double-duty as a placeholder for a table at a social function as it is labeled, "Table No.2, Couple No.2" with the numbers handwritten in. The bookmark belonged Mrs. J. E. Hightower, formerly Bessie Elizabeth Bruce, and was found in her 1910 Denton High School Bronco yearbook.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Clouds of dust at the finish.]

Description: Postcard showing the final moments of a Handicap race at the Juarez racetrack. Clouds of dust wisp up from the stomping of hooves as the racehorses make their final push to the finish line. The resulting race winners are Carrie Orme, Seneca, and Brookfield. The postcard carries a message from December 2, 1915. Walter H. Horne announces his gallery is now open and looks after the well-being of his family up in Maine. The postcard is directed to his mother and his older brother Edward. The postda… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[A day at the track.]

Description: A crowd bundled in coats and hats milling around on a cold day as they wait for the next race at the racetrack in Juarez. In the distance, a mountainous background peers into visibility from behind the track's clubhouse. The postcard is addressed to a Mrs. Henry Horne in Hallowell, Maine. The inscription further acknowledges the recipients as M & F, presumably, Walter H. Horne's mother and father. The inscription goes on to describe the scene depicted on the postcard followed seemingly by an ex… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Racehorses on display in the cold desert.]

Description: Postcard with racehorses on display in the cold weather of Juarez, Mexico. Racehorses in the background are covered with blankets while their handlers stand at attention for the camera. Stables lie in the background offering shelter from the unseasonably cold weather. The American Thoroughbred racehorse at the forefront is "Meridian", one of the fastest horses in America and a winner of the 1911 Kentucky Derby at three years old. Walter H. Horne reports favorable conditions other than the weath… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[A social pastime.]

Description: This postcard reflects the influence that spread from the United States into Mexico as we look at a scene of the Jockey Club de Juarez funded by american investors. The racing season took place during the winter months which is reflected in the coat filled crowd. The site would later become a camp for Pancho Villa's army during his occupation of Ciudad Juarez.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Horned Toad of the Southwest]

Description: The postcard's title is "Horned Toad of the Southwest". The image displays someone's right hand lifting a horned toad into frame. Also known as the Texas Horned Lizard, this creature was designated as the official Texas State reptile in 1993.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Newsmen on the Border]

Description: Photograph of five newsmen in suits looking at several dead bodies. One of the newsmen is holding a medium format camera. They are standing in a field with two soldiers in uniform. The original title of the photograph reads: Mexico Revolution Newsmen on the brown paper.
Date: 1910~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrecto Leaders]

Description: Postcard image of Mexican Insurrecto Leaders. Location unknown. Most of the men in this image have their backs towards the photographer and therefore they are unidentifiable. Two newsmen can be seen top image - centered. Both newsmen are wearing hats. The bearded man center image - wearing a hat and the long light colored coat has been identified as Roque González Garza by the contributor of the postcard, Mrs. H. C. Kramps. Roque González Garza (1885–1962). According to Encyclopedia.Com:… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Valentine Greetings]

Description: Color postcard with an image of a young girl and a young boy exchanging Valentines. On the sides of the postcard is the text, "Valentine Greetings" and in the middle of the postcard is the text, "I'll - be - yours, If - you'll - be mine, You are my pleasing Valentine." The correspondence on the back of the postcard reads, "Hello! Baby how are you? Ammous got your card and it sure is pretty. Did you go to kinder garden by yourself? You must be a mighty big old girl. 'Will you be my valent… more
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[School Days]

Description: Color postcard with an image of children and a chalk board. Above the children is the text, "School Days" and below the children is the text, "Never Jump at a Konclusion you Might Scare it Away." On the back of the postcard is handwritten is, "644 Paris." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 517 High St., Oklahoma City, Tex. It is postmarked in 1910.
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[General Agustin Estrada]

Description: Photograph of the rebel general, Agustin Estrada. Estrada was a general in Pancho Villa's rebel army, the Division del Norte (the Division of the North). Estrada was appointed garrison commander in 1912. He participated in the Battle of Celaya, April 6-15, 1915, fighting under Villa against Alvaro Obregon. Villa's cavalry suffered large losses in the battle, General Agustin Estrada was one of the casualties; he was killed leading his cavalry brigade against Obregon's forces.
Date: [1910..1915]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Scouting, Volume 72, Number 4, September 1984

Description: Bi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide. A table of contents appears on page 3.
Date: September 1984
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Child's dress

Description: Child's dress in off-white cotton. Short, double-layered ruffled sleeves of broderie anglaise. High, gathered waist. Square neckline with eyelet bodice trimmed in lace. Center back opening of three round buttons.
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Child's dress

Description: Little girl's dress of blue and white cotton with woven darker blue vertical stripes. Straight silhouette in front with 3 box pleats from ruffled collar to hem. Box pleats conceal the center back opening of four buttons to waist with pleated skirt from waist. Long sleeves with ruffled cuffs and button trim. Half belt of self wraps around to the back and closes with a snap.
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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