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Nightgown and cap

Description: Nightgown and nightcap of pink silk crepe and handmade pink crochet lace. Nightgown is full length, sleeveless, round gathered neckline with wide straps and yoke of open floral crochet lace from neckline to empire waist on front and back, trimmed with blue ribbon, wide tuck at bottom hemline. Nightcap in bonnet shape of very open crochet netting with floral crochet lace inserts framing the front and three-dimensional rosettes at bottom front sides, serving as weights for side.
Date: 1910/1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Shoes

Description: Pair of lady's boots or "High Button Shoes" of brown leather. The shoes, designed with pointed toes, have decorative band across toe cap with row of tiny holes along line of band. The boots close along center front with laces (laces lacking), 18 holes high. Medium/high stacked heels styled as a modified boulevard or Louis heel, with rounded sides and back, tapering slightly to base, and with curved front section. Sole of brown leather. Lined in off-white/tan canvas. Stamped on lining: "37 / 1 … more
Date: 1915/1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Purse

Description: Purse. Ornate bell-shaped silver (plated?) frame with openwork latticework set with red and blue cabochons and with silver (plated?) chain. Body of purse is of crocheted gray with vertical stripes of horizontal rows of faceted blue beads. Bottom of bag with fringe formed of loops of matching beading. Lined in gray satin with roses and vine trim.
Date: 1910/1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Small cartwheel-style hat. Cylindrical crown of gold and ochre/brown brocade with irregular folds. Circular stiff brown velour brim, not as wide as a typical cartwheel hat but in the same style. Affixed to the crown near the brim on one side is a cluster of three cloth flowers and a sprig of cloth leaves. Affixed to the other side is a plume of brown ostrich feathers. Inside of crown lined in black silk. Embroidered inside crown is maker's marks, including an oval frame containing a monogram, … more
Date: 1910/1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Cactus Borderland Route]

Description: Postcard of an unidentified man standing between two extremely tall saguaro cacti in the Sonoran Desert, with other brush and vegetation. The caption at the bottom of the image says: "Cactus Borderland Route."
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Desert Scene]

Description: Postcard image of a desert scene. The creator of this image did not provide any information for the location of this photographic event. The center of this image features two rock piles that have been purposely stacked in a pyramid type formation. One stack of rocks is taller than the other stack of rocks. These man made rock piles are known as a cairn(s). Cairns can range in size from small simple piles to large elaborate piles of rocks. Typically, cairns are used along trails and paths … more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Giant Saguaro Cactus]

Description: Postcard image of two blooming saguaro cacti with a tree between them, next to a dirt road or trail. Other brush and vegetation are visible around the trail. A caption at the bottom of the image says, "Giant Cactus."
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Southwestern Scenery]

Description: Postcard image of saguaro cacti, chollas, and other vegetation in the Sonoran Desert with mountains in the background. A caption at the bottom of the image says "Southwestern Scenery."
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mojave Yucca]

Description: Postcard photograph of Mojave Yucca desert plants. The Mojave yucca or 'Spanish dagger' is cactus plant that is mostly native to the Mojave Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of southeastern California, Baja California, New Mexico, southern Nevada and Arizona. The flowering plant also thrives in parts of West Texas. The creator of this image does not provide information for the location of this event. Also, no information is known about the mountains in the background.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Spanish Daggers]

Description: Postcard image of a natural desert scene. No information is provided for the location for this photographic event nor is there a date for this event. Yucca plants also known as Spanish Daggers are the main feature in this photograph.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Southwest Desert Landscape]

Description: Typical southwestern Landscape. Desert foliage, mountains, and the sandy character of the southwest desert floor. Visible in this desert scene are many wild yucca plants and the dry desert mountains in the background. The prominent plant here is the Yucca plant or Yucca carnerosana also known as the Giant Spanish Dagger. Duplicate postcard of WH-PC-199-017.
Date: 1918
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Territory of the Southwestern Traffic Committee.

Description: Map shows railroad lines and freights territories in the south central states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; state boundaries, cities, and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: [Overview map of the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and the Gulf of Mexico]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Wymond, Charles E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Family portrait]

Description: Photograph of a family posing for a portrait in front of trees. The photo is very overexposed, and the members of the family are almost completely washed out of the image. There are four members, three adults and one child, and the man on the left is holding a dark hat down at his side. The woman on the right and the child are wearing hats.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Rebel Chiefs in Conference]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of a group of men in dark jackets, riding pants, riding boots, and hats (some of them sombreros) sitting and standing in a tight circle. Several of the men hold long rifles, propped with the butts on the ground, and wear bullet belts across their chests. The group is on a rocky, dusty hillside dotted with sparse scrub-brush. Handwritten notes at the top of the postcard identifies them as rebel chiefs in conference. The other side of the postcard is blank except for post… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of Mexican Rebel Army]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of large expanse of rocky, desert mountains. Horses and men mill across a hillside. On man stands on a large rock, looking out over the landscape. Handwritten notes at the top of the postcard identifies the group as the Mexican rebel army. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1910..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Men Standing in Front of Train]

Description: Copy negative of a group of men standing in front of a train. According to accompanying information, the train is identified as a Mexican train by the name of "Nor-Oeste de Mexico." The locomotive is identified as the Ferrocarril del Noroeste which primarily ran between the Mexican states Sonora and Sinaloa. A uniformed soldier stands at the front of the engine.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Col. Hugh B. Moore in uniform]

Description: Col. Hugh Benton Moore [1874-1944], in regular Army uniform with field jacket, stands in front of the porch of a brick and stone building. Based on the uniform and other photographs in the collection, this photograph was taken sometime between 1910 and 1920. (Col. Moore served in World War I in the U.S. Army).
Date: [1910..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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