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[Ammunitions Wagon]

Description: Photograph of an Ammunition Wagon. A young boy sits at the very end of the wagon. The group of men, who look to be fatigued, are all wearing uniforms. A pair of mules are hauling the wagon. Just beyond the wagon, on the other side of the road, is an empty farmer’s field. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Mexico-Revolution. Rebel Cannon enroute to Juarez-1911-under Command of Col. Benjamin Aranda, a mechanist who made it."
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Army Supply Wagons]

Description: Photograph of army supply wagons. The soldiers walking beside and riding in the wagons, who are traveling west, are approximately on the 1600 block of Rio Grande Avenue. In the center of the photograph, atop a mesa, is the A.B. Fall Home.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Break Time for Army Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of U.S. soldiers taking a water break out in the field. Several soldiers in the foreground are walking and standing by with their canteens in their hands. Behind the tree are two horse-drawn wagons. Several soldiers are seen crouching down by the tankers; it appears that they are filling up their canteens.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Juarez Political Offices]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd in front of the Juarez City Council office building. "Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad" translates to City Council in English. "Jefatura Politica" translates to Political Leadership. A note on the back of the photograph states that this is a photo of the Juarez Mayor's Office and that the photo was taken in May of 1911, the time frame when the Battle of Juarez occurred and revolutionary forces took over the city. A carriage is stopped in front of the building. Next to … more
Date: May 1911
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mechanized Vehicle]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Army mechanized vehicle. An early version of an unidentified armored plated vehicle moves along a street heading north - the Franklin Mountain are in the background. Many armored vehicles made their debut during the Mexican Revolution. Perhaps the Chihuahuan desert was used as a testing ground since many of these same vehicles were later used in mass quantities during WWI.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mule Team Pulling Wagon]

Description: Photograph of two mule teams pulling wagons. Caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Mexico Revolution - Gold shipment which escaped Villa at Ojinaga."
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Rebels on the Go]

Description: Photograph of rebel soldiers transporting artillery equipment. A pair of rebels are sitting on top of a cannon that is being pulled behind a wagon. A few armed rebels have caught a ride on top of the wagon. Other rebels follow behind the wagon and cannon on foot. One is leading a horse that has had several items strapped to its back.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Revolutionaries in Chihuahua City]

Description: Photograph of armed revolutionaries walking by the post office building in Mexico's Chihuahua City. The people riding past the rebels in horse-drawn carriages peer over at the group. Individuals inside the post office can be seen looking down at the scene from the windows. Young boys run alongside the carriages to keep up with the revolutionaries.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Supplies for Explosives]

Description: Photograph of various supplies used to make explosives or aid in the detonation of dynamite. There are several canisters of baking powder, spools of electrical wire/cable, dynamite sticks, and two detonator boxes. A wagon is visible in the background.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Train Station in Chihuahua]

Description: Photograph of a train station in Chihuahua. Accompanying information on the back of the photograph reads: "Mexico - Revolution - Railroads in Chihuahua - awaiting Villa's troops from Juarez." There is a large group of people, mostly men, waiting for the train. The sign above the entrance to the train depot reads: Chihuahua. At the center of the photograph a young boy, standing next to the horse and buggy, is looking at the camera while holding a tray of pastries.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Transporting the Injured]

Description: Photograph of men, possibly from the Red Cross, transporting an injured individual by horse and carriage to receive aid. A few men remove the wounded individual from the carriage as a passerby and others look over. Bands on the hats of two of the men appear to read "tierra," or land.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Military Transportation]

Description: Photograph of an oxen drawn wagon resting between two parked U.S. military automobiles. A line of military trucks can be seen driving away in the background. Both automobiles bear the American flag, and the word Dort is on the windshields of the cars. Dort references the make of the automobiles. Soldiers sit or stand by their vehicles; two soldiers are standing atop of the wagon. In front of the oxen there are two dogs. Maybe these soldiers brought their pets along on the Punitive Expedit… more
Date: 1916~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Livestock and Windmill]

Description: Photograph of livestock. Several cows and mules are standing inside a barbed-wire fence. One man is standing amongst the animals to the right of the image. A horse-drawn wagon with two men and one man on a horse are standing to the left of the image. Behind the animals, there is a windmill. In the background, there is a house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Livestock and Windmill]

Description: Photograph of livestock. Several cows and mules are standing inside a barbed-wire fence. One man is standing amongst the animals to the right of the image. A horse-drawn wagon with two men and one man on a horse are standing to the left of the image. Behind the animals, there is a windmill. In the background, there is a house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Photograph of a Man and a Dog on a Donkey-Drawn Cart]

Description: Photograph of 1 person. This photograph is of a man sitting next to a dog on a wooden crate that is being pulled by a donkey. There appears to be some cargo in the back of the wooden crate and they are traveling on a dirt road near some buildings. The man has one arm around the dog and with the other, he is holding two reins. The man is wearing a vest over a button-down shirt, slacks and a hat. The dog is looking off to the right and the man and the donkey appear to be looking at the came… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

Street view of Juan Linn Street, Victoria, Texas

Description: Photograph of downtown Victoria, Texas in 1910 looking from Juan Linn Street. Buildings visible: F. M. Fossati Cosmopolitan Saloon; Armour and Co.; St. Joseph's Academy [where Post office now stands in 2009]; other buildings. Horses and buggies crowd the street.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

[Stagecoach Drawn by Mule Team]

Description: Photograph of a stagecoach drawn by a team of six mules with people standing amongst them. The stagecoach, right, has a burgundy cab and bright yellow wheels and shaft. A black carriage stands to the left of the photo.
Date: April 8, 1949
Creator: Wallace, Sally Brittingham
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

The A. S. G. 96

Description: Photograph of a group of people labeled as The A. S. G. They are standing under trees and are wearing pioneer clothing. A Conestoga wagon stands to the left of the group.
Date: June 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Buggy Scene

Description: Photograph of women sitting on horses and in horse-drawn carts in Linke Grove, currently called Veterans Park. The horse and buggy was the chief means of travel at the turn of the century. In 1908 the first automobile appeared in Beeville. Gradually the horse and buggy were replaced with the automobile. In 1911, the first airplane, a Curtis, appeared in Beeville.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission
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