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[Generals' Meeting]

Description: Photograph of generals at a horse track in Juarez, Mexico. U.S. General Scott is shown speaking with Francisco Villa. Colonel Matt Winn, Major Mickie and General Fierro are also present.
Date: 1913~
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Mexico. El triunfo de la revolucion o el grito de un pueblo.

Description: This work provides a personal account regarding the author’s struggle against the Diaz regime. It includes as an introduction a letter to Francisco I. Madero, whom the author terms the caudillo of the Mexican Revolution. Includes text of resignations of Porfirio Díaz and Francisco Madero.
Date: 1911
Creator: Illán, Rafael
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

The Attack on Ciudad JuáRez and the Incidents From the 14th to the 18th of June

Description: This piece was written to provide a firsthand account regarding the attack on Ciudad Juárez by Villistas and related events. It also provides information regarding the effects of the battle on El Paso, Texas and includes named civilian casualties. The official American response is also noted.
Date: 1919
Creator: Enciso Durán, Xavier
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

[Bullfight in Juarez, Mexico]

Description: Postcard depicting a bullfight in a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico arena. In the photograph, two men in costume wait to bullfight, and one man is directly engaging the bull. People are visible in the stands. Advertisements are visible in both English and Spanish. Postcard was stamped and mailed from El Paso, Texas on April 27, 1915. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Bullfight in Mexico]

Description: Postcard depicting a man bullfighting in Juarez, Mexico. There is one assistant helping the bullfighter. In the photograph, the bullfighter rides on a horse as he fights. People are visible in the stands. There are advertisements on the fences in the arena. Over one of the advertisements on the left side of the image, is a tear in the picture.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Empty Ore Car in Mexico]

Description: Porter Locomotive No. 4, type 0-6-4T heads an empty ore train, enroute from the smelter in Chihuahua City to the mines at Santa Eulalia, Mexico on the 30-inch gauge El Potosi Industrial and Chihuahua Railroad in June 1922. On the mountain side in the background are steel towers supporting an aerial tramway, which had recently been completed for transporting ore from the mine to a reduction mill.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Blanton, Bert C.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
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[News Clip: Border stores]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 18, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Borders stores]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 18, 1982, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ciudad Juarez Trolley Car]

Description: Photographic negative of a trolley car filled with passengers and traveling down a road. "Bienvenidos A C. Juarez, Amigos" and "Ride the streetcars to and from" are written along its side. A man is walking in front of the trolley.
Date: unknown
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Revolutionary Artillery on Display]

Description: Photograph of a group of revolutionists prepping a cannon for use. Several revolutionary soldiers are in the photo, to the left of the cannon and in the shade, under the trees. There are wagons and other artillery related items behind the cannon and revolutionists.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrecto Officers]

Description: Photograph of the group of insurrecto officers who were involved in the initial sieges for Ojinaga, Mexico in 1911. Seated from left to right are: Colonel Lincon y Tena, General Toribio Ortega, General Jose de la Cruz Sanchez, and General Antonio I. Villareal. Braulio Hernandez, the Chihuahua Secretary of State, is standing behind General Toribio Ortega. To the right of Braulio Hernandez is Captain Alfred W. Lewis, a Canadian and prime example of the many foreigners who joined the Mexican Re… more
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[McGinty Cannon and Insurrectos]

Description: Photograph of the famed McGinty Cannon of El Paso, Texas surrounded by armed insurrectos near Ojinaga, Mexico. The second man standing from the left is Captain James Charles Bulger and Captain Alfred W. Lewis is standing in between the man sitting behind the Colt Automatic Machine Gun and General Antonio Villareal, whose hand is on the wheel of the cannon.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Men On Horseback]

Description: Photograph of eight men in suits and hats holding guns outside the Rio Bravo Hotel. Seven of the men are sitting on horse back while one stands. The men stand on a dirt road in the afternoon sun.
Date: unknown
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[McGinty Cannon]

Description: Photograph of the McGinty Cannon in the midst of a large rebel group. Captain Alfred W. Lewis is the individual in the foreground with his back to the camera. The McGinty Cannon was kidnapped from El Paso, Texas on March 17, 1911 to aid the efforts of the rebellion cause in the Mexican Revolution.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Ciudad Jaurez 1905 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Ciudad Jaurez in Mexico, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: July 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Jail in Juárez, Mexico]

Description: Negative image of a jail in Juárez, Mexico. People and two dogs can be seen standing near the building's entrance. The stone building has pale walls with "Juzgado de Letras" written on its right side. Two brick towers stand on either side of a central gate. Wires can be seen crossing the photograph and attached to a pole.
Date: unknown
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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