[Juarez, Mexico - Street Scene]

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Postcard image of Ciudad Juarez - downtown street scene. Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Written on the postcard in ink is the following: Galleria en la manifed tacion which translates into "Gallery [View] at rally". No further information is provided about the "rally" however there are a large number of people visible in this postcard - mostly men. This postcard is not post mark so we have no date for the "rally" event. Center top of this postcard image is the Catedral de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe before the addition of the new church. The Cathedral which still stands today is … continued below

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1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm. -- Change as necessary.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 1915~.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso and was provided by the El Paso Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 532 times, with 14 in the last month. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Postcard image of Ciudad Juarez - downtown street scene. Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Written on the postcard in ink is the following: Galleria en la manifed tacion which translates into "Gallery [View] at rally". No further information is provided about the "rally" however there are a large number of people visible in this postcard - mostly men. This postcard is not post mark so we have no date for the "rally" event. Center top of this postcard image is the Catedral de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe before the addition of the new church. The Cathedral which still stands today is located at Calle Venustiano Carranza y Vicente Guerrero, Ciudad Juarez. The old Cathedral stood alone until around October 1942 when work on the new Cathedral was begun. This is a westward perspective from around where present day Calle 16 de Septiembre and Avenida Benito Juárez intersect. One of the store signs reads: Central Meat Market.

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1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm. -- Change as necessary.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

These primary source items relate to the Mexican Revolution. The collection includes 15 books and 10 postcards dating from 1910 to 1919.

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  • 1915~

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  • 1910~ - 1920~

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  • Oct. 10, 2011, 9:26 p.m.

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  • Oct. 19, 2019, 4:29 p.m.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [Juarez, Mexico - Street Scene], postcard, 1915~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187895/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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