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[Border Divisional Band]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people standing front of Iglesia Presbiteriana, "El Divino Salvador" [The Divine Savior]. They are posing in a semi-circle, wearing dark-colored clothing and holding horns; there are also children standing near the ends of the line. A drum is sitting on the ground in the center of the line and has the text "Salvation Army Border Divisional Band" written around the outside. The church is a multi-story brick building with square towers on either side of the main … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.755233 -106.480545
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Cotton Baling Inside Mill]

Description: Two near-identical images of a cotton baling press in use at a mill. A bale is at the front and a man is standing just behind it at left, near the machinery. There is a blur where the man moved during the exposure. Descriptive text printed below the images in the lower-right corner: "7722- Baling Cotton--a powerful press just releasing a 500-lb. bale--at a mill in Texas." The same text is printed on the back in six languages
Date: 1905
Creator: Sun Sculpture Works and Studios
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Group Outside Salvation Army]

Description: Photograph of group of people in front of the Salvation Army building. Some of the people are holding instruments. At both ends of the group there are children. Seated in the front row are women and the band sits behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Historical Sketch of Aoy School

Description: Booklet providing background of the Aoy School in El Paso, including brief biographical information about the founder, Olivas Villanueva Aoy, as well as information about the location and building, teachers and principals, and other general information about the history from the founding through 1949.
Date: April 27, 1951
Creator: Schaer, Bertha Archer
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Location: 31.750881 -106.481476
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Mundo Para Dios]

Description: Contact Print of nine women wearing light-colored dresses with short, dark capes posing in a line on either side of two men from the Salvation Army wearing dark, high-collared uniforms. They are standing on a low stage between an American flag (left) and another flag at right, behind a long bench with fabric draped over the back and potted palm trees on the floor at either end. A young girl, also wearing a light-colored dress and cape, is standing near the center of the bench in front of banner… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Salvation Army Arts and Crafts Display]

Description: Photograph of an arts and crafts event at the Salvation Army. Three members from the Salvation Army Staff are seen in this group picture. Arts and crafts made by some of these children are on display in the center table. In front of the table, there are children seated on the floor. Behind the table and railing there are three rows of children. Above the ground, there is a sign, but it's obscured by the brightness of the light hanging from the ceiling.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Salvation Army Choir]

Description: Photograph of the Salvation Army's choir standing in their positions for the photograph. The choir is in a room meant for worship. There are two Salvation Army officers on both ends of the choir holding flags. There are Spanish words at the top of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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