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[Passenger train crossing the Chinipas Bridge]

Description: Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's transcontinental passenger train crossing one of 28 major bridges on the line between Chihuahua City and San Blas in Mexico. This is the Chinipas bridge, which is the highest, located at Kilometer 748. The height is 334.7 feet and the length is 958 feet. Circa 1965.
Date: 1965~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Autovias" train in Mexican mountains]

Description: Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's "Autovias" train, consisting of fiat diesel cars coming out of one of the 73 tunnels which are located on the line between La Junta and El Fuerte, Mexico on the 281 mile portion of the route traversing the mountain region over the Continental Divide around 1968.
Date: 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Santa Barbara bridge in Mexico]

Description: Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's route across North Central Mexico from Ojinaga on the Rio Grande, opposite Presidio, Texas to Topolobampo on the Gulf of California constitutes a tortuous and fantastic stretch of rails. This photograph is a birds eye view of the famous horse shoe curve of the Santa Barbara bridge in the mountains.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Nuevo Laredo, Mex.

Description: Photograph of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Nuevo Laredo, Mex. looking across Rio Grande from Texas Side." A large bridge connecting the two cities is visible on the right side of the photograph.
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[News Script: Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the flooded Rio Grande River receding after cresting about three and a half feet above flood stage at Laredo.
Date: June 30, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[People Waiting for Water]

Description: Photograph of a woman and children standing on a wooden bridge with multiple containers and buckets waiting for water. Under the bridge is a muddy ditch with little water in it. In the foreground a man stands with his arms crossed in front of a large tree trunk.
Date: [1978..1984]
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[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

[Punitive Expedition]

Description: Photograph of soldiers crossing the Rio Grande. This company of soldiers is crossing the Rio Grande and they are marching towards Ciudad Juarez. The soldiers are actually crossing the Rio Grande on a makeshift bridge supported by pontoons. This pontoon bridge crossing into Juarez was located somewhere in the eastern part of El Paso. The Franklin Mountains are 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

[Scrapbook Page: International Bridge, Brownsville, Texas]

Description: Photographs of the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge, which crosses the Rio Bravo between the United States and Mexico. The top photos are of the bridge as seen from a distance, with the left picture showing a side view and the right a view from the road before the bridge. The bottom photos are of military men standing on and near the bridge beside a wooden building.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 25.891920 -97.504803
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Gateway Bridge Across Rio Grande]

Description: Postcard image of the Gateway Bridge across the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. Within the image the bridge is the center with the Rio Grande below it. On the side under the label "Texas" various buildings and automobiles are pictured. The American Flag is also seen on this side. On the side under the label "Mexico" the bridge lets out to a large wooded area.
Date: unknown
Creator: C. T. American Art Colored
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[News Script: Laredo bridge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a second international bridge between Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Mexico which is going on the drawing board.
Date: August 13, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Falcon Dam fills up]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande being finished.
Date: July 2, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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