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[Racehorses on display in the cold desert.]

Postcard with racehorses on display in the cold weather of Juarez, Mexico. Racehorses in the background are covered with blankets while their handlers stand at attention for the camera. Stables lie in the background offering shelter from the unseasonably cold weather. The American Thoroughbred racehorse at the forefront is "Meridian", one of the fastest horses in America and a winner of the 1911 Kentucky Derby at three years old. Walter H. Horne reports favorable conditions other than the weath… more

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: El Paso Public Library

El Paso: The Story of a City

Promotional publication of the El Paso (Texas) Chamber of Commerce, extolling the virtues of the city and region, especially its agricultural, business, manufacturing, and recreational attractions. It contains many reproductions of photographs of houses, businesses, scenery, and industry. It includes statistics about agricultural production and lists of mines served by the smelters and refineries.

Date: 1910

Creator: El Paso Chamber of Commerce (Tex.)

Item Type: Book

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Photograph of Rowena in Snow]

Photograph taken from a field beside a church of a street in Rowena, Texas, under a bed of snowfall on Christmas 1910.

Date: December 25, 1910

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Abilene Library Consortium