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[A day at the track.]

Description: A crowd bundled in coats and hats milling around on a cold day as they wait for the next race at the racetrack in Juarez. In the distance, a mountainous background peers into visibility from behind the track's clubhouse. The postcard is addressed to a Mrs. Henry Horne in Hallowell, Maine. The inscription further acknowledges the recipients as M & F, presumably, Walter H. Horne's mother and father. The inscription goes on to describe the scene depicted on the postcard followed seemingly by an ex… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Troop Train]

Description: Postcard image of a Mexican Troop Train. Several dozen Mexican Troops can be seen in this picture. The troops on the ground are waiting for something. The men are wearing coats, zarapes, and sombreros ergo the weather must be cold. Another group of men can be seen on top of the railroad livestock cars. There are several women standing and sitting on top of the livestock railroad cars. During the Mexican Revolution it was common to see many women accompanying their husbands. Written on on… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrectos fighting behind Barricade]

Description: Postcard image of a group of unknown insurrectos fighting behind a barricade. Four men can be seen in this image. Three men are firing their rifles towards an unknown direction. The men are using railroad ties and sandbags as protection. The men are fighting near an unidentified set or railroad tracks. One man lays dead in the middle of the picture - the dead man is still wearing his sombrero. There is wall advertisement at the top of the image. Some of the advertisement reads: Petrolio… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrectos Near Ciudad Juárez]

Description: Insurrectos posing for a group photo between battles. A desert landscape near Juarez filled with seventeen Insurrectos at all stages: at rest, playing, taking aim, hiding, and waving. The caption reads: 'Insurrectos Near Juarez'.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Federals taken by Insurrectos. Juarez, Mex.]

Description: Postcard caption reads: [Mexican] Federals taken by Insurrectos. Juarez, Mex. Six unidentified men are seen in this image - Mexican Federals. The caption reads Federals [soldiers] taken by Insurrectos. No information can be ascertained under whose command these Federal soldiers' were under. Most of the Federals in the image are wearing a matching outer coat or jacket which resembles one of the styles of the Mexican Federal Army during the Mexican Revolution. Two of the men are wearing sho… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Insurrecto Leaders]

Description: Postcard image of Mexican Insurrecto Leaders. Location unknown. Most of the men in this image have their backs towards the photographer and therefore they are unidentifiable. Two newsmen can be seen top image - centered. Both newsmen are wearing hats. The bearded man center image - wearing a hat and the long light colored coat has been identified as Roque González Garza by the contributor of the postcard, Mrs. H. C. Kramps. Roque González Garza (1885–1962). According to Encyclopedia.Com:… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Orozco's Sharp Shooters, Juarez, Mexico]

Description: Postcard image of a group of men, men reported to be [Pascual] Orozco's Sharp Shooter, posing for this photograph. Pascual Orozco was a supporter of Francisco I. Madero. The men seen in the image are reported to be somewhere in the desert near the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A group of unidentified mountains, possibly the Sierra de Juarez mountain range, can be seen in the background. Nine men are sitting down on the desert ground and one man is standing next to a horse - right image. T… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Women Traveling on Railroad Cars]

Description: Postcard caption reads: Mexican Family Traveling. Riding Box Car and Rods. Box car rods were part of the undercarriage of the box cars. The women in this photo are not refugees of the Mexican Revolution. The women in this image were most likely traveling with their husbands in support of the Mexican Revolution. Many ordinary Mexican women and wives supported the Mexican Revolution by traveling with their husbands and supporting the Revolution by taking care of the everyday needs of the men… more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Refugees on their way to the United States]

Description: According to the author's written caption; the event in this photographs is that of a group of Mexican Refugees on their way to the United States. The author, Walter Horne, does not provide any information for the exact location for this event - neither has a date been provided. We can only assume that this group is somewhere in Mexico. The image shows a long line of groups of families traveling on their mule drawn wagons. Mostly mules can be seen harnessed to these wagons. No exact inform… more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Outdoor Cooking Scene in Mexico]

Description: The postcard description reads: 'Typical Scene in Mexico. Wounded Soldier'. An unknown man and an unknown woman, resting in front of a standing railroad car, pose for this fortuitous moment in time. The author of this postcard notes that the man is a wounded Mexican [sic] soldier. The woman is grinding maze into flour as evident in this picture. Some already made bread is seen in front and to the side of the metate. The woman is using a traditional Mexican metate (or mealing stone) to pro… more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Picture Hat

Description: Picture hat of black velvet with domed crown and wide brim edged in black satin. Hatband of pleated black satin. Bright green ostrich feathers on left side of crown. Lined in pink fabric. Designer's label: "Mae Kelley / Exclusive Hand Made Hats / Whittier, Calif." Retailer's label: "Yvonne / Hats / California"
Date: 1910
Creator: Kelley, Mae
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Small cartwheel-style hat. Cylindrical crown of gold and ochre/brown brocade with irregular folds. Circular stiff brown velour brim, not as wide as a typical cartwheel hat but in the same style. Affixed to the crown near the brim on one side is a cluster of three cloth flowers and a sprig of cloth leaves. Affixed to the other side is a plume of brown ostrich feathers. Inside of crown lined in black silk. Embroidered inside crown is maker's marks, including an oval frame containing a monogram, … more
Date: 1910/1920
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of black velvet with soft brim and two ostrich pom-poms attached to left side. Hard velour stand decorated with jet surrounds a shirred crown. Retailer's label on inside crown: "Irwin's / Decor / Cincinnati / St. Louis"
Date: 1910/1919
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of brown velvet with wide soft crown. Wide brim folded back on both sides at the front with gathered velvet lining. Horsehair trim on brim. Retailer's label on inside crown: "Sanger Bros / Dallas - Waco"
Date: 1910/1919
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Sunbonnet

Description: Sunbonnet of blue cotton with white lace trim. The brim is slightly square-shaped and heavily starched. The top of the crown is stitched to the brim in a flat seam, with fullness created in the lower crown through a set of 3 snaps on each side which fasten the crown to the brim, giving the lower crown a crenelated shape. The bonnet has no tail, and has self-fabric chin ties of blue ribbon. The left tie is formed from two pieces of fabric pieced together, while the right tie is of a single l… more
Date: 1910
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of black velvet. Designed as a modified sailor's hat, with a shallow cylindrical black velvet crown with slightly domed top. The wide, flat, black velvet-covered brim has an inner wire form, visible where velvet has been damaged. At side of crown is a spray of black/green cock feathers with a black velvet ribbon bow. The underside of the brim is covered in black velvet, while the crown is lined in black satin. There are no labels in the hat.
Date: 1910/1914
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of black velvet. The domed crown is of shirred black velvet with spiraling lines of quilting. Around the base of the crown is a band of black grosgrain ribbon, with bow and trailing ribbons at side. The wide brim is slightly undulating, with wired edge. The hat is lined in black satin. There are no labels or tags in the hat.
Date: 1910/1915
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of navy blue velvet. Cylindrical crown has slightly concave sides and somewhat domed crown that is gathered into sides in large pleats. Wide brim of matching velvet is of approximately oval shape, set somewhat off-center and with large "split" at side allowing for some overlap, and with rounded ends, one of which hangs below other when hat is worn. At split is navy blue dyed ostrich feather plume. Underside of brim is of same velvet, inside of crown lined with navy blue satin with drawst… more
Date: 1910/1915
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of chocolate brown velour with wide, rolled brim. Soft crushed matching crown with band and large bow on side. Lacquered coque feathers underneath brim. Feathered underside of brim has applique scroll work of same feathers.
Date: 1910/1919
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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