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[Street car, Matamoros, Mexico]

Postcard of a streetcar drawn by a mule or donkey. The streetcar is being pulled along a track in the center of a street that is bordered by buildings. The picture shows Matamoros, Mexico across the border from Brownsville, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to "Miss Maria Sanchy" from "E. M." that reads, "Ni la ausencia y la distancia, ni el tiempo de no [v]erte; por ningunas sircustancias he de dejar de quererte, yours for ever." (Loosely: "Neither the absence a… more

Date: August 14, 1911

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Laredo Public Library

Oxen Hauling Cotton to Market

Black and white copy print of an ox-drawn wagon transporting cotton to market. Two men, identified as Hans Rasmussen and Ernest Recane, are riding atop the wagon and steering the oxen. Behind them is a two-story building with a veranda upstairs. A sign affixed to a beam of the building reads, "Photo Gallery."

Date: 1911

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, November 18, 1911]

Postcard with a photograph of "Engine Co. 32 Wagon" in St. Louis, Missouri. Eagan writes in his note on the back that "the driver made a special run" for him as he took the picture. The wagon is running down a street in the city with two firemen hanging off of the back end and two others sitting in the driver's seat. Eagan also asks Pendexter if he knows Chief van Toor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Date: November 18, 1911

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photo of Truck Co. 18 of the N. Y. F. D.]

Postcard with a photograph of truck company 18, one of the truck companies of the greater New York Fire Department. The note on the back of the photo reads: "Truck Co. 18 Fire Dept. N. Y. Busiest truck company in the world. Answered 1140 alarms during year 1911." The photo on the reverse side shows the company sitting on their horse-drawn wagon carrying a load of ladders. All but one of the men are sitting on the wagon.

Date: 1911

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Juarez Political Offices]

Photograph of a large crowd in front of the Juarez City Council office building. "Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad" translates to City Council in English. "Jefatura Politica" translates to Political Leadership. A note on the back of the photograph states that this is a photo of the Juarez Mayor's Office and that the photo was taken in May of 1911, the time frame when the Battle of Juarez occurred and revolutionary forces took over the city. A carriage is stopped in front of the building. Next to … more

Date: May 1911

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Revolutionaries in Chihuahua City]

Photograph of armed revolutionaries walking by the post office building in Mexico's Chihuahua City. The people riding past the rebels in horse-drawn carriages peer over at the group. Individuals inside the post office can be seen looking down at the scene from the windows. Young boys run alongside the carriages to keep up with the revolutionaries.

Date: 1911~

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library