[Ruins of Post Office, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico]

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Postcard image of the front facade of the heavily-damaged post office in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Groups of unidentified people appear to be walking around and observing the damaged building. The women are wearing dresses and some are wearing large hats and one woman at the left side of the image is carrying a parasol; the men are wearing suits and dark-colored hats or sombreros. The back of the postcard reads: January 18-1913 El Paso is across the river Rio Grande River. Their river is about as big as the Chatham Thames [river]. El Paso, Texas Jan 18/1913. I have more … continued below

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 & Grinnel, E. W. January 18, 1913.

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Postcard image of the front facade of the heavily-damaged post office in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Groups of unidentified people appear to be walking around and observing the damaged building. The women are wearing dresses and some are wearing large hats and one woman at the left side of the image is carrying a parasol; the men are wearing suits and dark-colored hats or sombreros. The back of the postcard reads: January 18-1913 El Paso is across the river Rio Grande River. Their river is about as big as the Chatham Thames [river]. El Paso, Texas Jan 18/1913. I have more of the ruins at Juarez, Mexico. Street cars run to Mexico. We went to the races [horses races] at Juarez yesterday and are going to a Mexican bull fight to-day. It is not safe to go to Juarez at night, a train was held up by the opposition miles from Juarez Thursday Jan 16th 1913. E.W. Grinnell.

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Additional historical context: The Post Office was heavily damaged, by gun and canon fire, during the first Battle of Juarez -April - May 1911. The first Battle of Juarez ended in May 1911 and was fought between the Federal Army of Mexico - loyal to President Porfirio Diaz - and the Rebel Army let by Francisco Madero.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

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  • January 18, 1913

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 & Grinnel, E. W. [Ruins of Post Office, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico], postcard, January 18, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187928/: accessed May 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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