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[Photographs of U.S. Army soldiers at Slaughter Ranch Outpost (Camp San Bernardino Ranch), Arizona during Mexican Revolution].
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Title:

[Photographs of U.S. Army soldiers at Slaughter Ranch Outpost (Camp San Bernardino Ranch), Arizona during Mexican Revolution]

Creator/Contributor:

W.H. Horne Co, photographer.

Abstract:

Chiefly real photograph postcards depicting military exercises and off-duty activities of U.S. soldiers of the 22nd Infantry stationed at Camp San Bernardino Ranch (aka Slaughter Ranch) near the Arizona-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution. Also includes images of Mexican war scenes, soldiers and casualties. One image depicts John Slaughter (ranch owner and notorious sheriff) on horseback. Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa is depited in two images.

Date:

1915 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-az -- n-mx---
Soldiers -- Arizona -- Photographs
Soldiers -- Mexico -- Photographs
War casualties -- Mexico -- Photographs
Soldiers
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Photographs
Mexican-American Border Region -- Photographs
Arizona
Mexico
United States. -- Army. -- Infantry, 22nd -- Photographs

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Many images taken by W.H. Horne Co. (El Paso, Texas). Other identified photographers include Cal Osbon (Douglas, Ariz.); Shulman; Dix (Bisbee, Ariz.); International News Service; Kavanaugh's War Postals; Doubleday.
Most images include descriptive captions hand-written in negative or printed. A few postcards include hand-written captions on backs.
Photographs of U.S. Army soldiers at Slaughter Ranch Outpost (Camp San Bernardino Ranch), Arizona during Mexican Revolution, BANC PIC 2020.082, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
History.
Photographs.
Postcards.

Physical Description:

photoprint
64 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints ; most sheets 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Language:

English

Origin:

California