Mexican Border (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by "Buck" C. D. Newsome, the author. Also has a separate inscription inside regarding the filming of the film "Sylvester" in Marfa. Original dust jacket which is in very good condition. The book is like new other than the author's signature (on the inside front end paper) and the other inscription. Highly collectible. First Edition; Sixth Printing. (BR) Box 121. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. A scrapbook documenting the military service of 1st Sergeant Samuel Gaffney of the 74th National Guard, New York, in the Mexican Border Service. Gaffney documents the campaign in great detail through printed matter - with each of the forty leaves containing material affixed, including panoramic photographs, advertisements from local businesses along the routes, programs from entertainment offered to the troops, military orders and official correspondence, and many affixed newspaper articles and photographs. The scrapbook is most notable for the inclusion of an unrecorded map by Charles A. Rice, the Buffalo native who would eventually map the campaign in larger fashion in a map entitled Map Showing Lines and March and Border Patrols in my Mexican Border Service, 1916-1917. The map here, just showing the route through Hidalgo County, is unrecorded. The larger map - which was produced as souvenirs for the other members of the 74th - is quite scarce as well, with five copies known to exist per OCLC with two different numbers. This blueprint map, which appears to be complete cartographically and missing only the ornamental border on one portion, shows the route taken early in the campaign in 1916. The Buffalo native Rice (1885-1931), who would eventually settle in Texas after the conflict, also wrote a history of the 74th during the campaign. Rice published the maps and memoir himself. The map shows the route in great detail, showing the location of wells, farms, roads and identifying landowners. Water quality and abundance is understandably a common theme in Rice's notes. Some notes show the location of bandits, smugglers, and the like. We find no other examples of blueprint maps by Rice. Other highlights from the scrapbook include seven panoramic photographs of the 74th encamped at Pharr; a broadside advertisement for the shop of Agustin Acevedo in Pharr, listing prices of goods; a handbill advertising the 74th's Minstrels and Great Entertainment show on September 16, 1916; an advertisement for a production entitled Glorious Liberty at the National Theatre in Pharr; two circulars instructing troop movement issued by Headquarters Brownsville District; several postcards with songs about the campaign; several snapshots; a mounted albumen photograph of troops at rest, with the notation "Corp Frederick Paid" verso; a typed poem entitled "Home Again" and a notebook page describing his activities from January, 1917 onward; and a thanksgiving menu for 1916 for the holiday spent at Pharr. The remainder of the scrapbook is composed of affixed newspaper clippings, which provide extensive information on the 74th collected in a single volume. Overall a significant scrapbook with much information to glean for students of the 74th's activities, with the map providing a unique cartographic reference of the early days of the campaign. Scrapbook measuring 15 ˝ x 10 ˝ inches. With forty leaves, most with newspaper clippings and varied ephemera attached. Boards detached, contents generally fine. Laid in is a blueprint map entitled Map of Part of Hidalgo County Texas Showing Line of March in my Mexican Border Service, 1916. Made from Survey Notes taken on the march by Corp. C.A. Rice 74 Inf. N.G.U.S. Buffalo N.Y. Armory. Map measuring 33 ˝ x 14 ž inches, irregularly shaped and apparently complete.

Photograph. Condition: Good. Photograph. Approx. 10" x 8". Photograph is in good condition with light amount of spotting to the image. No other information known about the image other than what is written at the bottom of the picture "Mexican Border 1914 Raymond Thompson." View shows three men up front on horses. One soldier on a white horse is carrying the American Flag. The view also shows other soldiers and tents in the background. From wikipedia: The Mexican Border War,[13] or the Border Campaign,[14] refers to the military engagements which took place in the MexicoUnited States border region of North America during the Mexican Revolution. The war's time period encompassed World War I, during which Germany attempted to have Mexico attack the United States and engaged in hostilities against American forces there itself. The Border War was the fifth and latest major conflict fought on American soil, where its predecessors were the American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, MexicanAmerican War (18461848) and the American Civil War. The end of the Mexican Revolution on 1 December 1920, marked the close of the American Frontier. The Bandit War[15] in Texas was part of the Border War. From the beginning of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, the United States Army was stationed in force along the border and on several occasions fought with Mexican rebels or federals. The height of the conflict came in 1916 when revolutionary Pancho Villa attacked the American border town of Columbus, New Mexico. In response, the United States Army, under the direction of General John J. Pershing, launched an expedition into northern Mexico, to find and capture Villa. Although Villa was not captured, the US Army found and engaged the Villista rebels, killing Villa's two top lieutenants. The revolutionary himself escaped and the American army returned to the United States in January 1917. Conflict at the border continued, however, and the United States launched several additional, though smaller operations into Mexican territory until after the American victory in the Battle of Ambos Nogales in August 1918, leading to the establishment of a permanent border wall.[16] Conflict was not only subject to Villistas and Americans; Maderistas, Carrancistas, Constitutionalistas and Germans also engaged in battle with American forces during this period.

A small tan card folding chemise containing a concertina style pull out of 20 monochrome images, titled to the front panel with space for an address for postal use, with an advertisment for the Dahrooge Co. to the rear panel. A little wear and toning to the edges of the chemise, otherwise a very good, clean example. A souvenir collection of images depicting US soldiers performing drills, queuing at chow hall, dragging artillery etc. interspersed with images of local Mexican people, a horrifying jury-rigged armored vehicle, Mexican artillery preparing to engage, and a variety of scenery shots.

Unknown photographers, photograph archive, circa 1910s-1930s, documenting U.S. and Mexican military presence along the Rio Grande border and in Sinaloa during a period of revolution, intervention, and military modernization. The material operates in Documentary/Event Mode, capturing soldiers, fortifications, and daily military activity across multiple locations, providing primary-source visual evidence for the study of U.S.-Mexico border tensions, the Mexican Revolution, and interwar military development. One photograph identified verso as taken at the "United States Immigration Station on the Rio Grande River - Border Service - 1916" situates the archive within the period of the Mexican Revolution and the U.S. Punitive Expedition, while other images extend into the 1920s and 1930s, reflecting continued military presence and surveillance. Archive comprises 22 vernacular silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 3.25 x 5.5 inches to 4.5 x 6.5 inches, several with manuscript annotations on versos and studio stamps including "Laboratorio Vega, Mazatlán, Sin." and "La Foto, Madero 42." Images include U.S. soldiers positioned atop sandbag fortifications with rifles, standing at border outposts, and posing beside military vehicles including an early Dodge touring car. Mexican Army scenes depict officers and enlisted men in varied uniforms, including kepis and high-collared tunics, assembled in formations, occupying trenches, and constructing earthen defenses. A photograph inscribed "12ş Rgto., Mazatlán, Sin. Marzo 1929" identifies the 12th Infantry Regiment during a coastal inspection. Additional images show cavalry units riding in formation across fields, soldiers resting near agave plants, and encampments along beaches with troops engaged in labor or recreation. One aerial photograph taken from a biplane captures a valley settlement, while another image shows a rural structure marked "U.S. 19" on its roof, suggesting identification or surveillance use. Across the archive, soldiers appear in both formal and informal groupings, sometimes posed in relaxed settings with visible gestures of camaraderie. These photographs document a period of sustained militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border and within northern Mexico following the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution and subsequent stabilization efforts. The presence of both U.S. Border Service personnel and Mexican Army units illustrates parallel and overlapping military activities, including patrol, construction, and occupation of strategic terrain. The imagery of trenches, transport, and aerial observation reflects evolving military practices in the early twentieth century, while the combination of formal and informal scenes provides insight into daily life within these environments. Minor creasing, light silvering, and surface wear to several prints; overall very good condition. A concentrated visual record of binational military activity and borderland conditions during a formative period of regional conflict and modernization. Signed.