Lounsberry, Captain Vernon L., Photograph Album, 1916, Date acquired: 00/00/1991
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Lounsberry, Vernon L.
- Extent:
- 1.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Captain, U.S. Army.
Photograph album, 1916, covering service along the Mexican-American border. Comprising 141 photographs showing camp scenes, border patrols, Mexican guards at the International Bridge, Brownsville, Texas; Fort Bliss, and Metamoros, Texas. Lounsberry notes the cause of [his] service was the Pancho Villa raid on Columbus in March, 1916; with additional panoramic photographs of American ships and troops of the American Expeditionary Forces, World War I.
OTHER INFORMATION:
The Pancho Villa raid upon Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916 propted the U.S. Government to send federal troops into Mexico under the command of General John J. Pershing to try to capture Pancho Villa. Known as "President Wilson's Dirty Little War'" the military incursion lasts from 1916-1917.
- Acquisition information:
- Dr. Earl Watson, University of West Florida, 1991
- Processing information:
Cataloged 09/16/1991
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Transports--United States--Photographs.
Border patrols--United States--Photographs.
Bridges--Texas--Brownsville--Photographs.
Bridges--Mexico--Photographs.
Mexican-American Border Region--Photographs.
Military camps--United States--Photographs.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.
Panoramas--United States.
Photographs--United States.
Photograph albums--Texas.
Photographs--Mexico.
Photographs--Texas. - Names:
- United States. Army--Officers.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces--Photographs.
United States. Army--History--Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.
United States. Army--Military life--Photographs.
Lounsberry, Vernon L.
Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923. - Places:
- Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Photographs.
Texas--Boundaries--Mexico.
Columbus (Tex.)
Mexico--Boundaries--United States.
United States--Boundaries--Mexico.
Fort Bliss (Tex.)--Photographs.
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- Restrictions:
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- Terms of access:
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- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
