Mexican Revolution and Mills, New Mexico: Real Photo Postcards
Content Description
Postcards dating from ca. 1910 to 1920 presumed to have been collected by William Hokuf (1881-1946), his wife Catherine Sloup, or her previous husband Martin Sloup, who died in 1922. William "Big Bill" Hokuf was a professional wrestler who traveled widely when he was young. He later joined the Omaha Police Department and worked as a wrestling coach and trainer himself. The donor believes Hokuf may have collected these in New Mexico, perhaps when traveling or visiting family or friends, though they may also have come from the Sloups. These approximately 92 postcards show events around the Mexican Revolution and the Mexican Expedition (also called the Pershing - Villa Expedition / Pancho Villa Expedition / Punitive Expedition). However, the large set of photographs featuring Mills, NM during its boom years is more uncommon. Some of the images are by Horne, Bortell, and Clayton Studio, most are currently unattributed, including at least one possibly created by a female photographer.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Donor credit line: Donated by the Hokuf / Sloup family of Omaha, NE
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1910 - 1920
Creator
- Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 (Person)
Extent
92 Photographic Prints
Inventory
HP.2022.15.01: General Francisco "Pancho" Villa; HP.2022.15.02: Woman and child at the Fort Bliss refugee camp, Texas; HP.2022.15.03: Group of Yaqui soldiers; HP.2022.15.04: Two women and a baby outside a small building; HP.2022.15.05: 8th Cavalry in Parade; HP.2022.15.06: U.S. Soldiers resting under shade trees at Colonia Diaz, Mexico; HP.2022.15.07: National Guard Camp on the Mexican Border; HP.2022.15.08: Soldiers and tents at Camp Cotton, El Paso, Texas; HP.2022.15.09: Soldiers and tent equipment at a temporary camp in Mexico; HP.2022.15.10: Two soldiers with three wounded cavalry horses; HP.2022.15.11: Soldiers from the Battery E 5th Field Artillery; HP.2022.15.12: Soldiers on horses from the Battery E 5th Field Artillery pulling a cannon; HP.2022.15.13: Soldiers loading artillery equipment onto trucks for transport; HP.2022.15.14: U.S. Army Ambulances in Mexico; HP.2022.15.15: Trucks delivering supplies to the U.S. Army in Mexico; HP.2022.15.16: Seven men [possible soldiers] posed in front of a tent; HP.2022.15.17: Three men on horseback posed with dead men; HP.2022.15.18: U.S. Soldiers, some posed on a horse drawn wagon, burning bodies on a battlefield; HP.2022.15.19: A field of dead men; HP.2022.15.20: A dead man, partially decomposed, lying in a field days after a battle; HP.2022.15.21: U.S. Soldiers standing over dead men being cremated at Columbus, N.M.; HP.2022.15.22: U.S. soldiers lying down on the ground firing guns; HP.2022.15.23: Man in suit and hat sitting next to a door with a small child behind it; HP.2022.15.24: Rock formations at Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.25: View of a trail in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.26: View of a trail in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.27: Man standing on cliffs overlooking Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.28: View of cliffs in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.29: View of landscape in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.30: Rock formation in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.31: Mills Orchard Ranch in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.32: Rock formation in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.33: Rock formations at Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.34: View of the Canadian River in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.35: Rock formation in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.36: View of a trail in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.37: View of a rocky shore; HP.2022.15.38: View of a trail in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.39: Rock formation in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.40: View of the Canadian River in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.41: View of landscape in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.42: Melton Farm with windmill, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.43: Melton Orchard near Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.44: Road and storefronts, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.45: Man with a horse in front of buildings, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.46: Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.47: Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.48: A Rumely tractor planting beans on Wilson Ranch, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.49: A Rumely tractor planting beans on the 1,200 acre Wilson Ranch, Mills N.M.; HP.2022.15.50: Portrait of nine men at a table having a meal, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.51: Four men posed in front of a Rumely tractor at Wilson Ranch, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.52: Two men, one woman and a dog in front of building, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.53: Two men, one woman, and a dog with farm animals, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.54: Group of men and women in front of a partially constructed building, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.55: Three people in front of the partially constructed Munsey Store, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.56: House with large front porch and balcony, N.M.; HP.2022.15.57: The Meikle residence, Mills, NM; HP.2022.15.58: Woman and child in the Meikle residence, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.59: Interior of a store, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.60: Automobile in front of the Wilson Company Store, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.61: Douglass Hotel and other storefronts, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.62: Seven men posed in front of the Wilson Company Store, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.63: Store interior [possibly the Wilson Company Store], Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.64: Man in a medical examination room or office, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.65: Two people posed next to the Meikle Bros. storefront, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.66: Women and dog in front of a farmhouse, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.67: White building, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.68: Portrait of a group of men and women in formal wear outside of a large white building, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.69: Man posed in front of one of the first shacks in Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.70: Two men at the Developer, the first newspaper for Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.71: Five people posed at the top of wheat storage bins, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.72: Family of three posed in from of covered wagon and tent, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.73: Two men posed with guns in front of the Nestor log cabin home, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.74: Two people playing cards inside the Nestor log cabin home, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.75: Man sitting in the Nestor log cabin home, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.76: Two men with machinery at the Wilson Mill, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.77: Two men with bags of flour at the Wilson Mill, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.78: Man in front of ranch house in Kenton, Oklahoma; HP.2022.15.79: Floersheim Mercantile Company and the Wilson Company grain elevator on fire, Roy, N.M. ; HP.2022.15.80: View of 3rd Street with the Floersheim Mercantile Company and other buildings on fire, Roy, N.M.; HP.2022.15.81: A covered wagon train near the Santa Fe Trail, N.M.; HP.2022.15.82: People in front of the Mills Post Office, Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.83: A Bison with bare trees in the background; HP.2022.15.84: Men with covered wagons in front of storefronts, Clayton, N.M.; HP.2022.15.85: People with covered wagons, Clayton, N.M.; HP.2022.15.86: Three men in a car advertising Capt. Hardy using Peters Ammunition; HP.2022.15.87: Electric, light & water plant for Clayton, N.M.; HP.2022.15.88: Farm landscape; HP.2022.15.89: Mills Orchard Ranch in Canadian River Gorge (Mills Canyon), west of Mills, N.M.; HP.2022.15.90: Cow nursing two calves; HP.2022.15.91: Landscape view with a large herd of cattle; HP.2022.15.92: A herd of horses
Creator
- Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 (Person)
- W.H. Horne Co (Organization)