Collection consists of photographs and photomechanical postcards related to Pershing's Punitive expedition of 1916. Formats include snapshots printed on postcard paper, and commercial "real photo" and photomechanical postcards. The postcards were published by W. H. Horne Co. of El Paso, Texas, Mirror Photo Co. and G. J Kavanaugh (Kavanaugh's War Postals). Shown are: soldiers and officers, army camp and field life, military parades, mess halls, maneuvers, artillery, transport, firing squads, mass burials. Of special note are photographs of Gen. Pershing, Gen. Villa and Mrs. Villa, maneuvers in South Carolina, many images of the Thirteenth Cavalry, and a triple execution by firing squad. There are also a few touristic postcards.

Also included are a photo album containing black-and-white photographic (and some photomechanical) postcards related to Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916. Some locales named are: Columbus, N.M.; Agua Prieta and Juarez in Mexico. Depicted are: battlefield dead and cremation of bodies, military vehicles including tanks and motorcycles, automatic weapons, military camp life, and two portraits of American military personnel in uniform. Most postcards bear a caption and the studio name W.H. Horne of El Paso, Texas. The album has typed captions above photos and is divided into subject subdivisions separated by captioned pages.

This album was previously accessioned as PICT 996-011.

There are also two panoramic prints of Columbus (N.M.) and the main base of the Punitive Expedition in Columbus (N.M.).