Columbus (N.M.) -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs

Scope and Content Photos show soldiers at rifle and machine gun practice, at chow line, at attention, etc. On the back of one photo is a pencil note indicating that the soldiers were in a company from the 24th Infantry, based at Columbus, N.M., January 20, 1918.

Scope and Contents / Alcance y Contenido This collection consists of 234 black and white photographs from the Mexican Punitive Expedition, which was commanded by General John J. Pershing in the aftermath of Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916. The collection includes several pictures taken by one of Dr. Musgrave’s friends or relatives who, as reporter for an Ohio newspaper, covered the events following Villa’s raid. Many of the original photos in this small but important collection are hand annotated on the...

Scope and Contents / Alcance y Contenido This series consists of 34 postcards of the Mexican Punitive Expedition in Columbus, NM and Nogales, AZ, and scenes of the Mexican Revolution in Northern Mexico. It includes landscapes, town views, military encampments, the Idaho battery, 24th Infantry, and 10th Cavalry. Some of these postcards include sensitive content. Esta serie consiste de 34 postales de la expedición punitiva en Columbus, Nuevo México y Nogales, Arizona, y escenas de la Revolución Mexicana en el norte de...

Scope and Contents / Alcance y Contenido This collection consists of two series of postcards and photographs of the Mexican Punitive expedition, also known as the Pancho Villa expedition, in Columbus, New Mexico and Nogales, Arizona. It also includes a few postcards of the Mexican revolution in Northern Mexico.Esta colección consiste de dos series de postales y fotografías de la expedición punitiva, también conocida como la expedición contra Pancho Villa, en Columbus, Nuevo México y Nogales, Arizona. También incluye...