Birds eye view of McAllen Tex from water tower looking east south and west.

McAllen, Texas, 1916 September 24.

1 panorama : gelatin silver print ; photograph 15 x 112 cm

Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2019.

This material is open for research.

W. W. Murff, photographer, operated out of Texas circa 1910 to 1919.

Panoramic photograph taken by W. W. Murff of McAllen, Texas, 1916 September 24. Annotations in the negative identify the locations of United States Army regiments, squadrons, and cavalry units, including Squadron A, the First and Second Field Artillery, and the 69th, 12th, 7th, and 22nd regiments of the First Cavalry. Also identified is the United States Army hospital. The towns of Pharr and Mission are identified in the eastern and western extremes with Mexico to the south.

English

March 16, 2021

W. W. Murff, Birds Eye View of McAllen Tex from Water Tower Looking East South and West. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

W. W. Murff, Birds Eye View of McAllen Tex from Water Tower Looking East South and West. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.