John R. Peavey Collection

 

Creator

John R. Peavey

Identifier

LRGV_159

Creation Date

1913

Description

Black and white photographs. Four Photographs. Depicted: Young boy and older militant; "Rebel soldiers, Matamoros, Mexico. [in front of El Canon-Rutledge building]" "June 13, 1913 after the battle of bodies of friend and enemies were gathered and cremated together west of the city of Matamoros it took several days to burn the bodies completely. The stench was very offensive in the city of Brownsville for days."

Physical Description

.JPG, 4 Photographs, 2 MB

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Keywords

1910-1919, Frontier and pioneer life -- Rio Grande Valley, Crime -- Rio Grande Valley, Criminals -- Rio Grande Valley, Law enforcement -- Rio Grande Valley, Mexican army, Mexican revolution, bandits, Matamoros (Mexico)

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