John R. Peavey Collection
Identifier
LRGV_154
Description
Black and white photographs. Two Photographs. "On June 2, 1913, from the top of the bridge with a pair of binoculars I watched the fighting all day, when Lucio Blanco over ran the town of Matamoros again when Felix Rodriguez with 500 men was defeated at Matamoros I was again on the top of this bridge". 1918 photograph of a U.S. Army Liberty engine airplane.
Physical Description
.JPG, 2 Photographs, 1.44 MB
Preview
Recommended Citation
Page 25, View of Brownsville-Matamoros International Bridge, U.S. Army airplane, Book jacket. Scrapbook of John Peavey reflecting his days as a U. S. Border Patrolman. John Randall Peavey Collection, ELIBR-0006. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. UTRGV Digital Library. https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/johnrpeavey/79
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
