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Colonel Tommy Tompkins returning across pontoon bridge.
Colonel Tommy Tompkins returning across pontoon bridge.
Colonel Tommy Tompkins returning across pontoon bridge.

Colonel Tommy Tompkins returning across pontoon bridge.

Photographer
Date1919
Locale
Mediumalbumen print
Dimensions3 3/8 × 5 1/4 in. (8.6 × 13.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of William K. Durbon on behalf of Colonel and Mrs. Donald A. Young
Terms
    Object numberPA1977.065.188
    DescriptionColonel Selah R.H. "Tommy" Tompkins, commander of a U.S. Army force tasked to drive Pancho Villa from Juarez, returns to El Paso on a pontoon bridge ahead of a mule train. The bridge is a pontoon bridge that crosses the Rio Grande. There is a second officer walking beside Tomkins in front of the mule train. Soldiers can be seen sitting in the pontoon boats on the side of the bridge.
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