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The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection, no. 1 – Visit to Charlie Steen and His Utah Mines

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Rogelio D. Quinones Collectionaerial, airplane, airplanes, airport, bridge, bridges, cal uranium, Charles August Steen, Charles Steen, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, family, flight, friends, home movie, home movies, landscape, Mi Vida Mine, mine, mineral, minerals, mining, mountains, music, piano, plane, planes, play, playing, property, San Juan County, scenic, Small Fry Mine, terrain, Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy, TFC, University of Texas at El Paso, Utah, UTEP, Utex Exploration Co., Utex Exploration Company, visit, West Texas

This home movie captures an El Paso family’s travels to San Juan County, Utah to visit family friend Charlie Steen. Steen was a graduate of the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy (now the University of Texas at El Paso) who owned Utex Exploration Company and several mines in Utah. Charlie takes the family to

The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection, no. 2 – WSES Swap Fiesta (1964)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection08/01/81, 1960s, 1964, automobile, automobiles, baton, call sign, car, cars, Citizen Band Radio, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, emergency, equipment, First Swap Fiesta, girl, girls, ham radio, home movie, home movies, K5GSA, Kinney Shoes, military, navy, operator, Organized Surface Division, performance, radio, sailor, sailors, singer, Swap Fiesta, tent, TFC, twirl, twirling, U.S. Naval Reserve, U.S. Navy, uniform, uniforms, Western Auto, WSES

This home movie from El Paso captures scenes of the U.S. Naval Reserve Organized Surface Division’s operations and a 1964 conference in El Paso called the Swap Fiesta hosted by ham radio club WSES.

The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection, no. 3 – Trip to Mexico City (1974)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection1970s, 1974, ancient, anthropology, Aztec, Castillo de Chapultepec, Catedral Metropolitana, Chapultepec, Edificiio de Correos, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, fabric, home movie, home movies, leisure, loom, Mexico, Mexico-City, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, museum, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palacio Nacional, park, passenger, passengers, Piramidi di Teotihuacan, public, pyramid, pyramids, rail, railroad, ruins, San Juan Teotihuacan municipality, scenery, State of Mexico, Teotihuacan, TFC, tourist, tourists, train, Travel

This home movie from El Paso captures scenes of a family’s 1974 rail trip to Mexico City. Once there, the family visits several attractions, such as the ruins at Teotihuacan and the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection, no. 4 – Christmas and Boating (1967-68)

By hmregistryMarch 9, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection1960s, 1961, 1968, American, blimp, boat, boating, boats, Caballo Lake, Caballo Lake State Park, camp, camping, Christmas, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Elephant Butte Lake, Elephant Butte Lake State Park, family, flag, Good Year, Goodyear, Gordy's, holiday, holidays, home movie, home movies, Hot Springs Landing, ice, ice skate, ice skating, leisure, neighborhood, New Hot Springs Landing, New-Mexico, parachute, parasail, parasailing, sail, sail boat, sailing, skate, skating, ski, skiing, snow, swim, swimming, TFC, water ski, water skiing, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie from El Paso captures scenes of a family ice skating on their neighborhood street at Christmas in 1967, as well as many scenes of the family taking their boat out on various lakes in New Mexico in 1968.

The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection, no. 5 – 1950

By hmregistryMarch 8, 2015Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Rogelio D. Quinones Collection1950, 1950s, Anapra, automobile, automobiles, basket, birthday, cake, calf, calves, car, cars, celebrate, celebration, child, children, Christmas, Ciudad Juarez, Cleveland Square, Cleveland Square Park, community, corral, couple, daughter, dog, dogs, downtown, dress, dune, dunes, Easter, Easter dress, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, engine, exploration, explore, family, father, flag, flags, gift, gifts, goat, goats, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandparents, home movie, home movies, Hudspeth County, Juarez, kid, kids, metal, metals, Mexican, Mexico, military, mine, mineral, minerals, mines, mining, mother, oil, Old Juarez Racetrack, Old TWC Corral, parent, parents, park, party, pet, pets, precious, present, presents, prospect, prospecting, prospector, public, puppies, puppy, race track, racetrack, rail, railroad, sand, sandhill, sandhills, Sierra Blanca, TFC, toddler, toy, toys, tracks, train, tree, tricycle, TWC Corral, TX, uniform, unwrap, unwrapping, X-mas, Xmas

This home movie captures scenes of an El Paso family in 1950. Of special note are scenes of the family at the historic Old Juarez Racetrack the day before the first Mexican road race from Juarez to the Guatemala border. In addition to the classic cars seen ready to race, the footage is significant as