...it’showyouplaythegame 2024 Calendar
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The University of Texas at El Paso Library
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George Concha, Frankie DeMarco (trainer), Jake Martinez, Lefty Bandeleras and Pacho Mendoza. Pacho Mendoza, front row, second from the left, became a statewide champ in his weight class.
Catholic Youth Organization Golden Gloves Boxing Team, Casasola Studio photographs PH041
January 2024
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany)
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The Labor Advocate was a union newspaper that was published from 1909 until 1998. The University of Texas at El Paso bought the contents of the print shop that published the paper from the last editor, Marvin Shady, and found a cache of posters for sporting events among the records.
Wrestling poster, Labor Advocate records, MS509
February 2024
Candelaria
Mardi Gras
Celebration of 1966 NCAA Championship, UTEP collection, University Communications, MS001
The Texas Western College basketball team was the first Texas team to claim the title. Head Coach Don Haskins, President Ray, and the three Miner seniors--Harry Flournoy, Orsten Artis and Jerry Armstrong--hold the NCAA National Championship Trophy. Texas Western College’s name changed the next year to the University of Texas at El Paso.
March 2024
St. Patrick’s Day
César Chávez Day
Vernal Equinox
International Women’s Day Purim Begins at Sundown
“Turning for Home,” El Paso Herald-Post records, Historical subject files, MS348
Horses take a final turn in a 1969 race in this photograph. Sunland Park Racetrack opened in 1959 as a thoroughbred racing venue with gambling approved by the state of New Mexico. Just across the Texas-New Mexico state line from El Paso, the facility in Sunland Park, NM, was the only legal gambling spot in the area.
April 2024
“Inoculate Was the Word,” El Paso Herald-Post records, Historical subject files, MS348
The Herald-Post Spelling Bee was a competition with a long tradition in El Paso. In this picture from May, 1941, the winner and finalists point out some of the tricky words. Reymundo de la Torre, left, traveled to the national spelling bee. The other children in the picture were Alberta Thomas, second place, Ben Moore, third, and Janice Meager, fourth.
Cinco de Mayo
Mothers’ Day
Día de la Madre
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Purity Bakers, 1929 Champs, El Paso photo file, MS001
Baseball teams that were sponsored by El Paso businesses were very active in the 1920s and 1930s. The team pictured here at Dudley Field was sponsored by Purity Bakery, but other teams that were active in El Paso included the McNutt Oilers, El Paso Dairy, and the A. B. Poe Motor Company team. A separate Federal League included baseball teams from the Immigration Service and Finance Office.
June 2024
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Cars participating in the Carrera Panamericana, Meston Travel slides, PH050
The Carrera Panamericana was a border-to-border sedan rally event held on open roads in Mexico. From 1951 to 1955, the race ended in Ciudad Juárez, and sometimes the cars would parade through El Paso streets afterward. Two collections at the UTEP Library have original photos of the race: the C. E. Waterhouse papers and the Meston Travel slides.
July 2024
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The El Paso Sun Kings were a baseball team that played at Dudley Field from 1961 to 1970. The Sun Kings joined the Texas League in 1962 and won the league championship in 1963. This photo was credited to the Thirman Studio and dated August 24, 1961.
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members of the Sun Kings with young baseball fans, El Paso Herald-Post sports files, MS348
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The rodeo finals took place at the El Paso County Coliseum. Pictured are David McGuire, Jewell Baize, Brandy Robinson, and JR Campbell.
Riders in the 1985 Coors Rodeo World Finals, El Paso Herald-Post records, MS348
September 2024
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Engineering students create these off-road vehicles to compete with teams from other colleges. The race was run on rocky, undeveloped land next to the university campus.
Mini Baja race, UTEP collection, Marketing &
MS001
October 2024
Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown
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The 1929 Football Team, Stout-Feldman Studio photographs, PH074
This photo was taken by the Stout-Feldman Studio, along with many other pictures that illustrate the College of Mines and Metallurgy yearbook for 1929-30, Flowsheet. The tickets were donated by a community member in the 1990s.
November 2024
Día de los Muertos Todos los Santos
The first El Paso Sun Carnival took place in 1935, the year before the event became tied to a football bowl. Since 1936, the Sun Bowl has pitted first high school and then college football teams against each other in games usually played in late December or on New Year’s Day. Since the 1960s, the celebration has also included a basketball tournament.
Sun Carnival collection, MS172
December 2024
Our Lady of Guadalupe Day
Hanukkah Begins at Sundown
Kwanzaa (ends Jan. 1) C.
January 2025
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Lunar New Year
Hanukkah Ends at Sundown
Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany)
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February 2025
Presidents’ Day
Groundhog Day Día de la Candelaria
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Rarámuri runner’s feet, Diana Molina photographs, PH037
The Tarahumaras (Rarámuri) of Northern Mexico are famous for their long-distance running. They often compete in international competitions wearing their hand-made sandals fashioned from used tire treads.
Front Cover: High School group playing checkers, Casasola Studio photographs, PH0314
This photo shows students from the Austin High School class of 1954 watching a checkers game.
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