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Description
Photograph of 6 men and a burro standing in front of the Campo store, post office, and stage station, San Diego County, California, near the Mexican border, ca.1905. The 2-story square stone building has a smaller wooden structure abutting it on the right. A flight of wooden stairs step up the left side of the building following the slope of the embankment against which the structure is built. A metal drum sits in front of a small wooden shack adjacent to the stairs. Legible signs include: "Mountain Commercial Co.", "Campo Store".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 20 x 25 cm., 17 x 22 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Campo Store Horses Coaching Terminals (Transportation) Stores, Retail Postal service--Buildings Transportation--Draft--Stage coaches--Stations Buildings
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
California San Diego USA
Source
1965 [Accession number] CHS-1965 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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