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Description
2008-1034 PHOTO: OUT-OF-STATE: MEXICO: TIJUANA Shows the streets, buildings and surrounding area of Tijuana, Mexico, Aug. 12, 1929. View 1 (2008-1034). Shows streets, cars and buildings leading up to the border crossing into Mexico. U.S. Custom and Immigration checkpoint is visible in background -- view 2 (2008-1035). "First sign seen in Mexico." Shows street, automobiles, buildings and the sign, "Drink Mexicali beer", suspended over street -- view 3 (2008-1180). Street lined with bars: Cantina Klondike bar, American Eagle, Stag Bar. Parked automobiles alongside, Orville in automobile on street -- view 4 (2008-1181). Main street, Tijuana, George Blake in center of road. Cafe (Blue Fox Cafe) line left side of road -- view 5 (2008-1182). Automobile, George Blake parked beneath sign for Hotel Agua Caliente and Casino -- view 6 (2008-1183). Spanish colonial style tower, part of Hotel Agua Caliente. "A tower from Agua Caliente toward left looking north" -- handwritten on back. View 7 (2008-1184). Shows street, hills in background and entrance to Hotel -- view 8 (2008-1185). Shows United States/Mexico border crossing, going north to the States -- view 9 (2008-1186). Border crossing, going north. Shows street, buildings, sign - United States - suspended over street. Photographs taken by Orville T. Blake (1620 40th Ave., Oakland, Calif.). His parents were Reo Blake Goble and Vern Goble, brothers were Marvin and George Blake. Parents and brothers show up in some of the photographs, where the family was vacationing. Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Blake, Jr.,
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
9 photographic prints ; 3 x 4 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001389052CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-2364
Subject
Automobiles--Mexico--Tijuana Bars--Mexico--Tijuana Streets--Mexico--Tijuana Hotels--Mexico--Tijuana Border crossing Tijuana (Mexico)--Photographs San Diego (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
Place
Mexico Tijuana Tijuana (Mexico) San Diego (Calif.)
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