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Title
U.S.-Mexican border
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mendoza, Javier
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1984
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption reads: "Undocumentated aliens gather at dusk in an area known as the soccer fields. From there they cross into U.S. territory through rugged unfenced terrain". Photograph reprinted on March 2, 1986 reads: "[Un]documented aliens wait for dusk to cross border near Tijuana, only to become targets of bandits who lurk in canyon shadows". Photograph dated: March 5, 1984.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00083524
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b059_f1_i25
CARL0002875212
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/25622
Subject
Illegal aliens--United States
Immigrants--United States
United States--Emigration and immigration
United States--Boundaries--Mexico
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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