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Title
Plaza at El Paso, Texas, December 1885
Date Created and/or Issued
1885-12-26
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of plaza at El Paso, Texas, December 26, 1885. A large group of people are gathered around the wooden bandstand at center. The sparse trees' branches are leafless, and a few horses are visible. The town is visible behind, and the mountains, including Mount Franklin, can be seen in the background. The mountain forms a plateau at left. Legible signs include: "Admiral", "Grocer[...] and"..., "Los cigarrillos nue"..., "no son [...]mos por la sindi"....
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
12 x 20 cm., 17 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14507
USC-1-1-1-14068 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-600
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14507
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-600.jpg
Subject
Cities and towns--Texas
Outside California--Texas
Texas
Populated places
Time Period
1885-12-26
Place
El Paso
Texas
USA
Source
600 [Accession number]
CHS-600 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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