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A black-and-white, rectangular photograph depicts a family of four standing in front of a long, single-story house with a gabled roof and a wide porch supported by several wooden posts. A man in a light-colored hat and trousers stands centrally, flanked by two small children to his right and a woman in a long, dark dress to his left. The house features a tall, slender tree with light-colored bark standing near the left corner of the porch. Two chimneys are visible on the roofline. The ground in the foreground is flat and dusty, while several dark, irregular spots—likely physical damage to the original print—appear in the upper right portion of the sky. The photograph is mounted on a larger grey rectangular card, and a color calibration strip and a ruler are visible at the very bottom edge of the digitized frame. The text "Pete Hoverly and family and their new adobe house, being the first one built in Brawley." appears in white above the image within the digital interface. Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .
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