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Title
Boundary gate, Campo, [1927?]
Date Created and/or Issued
[1927?]
1927
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Possibly at the United States-Mexico border near Campo
Wide wooden gate with diagonal support, across dirt road with shrubs at left and right, with small octagonal building in background and sign reading Please Close this Gate
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, November 30, 1927, "Washington Group Will See Border, More Immigration and Customs Buildings May be Placed on Mexican Line." … The entire party will proceed first to San Diego and then Tia Juana, Tecate, Campo, Jacumba, El Centro, Calexico, Mexicali and Andrade. … a close study of conditions along the border will be made the Washington officials and the needs of the customs and immigration service surveyed. …
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Campo
Handwritten at edge of negative: Boundary gate at Campo
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0383
uclamss_1429_0383
ark:/21198/zz002d9nbf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Boundary markers--California--Campo
Environment
Gates--American--California--Campo
Boundaries--Mexico
Boundaries--United States
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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