Boundary gate, Campo, [1927?]

Item Overview

Title

Boundary gate, Campo, [1927?]

Date Created

[1927?]

Date

1927

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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. …

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Campo
Handwritten at edge of negative: Boundary gate at Campo

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Campo (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Boundary markers--California--Campo
Environment
Gates--American--California--Campo
Boundaries--Mexico
Boundaries--United States