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Riders at a Dam
title Riders at a Damdescription This photograph shows several horseback riders on the shores of a small lake. The shore in the foreground appears to be rocky with desert scrub. In the background, on the far side of the lake, there are eight riders spread out across the photograph: four of the horses are grouped near to the water at the left side of the photograph, two are running in the middle of the photograph, and two more are near the right side. A related source refers to this as a small, unidentified dam in the Marfa area.subject Deserts Dams -- Texas. Architecture - Civil Works - Locks And Dams - Dams Cowboys Landscape And Nature - Water - Lakes Sports And Recreation - Riding - Horsescontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Gus Bogel at Sauceda Ranch
title Gus Bogel at Sauceda Ranchdescription In this photograph, there is a man on horseback. The man is fairly young, dressed as a cowboy (wearing chaps, a vest, loose shirt, and hat) and the horse is darkly colored with white socks. They are standing in what appears to be a desert area in front of a building that seems to be half made of adobe and half of wood with a window in the adobe portion. A handwritten note at the bottom of the photograph reads "Gus Bogel" and "Sauceda Ranch" and is repeated on the back "Gus Bogel at Sauceda Ranch."artist/creator Unknownsubject Deserts Bogel Family. People Houses Agriculture - Domestic Animals - Horses Sports And Recreation - Riding - Horsescontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Photograph of Look-out Tower at Fort Davis
title Photograph of Look-out Tower at Fort Davisdescription This color photograph has a stone building and surrounding rocks and plant life in the foreground and distant mountains and desert landscaping in the background. The inscription on the back of the photograph says: "Look out tower built by CCC boys at Ft. Davis on Scenic Loop at State Park."artist/creator Brandon, Lindysubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Overlooks Deserts Mountains Civilian Conservation Corps New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Texas -- Fort Davis. Scenery Landscape And Nature - State And National Parks Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) Architecture - Civil Workscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Mexican refugees being loaded on trains
title Mexican refugees being loaded on trainsdescription Photograph of Mexican refugees fleeing during Pancho Villa's attacks. A large group of people are being loaded onto a flatbed train car; on the right, one unidentified man is helping a woman onto the train. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The people were loaded onto railroad cars and sent to El Paso to be relocated in Mexico near Juarez. Finally, in 1920, when Carranza was ousted as President of Mexico, Pancho Villa made peace with the government" (p. 9).artist/creator Unknownsubject Deserts Pancho Villa Refugees Business, Economics And Finance - Transportation - Railroads - Trains Flatbed Carscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 55
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 55description Photograph of a desert landscape in the Big Bend area with a prominent mountain in the center. A dirt road is visible in the foreground as well as an unidentified building. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The city fathers didn't want the noise of the trains to disturb their beautiful, quiet town, and the plan was revised so the tracks would be laid twenty-five miles south" (p. 6).artist/creator Unknownsubject Structures Deserts Mountains Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Desert Landcapes Landscape And Naturecontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Big Bend landscape with mountains and trees
title Big Bend landscape with mountains and treesdescription Photograph of a desert landscape in the Big Bend area, including trees and bushes with mountains in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The Big Bend really began to open up when in 1882 the Southern Pacific Railroad planned to lay rails through Ft. Davis on its way to the ocean. The city fathers didn't want the noise of the trains to disturb their beautiful, quiet town, and the plan was revised so the tracks would be laid twenty-five miles south" (p. 6).artist/creator Unknowncontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 39
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 39description Photograph of farm fields in front of a mountain range, located in the Big Bend area. Several tractors and wagons are visible on dirt roads around the fields and desert scrub is visible in the foreground. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The two to three hundred acres behind the mission have been given the title of 'the oldest piece of land continuously used for farming in North America'" (p. 4).artist/creator Unknownsubject Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County - Marfa Deserts Agriculture - Farm Equipment - Tractors Mountains Landscape And Nature Agriculture - Farmingcontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Barren Big Bend desert landscape
title Barren Big Bend desert landscapedescription Pphotograph of a barren Big Bend crater. Several edges of the crater contain sparse tufts of grasslands and a mountain range is visible in the far distance. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "These Indians were primarily farmers, whose fields lined the banks of the now dry rivers and creeks. The sites of the Jumano pueblos are still a source of artifacts" (p. 3).artist/creator Edwards, Nancycontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Mr. W.H. Cleveland near Ruidosa Hot Springs
title Mr. W.H. Cleveland near Ruidosa Hot Springsdescription Mr. Cleveland near Ruidosa Hot Springs. He is standing center left in a Marfa desert landscape.artist/creator Unknowncontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Drawing Of A Water Carrier In The Early Days Of The Pueblo Los Angeles, Ca.1865
title Drawing Of A Water Carrier In The Early Days Of The Pueblo Los Angeles, Ca.1865description Photograph of a drawing of a water carrier in the early days of the Pueblo Los Angeles, ca.1865. The man is standing at right and facing the viewer. The water carrier is wearing a broad-brimmed hat, short-sleeved shirt, and rolled up pants. He is holding two large wooden buckets of water, one in each hand. At left is a single-wheeled wheelbarrow with a massive barrel in the middle. A pair of palm trees is at left, and a cactus is behind them. In the distance at center is a low, light-colored building with more palm trees behind it.artist/creator Unknownsubject Los Angeles Plaza Deserts Water-Supply Californios--Illustrations Mexican Americans El Pueblocontributor Calisphere -
Between The Eyes, The Desert
title Between The Eyes, The Desertdescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97, Miguel Rio Branco presented "Between the Eyes, the Desert/Entre los ojos, el desierto," a triptych of shifting images of the border region's desert landscape, and faces of San Diego and Tijuana residents. The images were set to music and projected onto the wall of a dilapidated room in the ReinCarnation Project in downtown San Diego. Rio Branco wanted the dynamic mirage-like images to reflect the way in which people around the border blend with one another as well as with the surrounding geography. --inSITE97 ReinCarnation Project San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 300) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Rio Branco, Miguelsubject Multi-Channel Video Installations Landscapes (Representations) Triptychs Eye Video Art Portraits Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Music Mexican-American Border Region Deserts Mirages Insite97 Border Art Facecontributor Calisphere -
Between The Eyes, The Desert
title Between The Eyes, The Desertdescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97, Miguel Rio Branco presented "Between the Eyes, the Desert/Entre los ojos, el desierto," a triptych of shifting images of the border region's desert landscape, and faces of San Diego and Tijuana residents. The images were set to music and projected onto the wall of a dilapidated room in the ReinCarnation Project in downtown San Diego. Rio Branco wanted the dynamic mirage-like images to reflect the way in which people around the border blend with one another as well as with the surrounding geography. --inSITE97 ReinCarnation Project San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 301) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Rio Branco, Miguelsubject Multi-Channel Video Installations Landscapes (Representations) Triptychs Eye Video Art Portraits Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Music Mexican-American Border Region Deserts Mirages Insite97 Border Art Facecontributor Calisphere -
Between The Eyes, The Desert
title Between The Eyes, The Desertdescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97, Miguel Rio Branco presented "Between the Eyes, the Desert/Entre los ojos, el desierto," a triptych of shifting images of the border region's desert landscape, and faces of San Diego and Tijuana residents. The images were set to music and projected onto the wall of a dilapidated room in the ReinCarnation Project in downtown San Diego. Rio Branco wanted the dynamic mirage-like images to reflect the way in which people around the border blend with one another as well as with the surrounding geography. --inSITE97 ReinCarnation Project San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 302) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Rio Branco, Miguelsubject Multi-Channel Video Installations Landscapes (Representations) Triptychs Eye Video Art Portraits Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Music Mexican-American Border Region Deserts Mirages Insite97 Border Art Facecontributor Calisphere -
Between The Eyes, The Desert
title Between The Eyes, The Desertdescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97, Miguel Rio Branco presented "Between the Eyes, the Desert/Entre los ojos, el desierto," a triptych of shifting images of the border region's desert landscape, and faces of San Diego and Tijuana residents. The images were set to music and projected onto the wall of a dilapidated room in the ReinCarnation Project in downtown San Diego. Rio Branco wanted the dynamic mirage-like images to reflect the way in which people around the border blend with one another as well as with the surrounding geography. --inSITE97 ReinCarnation Project San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 299) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Multi-Channel Video Installations Landscapes (Representations) Triptychs Portraits Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Music Mexican-American Border Region Deserts Mirages Insite97 Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere