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Old Copy of El Paso Morning Times, About 1914, Describing Advantages Of Elephant Butte Dam Project And Agricultural Possibilities Of Las Cruces And Mesilla Valley Under Irrigation. The Paper Was Found On The Walls Of An Abandoned House At Georgetown, New Mexico
Old Copy of El Paso Morning Times, About 1914, Describing Advantages Of Elephant Butte Dam Project And Agricultural Possibilities Of Las Cruces And Mesilla Valley Under Irrigation. The Paper Was Found On The Walls Of An Abandoned House At Georgetown, New Mexico
Old Copy of El Paso Morning Times, About 1914, Describing Advantages Of Elephant Butte Dam Project And Agricultural Possibilities Of Las Cruces And Mesilla Valley Under Irrigation. The Paper Was Found On The Walls Of An Abandoned House At Georgetown, New Mexico

Old Copy of El Paso Morning Times, About 1914, Describing Advantages Of Elephant Butte Dam Project And Agricultural Possibilities Of Las Cruces And Mesilla Valley Under Irrigation. The Paper Was Found On The Walls Of An Abandoned House At Georgetown, New Mexico

Artist (American, 1903 - 1986)
DateMay 1940 (printed 1990)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990
Object number1990.70.135
DescriptionPhoto of a worn and tattered newspaper with write-ups and advertisements detailing the benefits of the Elephant Butte Dam for Las Cruces and the surrounding areas published by the El Paso Morning Times. There are two large vertical tears on the left and right side of the newspaper.
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