[El Paso Skyline]

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Photograph of the El Paso skyline with several skyscrapers rising above the surrounding buildings. The Bassett Tower and Hotel Cortez can be seen to the left. The El Paso Natural Gas Building was built across from the Bassett Tower on Texas Street in 1954. The vantage point of the picture is from the Old Mesa Gardens which later became a part of the backyard of a house on the 600 block of W. Yandell. Today the house and land are part of the El Paso Historical Society offices and is known as the Burges House

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1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.

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Escontrías 1960~.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2014 and was provided by the El Paso Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 441 times, with 6 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the El Paso skyline with several skyscrapers rising above the surrounding buildings. The Bassett Tower and Hotel Cortez can be seen to the left. The El Paso Natural Gas Building was built across from the Bassett Tower on Texas Street in 1954. The vantage point of the picture is from the Old Mesa Gardens which later became a part of the backyard of a house on the 600 block of W. Yandell. Today the house and land are part of the El Paso Historical Society offices and is known as the Burges House

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1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.

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"Taken from W. Yandell - Escontrías"

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Rescuing Texas History, 2014

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  • 1960~

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  • June 8, 2015, 9:37 p.m.

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  • May 15, 2019, 9:38 a.m.

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  • 31.767535, -106.489503

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Escontrías. [El Paso Skyline], photograph, 1960~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth613710/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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