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[Mountainside at Big Bend]

Description: Photograph of a pathway on a rocky hillside in the Big Bend area. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "An exploratory group headed by John W. Spencer met in Chihuahua and came into the Big Bend. This was the first of the rush of settlers to come on the Chihuahua Trail" (p. 4).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Close up of Big Bend area landscape]

Description: Photograph of a rocky mountain ( part of the Davis Mountain range) behind a line of trees in the Big Bend area of Jeff Davis County, Texas. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "[According to an] Indian legend [...] After the heavens, the earth, and the living creatures had been shaped, the Great Spirit had a great accumulation of rocks and stony material left over. Even the Evil Spirit refused the pile, and so it became the mighty Big Bend of Texas" (p. 1).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Picture of Big Bend desert landscape]

Description: Photograph of mountain peaks outside of Alpine, Texas, which are part of the Davis Mountain range. A desert landscape and a grove of trees are visible in the foreground. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "This is a land which has fought against those who have tried to make it home since its creation" (p. 1).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Picture of desert landscape]

Description: Photograph of a rocky desert landscape with a mountain ridge (part of the Chinati Mountain range) in Presidio County, Texas. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The Big Bend is composed of the counties of Presidio, Brewster, and Jeff Davis" (p. 1).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[View of Lake Atitlán]

Description: Photograph of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The photograph was taken from a high vantage point, looking down at the lake and surrounding area. A woman wearing red and blue attire can be seen in the corner of the image. Mountains and clouds are visible in the background.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 14.690671 -91.202521
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lake Ilopango]

Description: Fotografía del Lago Ilopango en El Salvador. Un saliente está cubierto de pequeñas rocas con algunas plantas cerca. A lo lejos se ven montañas y otras masas de tierra, así como una fila de nubes.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 13.669184 -89.046602
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Native individual walking along a road]

Description: Fotografía de una mujer indígena caminando por una carretera en Guatemala. Lleva un objeto en la cabeza mientras camina. A un lado de la carretera se ven algunos edificios pequeños. La carretera discurre junto a un acantilado cubierto de árboles.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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