Miscellaneous photograph collection - Edinburg

[Bagdad] Photograph of Bagdad, Tamaulipas and Clarksville, Texas

[Bagdad] Photograph of Bagdad, Tamaulipas and Clarksville, Texas

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Folder 1 - 0154-Bagdad-BW

Creation Date

1860

Description

"Photo of oil painting of Bagdad dated 1860. The original is in Matamoros Hotel - only known picture of Bagdad. Buildings on right side of Rio Grande are probably Clarksville, [Texas] U.S. town destroyed completely by hurricane of 1867. However, on that area, about that time, there was also a U.S. Army Depot - the buildings there dated from war with Mexico."

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.JPG, Photograph, Black and white

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[Bagdad] Photograph of Bagdad, Tamaulipas and Clarksville, Texas

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