Miscellaneous photograph collection - Edinburg
[Bagdad] Photograph of Bagdad, Tamaulipas and Clarksville, Texas
Identifier
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."
Physical Description
.JPG, Photograph, Black and white
Preview
Recommended Citation
ELIBR0154 Miscellaneous Photographs Collection, UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/miscphotosedinburg/