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Front desk of the historic Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona, on the Mexican border

Front desk of the historic Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona, on the M...

Opened in 1907, the hotel is named for James Gadsden, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico who signed what became known as the Gadsden Purchase, in which the United States purchased 29,670-square-miles of what was the... More

Striking, and apt, steer-skull entrance to the Longhorn Grill, a steakhouse (out of business at the time of this photograph in 2018) in Amado, a tiny settlement between Tucson, Arizona, and the Mexican border

Striking, and apt, steer-skull entrance to the Longhorn Grill, a steak...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:005) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Caro... More

Entrance to the Las Laguna de Anza wetlands "once literally a dump, turned into a lovely nature preserve in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in the southeast corner of Arizona

Entrance to the Las Laguna de Anza wetlands "once literally a dump, tu...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

First Seperate [sic] Battalion Infantry, Washington, D.C.; Camped on the Mexican border, Naco, Ariz., 1916

First Seperate [sic] Battalion Infantry, Washington, D.C.; Camped on t...

No. 26. Gift; Warwick F. Alexander. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vintage truck and car in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona

Vintage truck and car in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in sout...

The area was settled by the Spanish in the late 19th Century. The United States Army established Camp San Bernardino in the latter half of the 19th century near the settlement's presidio, and in 1910 Camp Dougl... More

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewer than 500 households outside the larger city of Douglas, on the Mexican border

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A McDonald's chain restaurant billboard, in Spanish, in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona

A McDonald's chain restaurant billboard, in Spanish, in Douglas, a cit...

The area was settled by the Spanish in the late 19th Century. The United States Army established Camp San Bernardino in the latter half of the 19th century near the settlement's presidio, and in 1910 Camp Dougl... More

The U.S. side of a border wall between the United States and Mexico in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona

The U.S. side of a border wall between the United States and Mexico in...

The area was settled by the Spanish in the late 19th Century. The United States Army established Camp San Bernardino in the latter half of the 19th century near the settlement's presidio, and in 1910 Camp Dougl... More

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewer than 500 households outside the larger city of Douglas, on the Mexican border

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

View from above of Bisbee, Arizona, an old mining town near the Mexican border, now (2018) replete with street art and unconventional galleries set in a canyon so tight with streets so narrow and hilly that travel upon them can be confusing and hazardous

View from above of Bisbee, Arizona, an old mining town near the Mexica...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:005) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Caro... More

Store window in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in the southeast corner of Arizona

Store window in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in the southeast...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border

Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijoto...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park is the only place in the United States where the organ pipe cactus grows wild. Along with organ pipe, many other types of cac... More

The U.S. side of a border wall between the United States and Mexico in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona

The U.S. side of a border wall between the United States and Mexico in...

The area was settled by the Spanish in the late 19th Century. The United States Army established Camp San Bernardino in the latter half of the 19th century near the settlement's presidio, and in 1910 Camp Dougl... More

Memorial to fallen Cochise County police officers in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona

Memorial to fallen Cochise County police officers in Douglas, a city o...

The area was settled by the Spanish in the late 19th Century. The United States Army established Camp San Bernardino in the latter half of the 19th century near the settlement's presidio, and in 1910 Camp Dougl... More

Office tower of an old motel in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in the southeast corner of Arizona

Office tower of an old motel in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Entrance to a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewer than 500 households outside the larger city of Douglas, on the Mexican border

Entrance to a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewer than 500 households outside the larger city of Douglas, on the Mexican border

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewer than 500 households outside the larger city of Douglas, on the Mexican border

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewer than 500 households outside the larger city of Douglas, on the Mexican border

Part of a humble cemetery in Pirtleville, Arizona, a tiny town of fewe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border

Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijoto...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:005) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Caro... More

Mural rendition of the historic Gadsden Hotel, outside the hotel in Douglas, Arizona, on the Mexican border

Mural rendition of the historic Gadsden Hotel, outside the hotel in Do...

Opened in 1907, it is named for James Gadsden, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico who signed what became known as the Gadsden Purchase, in which the United States purchased 29,670-square-miles of what was then Mexic... More

Painted exterior wall on a building in in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in the southeast corner of Arizona

Painted exterior wall on a building in in Nogales, a city on the Mexic...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Historical mural in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona Since Douglas is in Cochise County. The middle figure may be of renowned Chiricahua Apache war leader Cochise

Historical mural in Douglas, a city on the Mexican border in southeast...

Part of Douglas, Cultural Crossroads mural painted by Richard W. Hinzo, 1987. The area was settled by the Spanish in the late 19th Century. The United States Army established Camp San Bernardino in the latter h... More

Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border

Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijoto...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park is the only place in the United States where the organ pipe cactus grows wild. Along with organ pipe, many other types of cac... More

Statue at Las Laguna de Anza wetlands "once literally a dump, turned into a lovely nature preserve in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in the southeast corner of Arizona

Statue at Las Laguna de Anza wetlands "once literally a dump, turned i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Old and abandoned motel in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in the southeast corner of Arizona

Old and abandoned motel in Nogales, a city on the Mexican border in th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More