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Materials pertaining to highway construction in Imperial County, 1920-1922. Construction projects documented in this collection include roads between Imperial-Holtville, Brawley-Calipatria, and Calexico-El Centro, and work done at the Marea sand pit and the Frink rock quarry.

Scope and Contents The Vistas de Valle Imperial Photograph Album is an album of black and white photographs, with Spanish captions, of the early settlement towns in Imperial Valley. The photographs were taken between 1902 to 1904 of the towns of Imperial, Heber, Holtville, Calexico, Brawley, and Silsbee. The album documents the National Irrigation project, the railway system, and the multiple farms, ranches, and other businesses throughout each town, as well as the towns themselves.Willis George...