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Image Credits
Adlrich, Roy Wilkinson. Texas Rangers and Rio Grande border guards destroying liquor. 1921. Roy Wilkinson Aldrich Papers, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Bootleggers. 1930. Marfa, Diversity in the Desert; The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.
City Hall during Washington’s Birthday Celebration, Laredo, Texas. 1903. Rescuing Texas History, 2006; The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.
First Border Patrol in Marfa. January 1928. Marfa, Diversity in the Desert; The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.
Gardner, J.W. Southwestern Land Co. of Sharyland, Texas, excursion party…one million people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by 1934. June 21, 1929. Rescuing Texas History, 2006; The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.
Hershorn, Shel. MAYO Chicano Rally. 1969. Shel Hershorn Photographic Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Lee Russell. Mexican cowboys throwing a calf for branding. May 1939. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress.
Jose Alvarez and Sons Mariachi Band. October 17, 1939. Marfa, Diversity in the Desert; The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.
Pappe, Alan. Lone Star. 1996. Texas Film Commission.
Pickers Arrive. August 22, 1958. Are We There Yet? Transportation in Central Texas, The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.
Rio Grande. Date unknown. THC Historic Resources Survey Collection, The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.
Runyon, Robert. Charro Days Parade. February 1938. Robert Runyon Photography Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
___. Las Norias Bandit Raid. October 8, 1915. Robert Runyon Photography Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
___. Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Picking grapefruit in January. Date unknown. Robert Runyon Photography Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
___. Passenger Station and Park, Brownsville, Texas. 1910s. Robert Runyon Photography Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
___. United States Immigration Service building. Date unknown. Robert Runyon Photography Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
U.S. Army – 4th Infantry arriving in Brownsville, Texas. July 5, 1916. George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
U.S. Border Patrolmen on the River. Date unknown. Marfa, Diversity in the Desert; The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries.