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Fort Bliss, Texas – Antique Wall Art

Fort Bliss, Texas, [between 1911 and 1914(?)]] — historic photograph
Fort Bliss, Texas, [between 1911 and 1914(?)]]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Fort Bliss, Texas in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Fort Bliss, Texas

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Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas, is the subject here, and this card-backed photograph was made as a postcard, a format that was hugely popular in the early 1910s. Fort Bliss had been an Army post since 1854 and by these years was a key base on the Mexican border, a period when American troops were stationed in the region during the upheavals of the Mexican Revolution. The date given is only a estimate from the caption card, so the exact year is uncertain. Postcards like this one were often sold to soldiers and visitors as souvenirs of military life on the frontier.

Created / published[between 1911 and 1914(?)]]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPostcard photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,000 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152858

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