Desert dreams, Texas – Vintage Wall Art
![Desert dreams, Texas, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0f/0f19a70837fd-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Desert dreams, Texas, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Desert dreams, Texas
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Titled "Desert Dreams, Texas," this print takes the arid Texas landscape as its subject, a theme that drew many photographers and publishers working in the West. It is a photoprint bearing the copyright line of J.F. Gandara and numbered 88 in his series, but the caption card gives no date, so its year is unknown. Commercial photoprints like this were often sold as souvenirs or as illustrations of regional scenery, and the title points to a romantic view of the desert rather than a documentary one. Comparing it with other regional views from the same period can help place it more precisely.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by J.F. Gandara. No. 88. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Desert. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157977 |
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