Naco, Arizona, 1916 – Historic Photograph Print
(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: Naco, Arizona, 1916, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: First Seperate [sic] Battalion Infantry, Washington, D.C.; Camped on the Mexican border, Naco, Ariz., 1916
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Naco, Arizona, 1916
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Naco, Arizona, in 1916 was a small port of entry on the international line, a short distance from the copper town of Bisbee and the smelter city of Douglas. Its economy depended on the mines and smelters to the north and on the railroad and border trade that moved goods and workers across the line to the Sonoran town of Naco. The Mexican Revolution had spilled over the frontier the year before, when fighting at the Sonoran Naco in October 1915 sent stray bullets into the American town and wounded people there. In 1916 the border was crowded with United States Army units and National Guard troops, and the town's streets, saloons and boarding houses reflected a place where soldiers, miners, merchants and refugees all passed through. Residents of the period would have known Naco mainly as a frontier outpost living under the uncertainty of revolution next door.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Arizona |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,124 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | First Seperate [sic] Battalion Infantry, Washington, D.C.; Camped on the Mexican border, Naco, Ariz., 1916 |
| Reference | AZ Naco 1916 |
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