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Order Number	00083513
Title	Border fence
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b059_f1_i10
Date	1977
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Description	Photograph caption reads: "Fence separating Mexico from U.S. at Tijuana is broken down in some places and has gaping holes in others where illegals come through both day and night". Photograph caption for Oct. 24, 1978 reprint reads: "This is where the illegal aliens' journey begins (left): the ramshackle border". Photograph caption for May 20, 1979 reprint reads: "The broken-down fence at the U.S.-Mexican border will be replaced with a new, impenetrable design soon. Work may start in two weeks on 5.6 miles of high metal fencing along the San Ysidro section of San Diego, the U.S. Border Patrol says. That is the spot most illegal aliens choose to slip over the border. The project is expected to cost nearly $2 million and be completed by the end of the year". Photograph dated: Aug. 12, 1977.
Subject	Barbed wire. Fences--California--San Diego County. Border crossing--California--San Diego County. United States--Boundaries--Mexico. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection