Historic Photos of El Paso
El Paso is a city with an international history and culture that is tied to the Rio Grande. Native Americans followed the river and traded with other groups that lived near it. With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in 1848, the Rio Grande became the international boundary between the United States and Mexico.
Historic Photos of El Paso is a gorgeous photographic history of this important American city spotlighting photographs collected from the most prominent local and state archives. The multicultural diversity of the area adds to its rich heritage and economic success, as these striking photographs demonstrate.
In rarely seen black-and-white photography, this handsome book details the historical growth of El Paso up to recent times. Filled with nearly 200 beautiful black-and-white images, Turner Publishing’s Historic Photos of El Paso offers a unique and compelling look into the past for any resident and history buff alike.
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Book details
- Author
- Sandra Fye
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
History › United States › State & Local › Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) - Topics
- El Paso history · Texas history · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · Rio Grande · Southwest United States · local history
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420063
About the author
SANDRA FYE is a historian and author specializing in the American Southwest and the author of three books. Her recent books include Remembering El Paso, Historic Photos of El Paso and Historic Photos of Albuquerque.
Fye holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography, with an English minor, from the University of New Mexico. Her work draws on archival photographs from collections including the El Paso County Historical Society, the El Paso Public Library’s Otis A. Aultman Collection, and the Library of Congress.
When she’s not writing, Fye works to preserve photographs and history for future generations. This commitment to archival sources shapes her approach to documenting the visual and cultural heritage of the American Southwest.