Plano de los Dos Laredos Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Plano de los Dos Laredos
  • Parallel Title [Plat of the Two Laredos]

Creator

  • Cartographer: Laroche, E. R.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: "Ingeniero Civil" (Civil Engineer)

Publisher

  • Name: E. R. Laroche
    Place of Publication: [Mexico]
    Additional Info: "Publicado por E. R. Laroche."

Date

  • Creation: 1881-01
  • Digitized: 2006-04-13

Language

  • Spanish
  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.
  • Physical Description: 1 map ; 95 x 70 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Laredo (Tex.) -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Fort McIntosh (Laredo, Tex.)
  • Keyword: plats
  • Keyword: cadastral maps

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo
  • Place Name: Mexico - Tamaulipas - Nuevo Laredo Municipality - Nuevo Laredo
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Coverage Date: 1881

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2006
    Code: SG06

Institution

  • Name: Laredo Public Library
    Code: LPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Plano de los Dos Laredos
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth13215

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K
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