[Commercial Building - 119 West Martin Street]

One of 121 photographs in the series: Historical Resources Survey of Del Rio, Texas available on this site.

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Photographs of a large warehouse building with a windowed storefront and a stepped roof-line. A barbed wire topped chain link fence encloses a large concrete space next to the building including street lights and miscellaneous equipment and supplies under an awning along the building. The left photograph shows the storefront and a car parked along the street. The right photograph shows a two door garage at the back of the building a shopping cart and miscellaneous materials next to a tree at the corner of the fence, and another car parked along the street.

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2 photographs : col. ; 9 x 9 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1976.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2007 and was provided by the Val Verde County Historical Commission to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 56 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Materials from the Val Verde County Historical Commission include images during the Historical Resources Survey of Del Rio in 1976, featuring local area homes, businesses, and churches.

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Photographs of a large warehouse building with a windowed storefront and a stepped roof-line. A barbed wire topped chain link fence encloses a large concrete space next to the building including street lights and miscellaneous equipment and supplies under an awning along the building. The left photograph shows the storefront and a car parked along the street. The right photograph shows a two door garage at the back of the building a shopping cart and miscellaneous materials next to a tree at the corner of the fence, and another car parked along the street.

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2 photographs : col. ; 9 x 9 cm.

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Reportedly built as a "Motor Company;" later used as warehouse.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2007

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  • 1976

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  • April 2, 2007, 12:12 p.m.

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  • Dec. 5, 2016, 4:14 p.m.

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[Commercial Building - 119 West Martin Street], photograph, 1976; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24842/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Val Verde County Historical Commission.

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