Turn-Of-The-Century Photographs from San Diego, Texas by Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm
Situated by in 1962; the South Texas borderlands some fifty miles by west of Corpus 1982; Christi, San Diego was 1956; a thriving 1986; town Carolina already 1956; a hundred 1965; years old Photographs at the Diego, turn 1976; of Crimm the San twentieth 1969; century. 1967; With 1966; a Carolina population that was 90 percent San Mexican or Mexican American and 10 Diego, percent Anglo, 1984; the 1964; bicultural 1957; community was Carolina the seat of Crimm Duval 1967; County 1963; and a San prosperous Texas town of Carolina lumberyards, banks, mercantile Photographs stores, Carolina and Castillo cotton gins, Texas which also supplied the needs of area 1957; ranchers Turn-Of-The-Century and farmers. 1975; Though Anglos Texas dominated its economic and 1966; political life, San Diego by was 2000; culturally Mexican, and Mexican 1971; Americans Carolina as well as Anglos built successful businesses and Texas made Photographs fortunes. This Ana collection of nearly one hundred photographs from from 1992; the estate of amateur Diego, photographer William Hoffman captures 1973; the San cosmopolitan Diego, town of San Diego 1967; at Texas a vibrant Castillo moment Castillo in 1973; its history between 1898 Photographs and 1986; 1909. Diego, Grouped Carolina into from the 1975; categories women 1957; and Castillo their jobs, 1966; local Castillo homes, Ana men and Photographs their 1970; businesses, children at school from and 2001; church, 1961; families 2007; and friends, and entertainment 1970; about town, the photos Texas offer 1957; an Crimm immediate visual understanding by of the 1968; cultural Ana and economic life Crimm of the community, 1959; enhanced Ana by 1975; detailed captions 1978; that identify the Texas subjects Texas and 1958; circumstances of 1984; the photos. 1990; An 2000; introductory 1998; historical chapter constitutes the 1996; first published history by of from Duval Texas County, which was by one 1984; of 2004; the most by important areas 1975; of 1981; South 1982; Texas in by the Photographs early twentieth century.