ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH / mrg 00189 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00189

Motel 36 box car room units, Route 36, Somerville, Texas

Texas ↗Somerville ↗1982 ↗

THE ORIGINAL RECORD

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Photographer: Margolies, John
Photographed: 1982.
Location: United States--Texas--Somerville
Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Digital ID: mrg 00189 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00189
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-mrg-00189 (digital file from original color transparency)
Call number: LC-MA05- 189 [P&P]
Subjects: Motels--1980-1990.
Mimetic buildings--1980-1990.
United States--Texas--Somerville.
Texas--Somerville
Motels--1980-1990
Mimetic buildings--1980-1990
United States--Texas--Somerville
Margolies categories: Mimetic motels; Lodging
Rights advisory — Library of Congress: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Rights & attribution ↗
Original catalog notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Mimetic motels; Lodging.
Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Source: Library of Congress record ↗ · Image resource ↗
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Motel 36 box car room units, Route 36, Somerville, Texas

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