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A rights-first contact sheet of production images and unresolved records, each tied to its source, credit, and reuse status.

A broad cultivated field beneath an open sky west of Lamesa, with a farmhouse and trees on the horizon.01READY

photograph / 23 March 2014

Farmland west of Lamesa

A contemporary Dawson County view used to establish the cultivated horizon around Lamesa. It is not presented as an image of the land before settlement.

Creator
Carol M. Highsmith
Institution
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Crop
true

Carol M. Highsmith. The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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Curving furrows cross a field east of Lamesa toward a farmhouse and a low, open horizon.02READY

photograph / 23 March 2014

Farm furrows east of Lamesa

A contemporary view of worked land east of Lamesa. The composition connects the horizon to survey and agricultural lines without treating the photograph as evidence of the pre-city landscape.

Creator
Carol M. Highsmith
Institution
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Crop
true

Carol M. Highsmith. The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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Brick paving and a row of historic commercial storefronts in downtown Lamesa under a clear sky.03READY

photograph / 23 March 2014

Street scene in downtown Lamesa

A 2014 view of the built street grid and commercial fabric of downtown Lamesa. It accompanies the town-founding chapter but does not depict the 1903 settlement.

Creator
Carol M. Highsmith
Institution
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Crop
true

Carol M. Highsmith. The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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A tall white concrete grain elevator rises against a deep blue sky in Lamesa.04READY

photograph / 23 March 2014

Grain elevator in Lamesa

A contemporary agricultural landmark reserved as a visual bridge into the researched railroad, cotton, and industry chapters.

Creator
Carol M. Highsmith
Institution
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Crop
true

Carol M. Highsmith. The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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05HOLD

map / 1903

Original or early Lamesa town plat — document required

The interface uses abstract survey geometry until an attributable document is cleared.

Creator
Unknown
Institution
—
Rights
Reuse status remains unresolved; this record is not a production asset.
Crop
Undetermined

Archive record and reuse status under research.

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