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Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall inspects an Apollo prototype space suit worn by John Marburger, during his tour of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas.

Accompanying Udall were Dr. Morris Tepper (seated, facing camera), Deputy…

Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall is briefed on features of the Lunar Module Mission Simulator, by Warren J. North, Chief, Flight Crew Support Division, during a tour of the Manned Spacecraft Center. Houston, Texas, April 6, 1967

Bishop of Sonora Juan Navarrete's program for his pastoral visit to Father Ignacio De la Torre's Most Pure Conception Parish in Nogales, Sonora

Postcard, Tucson view from A Mountain, Arizona. View of Downtown Tucson.

Today, no federal, state, or local governments have any concerted policy regarding the border fences. The United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission constructed fences in a cattle control program that began in 1935 and…

View from Monument 99, looking west. Vegetation lines both sides of a fence that cuts across the landscape.

Because of careful ranch management, grasses survive in the Animas Valley on the Unites States side of the line (to the right). Overgrazing on the Mexican side encourages creosote (greasewood) bushes to replace the grasses. This view looking west…

View from Monument No. 81, looking east along the border road where Mexico is on the right. At the fence, a road zigzags towards the base of a mountain.

View from Monument No. 52, looking south along the border road toward the boundary "corner."

View from Monument Number 41, looking south. A fence cuts across the landscape and vegetation lines both sides.

View from Monument 41,looking north to Monument 40. Vegetation lines the landscape while a dirt road extends into the distance.

A winding path extends into the distance. Rocks and vegetation surround the path on both sides. In the distance, a gap in the vegetation serves to slow the spread of fire.

View from Monument 225. In the distance, two roads intersect while shrubs fill the landscape.

View of a chain link border fence. A portion of barbed wire is missing from the top of the fence. In front of the fence, tire tracks are visible in the mud.

A wire fence crossing several hills. Besides it, a dirt path extends into the distance.

A wire fence running in front of Monument 181 looking southeast. A white platform held down by rocks sits at the base of the monument.

View from Monument 179 looking southeast. In the center, a straight path leads towards a hill. Saguaros and shrubs also populate the landscape.

View from Monument 120 looking west into the twin towns of Nogales, AZ and Nogales, Mexico.

View from Monument No. 120, looking east into "Smuggler's Gulch," near Nogales, Arizona and Sonora. Mexico is on the right. Rural routes are often used to smuggle consumer goods into Mexico to avoid the high import taxes and bribes. Driving up to the…

View from In-Ko-Pah Gorge. Several rocky mountain line the landscape while several roads run between them.