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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 31, 2015
Caption: 1821
Additional Description: Word finally reaches San Diego that, following years of skirmishes and disputes, Spain has ceded its control of Alta California to Mexico. This change means little to the tiny settlement on the hillside, the beginnings of Old Town
Submitted: July 20, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p316664
File Size: 1.812 Megabytes

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