I’m working on a project to display a portion of my collection of historic maps of the border between Mexico and the United States. The exhibit which hopefully be in conjunction with the Trans Border Institute at University of San Diego will show the evolution of the border. It could be controversial. Both the anti-immigrant activists and the pro-Chicano activists will find lots of fodder for anger in this exhibit.
This is an example of what the exhibit will look like:
Each original map will be hung with a detail photo showing an interesting detail:
Here is a close up of the detail map:
Click here to see photos of all the maps I am proposing for the exhibit.