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The Journal of San Diego History
Summer 2002, Volume 48, Number 3
Contents of This Issue

The Wild Frontier Moves South: U.S. Entrepreneurs
and the Growth of Tijuana's Vice Industry, 1908-1935

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Ave. De Revolucion  
Page 204. Ave. De Revolucion was the main street in downtown Tijuana.


The Blue Fox Cafe  
Page 207. The Blue Fox Cafe maintained an infamous presence in Tijuana well into the 20th century.


Mexicali bar  
Page 209. This 1920s Mexicali bar hall boosted the "longest bar in the world." It served women as well as men.


Vice in Tijuana  
Page 211. Vice in Tijuana in the early 1920s became firmly rooted under the administration of Colonel and Governor Esteban Cantú.


Agua Caliente race track  
Page 213. Agua Caliente race track with the Club House at left and the grandstand at right.


Governor Abelando Rodriguez  
Page 217. Governor Abelando Rodriguez in Mexicali, March 1, 1925.


U.S. Mexico border  
Page 229. This 1926 photo shows a San Diegan near the U.S. Mexico border heading back to California passing a confident Mexican billboard.


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