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The Thing Brothers Store, Tecate, 1912

The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper archive historical photo pictures the Thing Brothers Store in Tecate at the turn of the century, just a few hundred feet away from the U.S.-Mexico border.

TECATE 1993 -- Jane Thing-Dumas relative, Frank Thing, is interviewed on San Diego County family history and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.

By Meredith Vezina, Special to The Union Tribune, April 29, 1993:

While in the Army in Panama in the 1950s, Frank Thing's name attracted Attention. "Soldiers used to tease me about it," says the 60-year-old backcounty native.

But back home, his name is just a part of the landscape...

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Jane Dumas family historical Kumeyaay family photographs Contributed by Daleane Dumas-Adams, Jamul Kumeyaay.
Digital restorations and design by Gary G. Ballard, San Diego