Corner of Magoffin and San Antonio
Esquina de Magoffin y San Antonio
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717 E San Antonio Ave. See Mark Cioc-Ortega,"The Tolte Club: Fred Feldman's Humorous Sketches of Its Prominent Members," El Paso County Historical Society publication, Password, Vol. 63, No.2, El Paso TX , Summer ,2019, p. 30-46.
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