Photo Library
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Lab Services (Photo 9)
CBP Laboratory personnel grind samples of marble material imported to the U.S. for testing.
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Century Old Obelisks Mark U.S. Mexico Boundary Line (Monument No. 258) - Photo 2
Monument No. 258, situated between the western boundaries of the U.S. and Mexico.
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CBP Laboratories (Photo 4)
A fake alligator head is just one of the unusual items that CBP labs must check.
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Century Old Obelisks Mark U.S. Mexico Boundary Line (Monuments 185)
Monuments 185 on the U.S.-Mexico border
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CBP Laboratories (Photo 7)
Laboratory technicians perform highly skilled analysis of many types of needs.
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Century Old Obelisks Mark U.S. Mexico Boundary Line (Old Monument No. 16)
Old Monument No. 16, looking east, was built in the early 1850's to mark the U.S. - Mexico border. Courtesy National Archives (76-OM-1-144)
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Century Old Obelisks Mark U.S. Mexico Boundary Line (Monument No. 258) - Photo 1
An 1894 photograph shows the southeast view of Monument No. 258, also known as Old Monument No. 1, after renovation and the erection of a protective fence.
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CBP Laboratories (Photo 2)
If someone is counterfeiting CDs the CBP lab has no problem finding an incriminating fingerprint.
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U.S. Customs in Vietnam - Photo 2
This plaque was presented to Stuart P. Seidel after completing his study of and suggestions for the Vietnamese Customs Code. (Courtesy Stuart P. Seidel)
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CBP: Air and Marine Operations (Photo 10)
Two CBP Marine unit Midnight Express boats patrol the waters off of Florida's shores.
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U.S. Customs in Vietnam - Photo 3
As an attorney in the Chief Counsel's office at Customs headquarters in Washington, Stuart P. Seidel was invited to Saigon in 1972 to review the draft customs code of the Republic of Vietnam. He worked with Officer Nguyen Tan Thanh to study the laws and suggest modifications. Most of the recommendations in his final 56-page report were adopted in the new Vietnamese Customs Code. This image is from a photocopy of Mr. Seidel's Vietnam identification card; the original was turned in when he left the country. (Courtesy Stuart P. Seidel)