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[Flyer: Quemando los Santos]

Description: Flyer advertising Quemando los Santos, an exhibition of work by Marco Antonio Santos housed at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. An opening reception was held on March 8th, 2001. The flyer is printed on purple tissue paper. On the left side of the flyer is an illustration of an elderly man's profile.
Date: 2001
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Flyer: Tape Release Party of Grupo Silencio]

Description: Flyer advertising a tape release party of Grupo Silencio held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas on December 13th, 1990. Toqui Amaru, Chaski, and Edgar Rivera also performed at this event. The flyer includes a photograph of four people. The leftmost woman holds a guitar; the man second from the right holds a ukelele; the rightmost man holds a pan flute. At the bottom of the page these instruments, in addition to a flute and drum, are also depicted in cartoon form.
Date: December 13, 1990
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

Frank Ferree Multado y Sentenciado a 3 dias de Carcel

Description: Full page from the "El Tiempo" newspaper published in Harlingen, Texas, dated June 20, 1952, which features several articles about Frank Ferree of Harlingen, Texas, who was jailed on contempt charges when he wrote a letter to the Texas Good Neighbor Commission complaining that the court had been prejudiced in their decision to sentence Roberto Jiminez to a 10-year sentence.
Date: June 20, 1952
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Fraternidad, Volume 2, Number 17

Description: Spanish language newsletter containing riddles, poems, and articles. Contains two English language articles: "The Problem of the Independence of Puerto Rico" and "The Jewish Problem in the Post-War World," which contains excerpts from five different articles. The cost of the newsletter was 5 cents.
Date: October 10, 1945
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Front Entrance of a Small Presbyterian Church]

Description: Photograph of the front entrance of a small, brick Presbyterian church. There are steps leading up to a closed, double-door entrance with windows on both sides and an ornamental-shaped roof. There is a sign in Spanish on the far left-hand side of the image that translates to read, "Order of Services, Sunday, School 10-11, Sermon 11-, Sermon 8:00 p.m., Wednesday Service 8:00, Monday, Youth 7:30, Reverend C.C. Acevedo". There is a large tree cut off on the right-hand side of the image that is cas… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Front View of Mexican Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. It is modeled to look like Mission Espada. The facade is two-dimensional, and is painted to look like stone. Figures of a friar and a Native American are also painted on the facade. Above the center doorway, which is actually being used as a serving window, are three archways where artificial bells are hanging. On the far left and right of the structure are two additional serving windows. Colorful streamers are st… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Front View of the Presbyterian Mission at Bonita Gardens]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Presbyterian Mission at Bonita Gardens. This photograph was taken across the street from the mission. The mission is one building with a belfry above the main entrance, which consists of an archway around double doors. The belfry has a sharply pointed spire on top. An small entrance at the side of the mission is visible. There are five large windows at the side of the building and two at the front on either side of the entrance. Small houses can be seen behind the… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[The Good Pastor]

Description: Photograph of the rear view of the residence of a clergy member in Dallas, Texas. The one story small home has two rectangular windows and a backdoor. Another residence is visible to the right. A car is parked outside the front of the home.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Greeting Card from Steve]

Description: Greeting card from Steve to an unknown recipient. The card has been sent on the occasion of a birthday to a friend and colleague of Steve. "Happy Birthday" has been printed in Spanish on the front of the card along with a six-pointed star.
Date: unknown
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Group at a Jose Guadalupe Posado Art Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of a wall at an art exhibition featuring Jose Guadalupe Posada, a master print maker. The wall itself has a design on it. There is a man in the middle with his hands raised in fear. There are seven dragon-like creatures coming towards him from the left and right. Each dragon has a word written on its side in Spanish and the piece is named "Scandalous Crimes." On top of that piece, there are several smaller framed artworks hanging up.
Date: 1994
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Group at Opening Reception for Santo Nino de Atocha Exhibition]

Description: Photograph of a nine individuals at the opening reception for Santo Nino de Atocha: Faith, Art, and Culture, an exhibition held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The exhibition ran from May 3rd, 2001 to July 7th, 2001. Sylvia Orozco, left, wears a black dress. Nilda de la Llata, center, wears a floral blouse. The group stands in front of a title wall. Text on the wall reads "Santo Nino de Atocha."
Date: 2001
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Group Making Paper Flowers]

Description: Slide of Lose Admiradores at the Texas Folklife Festival making paper flowers. A few members are standing while they make paper flowers. The group is working at a table that has an arrangement of large finished flowers in a container. Behind the table are glass panels where "flores" is written, meaning "flowers" in English.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Group of Friends in Newgulf, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a group of fourteen people standing together in two rows on grass in front of a house. Two of the women in the group are wearing mid-length, dark dresses and matching hats. They are both holding thick stacks of books in their arms. The other three women are all wearing light dresses, and two of them are wearing sun hats. Most of the men in the group are wearing suit pants, collared shirts, and suit jackets. One man is wearing a lightly colored sweater and a hat. There is a man in … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group of Hispanic Church Attendees]

Description: Photograph of a group of Hispanic church goers in front of their place of worship. The group consists of children in the front dressed in suits and light dresses, men in the back on the left side of the image dressed in dark suits, and women on the right side of the image wearing light dresses and floral sun hats. In front of the children there is a sign that is handwritten in Spanish. The church behind the group is a simple, one-room light brick building with one window at the front and three … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group of Teachers Standing in Front of a Sunday School Building]

Description: Photograph of a group of female Sunday School teachers standing in front of a school Presbyterian building. The four young teachers stand closely together; they are all wearing past the knee-length collared dresses. An older teacher wearing a light-colored dress stands slightly away from the group. The teachers are all facing toward the right side of the image. The building behind them is raised slightly from the ground, and the open windows that line the wall make a part of the inside visible.… more
Date: September 1951
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group of Women at a Presbyterian Congregation]

Description: Photograph of a group of women sitting in the front row of a Presbyterian convention meeting. The six women are looking toward the camera and smiling; some of them are wearing long convention ribbons on their collars. There are many people sitting on fold-up chairs behind them as well as across the aisle from them. There is a handwritten note in Spanish on the back of the photograph that translates to read, "Convention S.A. - Bethel".
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group of Young People in Magnolia Park]

Description: Photograph of a group of people in a park in Houston. There are three rows of people in the group. The top row is made up of young men standing, the middle row is made up of young women kneeling in the grass, and the front row is made up of young girls, also kneeling or sitting. The men are all wearing suits, however only one is wearing a jacket. The women and girls are wearing light dresses or skirts and blouses. There are trees farther in the background. On the back of the photograph, there a… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group Portrait of Children]

Description: Photograph of a portrait of a group of children organized into three tiered rows. The front row consists of a small group of young boys sitting on the ground. The second row consists of a group of seated young girls and a young woman who is seated in the middle. The back row consists of a small group of slightly older girls wearing either tartan printed or white dresses. There is a window both behind the group and on the right-hand side of the image. Many of the boys are holding wide-brimmed ha… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group Portrait of Hispanic Children]

Description: Photograph of a group portrait of school-age Hispanic children and two adults. There are three rows of children standing, kneeling, and sitting on the ground and facing the camera. There is a young woman standing at the end of the middle row to the right, and a man standing at the opposite end on the left. Most of the children are smiling and many have their hands on their faces. There is a small building visible in the background on the right-hand side. There is a handwritten note in Spanish o… more
Date: October 1935
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group Posed in Front of a Presbyterian Building]

Description: Photograph of a group of people posed in front of a Presbyterian building. The group consists of three rows of people; the first consists of two young girls and one young boy sitting on the ground, the second row consists of three men and one baby, and the top row consists of five women standing and facing the camera. The men are all wearing light collared shirts and pants, and the women are all wearing long dresses. The building in the background has four visible windows, which are opened, and… more
Date: September 1951
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group Posed in Front of a Presbyterian Sunday School]

Description: Photograph of a group of teachers and administrators posing in front of a Presbyterian Sunday School center. The group consists of two rows of people; the front row is made up of three men who are squatting and facing the camera. The second row consists of three women wearing long dresses and two men wearing suits and ties. The building in the background has four visible windows, which are opened, and is elevated from the ground on short stilts. There is a large grassy field visible in the back… more
Date: September 1951
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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