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Una revolucion en favor de la infancia

Undated UNICEF flyer for worldwide immunization and re-hydration of children.

Date: unknown

Creator: UNICEF

Item Type: Text

Rusk School to give way for a freeway

Photograph of Rusk School principal Mrs. Ruth Whitmire outside the front entrance to Rusk School with many pupils.

Date: March 15, 1955

Creator: Dauplaise, Marie

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 29.7615282590806 -95.35244580000005

[Contract for Statuary for Audelia Gabino's grave, 1929]

Contract for a monument for Francisco (Frank) Gabino's mother, Audelia, who died on December 29, 1928. Houston Monument Company was contracted to build a granite statue and base for $420.

Date: May 21, 1929

Creator: Houston Monument Company

Item Type: Text

[Texas LULAC 31st Annual National Convention Booklet - 1960]

Program containing the schedule and sponsor list for the 31st Texas State Convention for the League of United Latin American Citizens.

Date: unknown

Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens

Item Type: Pamphlet

Carr will speak to LULACs

Newspaper clipping stating that State Attorney General Waggoner Carr will speak at the 1966 LULAC convention.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

Program of the Regional State Convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens, August 29, 1943

Program for the League of United Latin American Citizens Regional State Convention held at the Arabia Temple in Houston, Texas, on August 29, 1943.

Date: August 29, 1943

Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Remembrance Card for Mary A. Carroll]

Remembrance card for Mary A. Carroll printed on dark cardstock with gold engraving. There is an illustration of a woman with a Bible in front of a large cross, with light streaming from clouds above. Text on the right reads, "In Loving Remembrance of Mrs. Mary A. Carroll, Died April 6, 1899. Age 33 yrs. 9 mos. 15 days." There is a poem in the lower-left corner that reads: "'Tis hard to break the tender cord/ When love has bound the heart,/ 'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words:/ "We must f… more

Date: 1899

Item Type: Text

[Club Azteca at the Houston Ship Channel]

Photograph of the members of Club Azteca at the Houston Ship Channel. Club Azteca was an athletic club that played both soccer and football. Top row, left to right: Manuel Rodriguez ; Benny Lee ; Doroteo Vasquez ; Jose Parrea ; Felipe Davillos ; Jose Villaseñor ; Victor Linon ; Augustine Castillo. Bottom row, left to right: Frank Parillas ; Augustine Vazquez ; Peto Arrispo ; Vincente Castillo ; Juan Reyes ; Aron Villanueva ; Moses Velasquez.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.727620261788285 -95.27900834418028

[Second shift crew of the Southern Pacific Lines Mechanical Department]

Photograph of the Southern Pacific Lines Mechanical Department, second shift crew. A Southern Pacific train car stands behind the large group of forty men. A sign at the front of the group reads: "Southern Pacific Lines Mechanical Dept. Second Shift May 1963 Houston, Texas Barrett & Assoc."

Date: May 1963

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of a family next to train tracks]

Photograph of an older man and woman, both wearing large hats, sitting beside train tracks with a young child. Several bags and baskets lay next to the group.

Date: 192X

Item Type: Photograph

[Mexican American housing in San Antonio, 1920s]

Photograph of Mexican American houses in San Antonio, during the 1920s. Four small structures are visible, as well as three men and a young child. At the foreground is a large pile of branches and sticks.

Date: 192X

Item Type: Photograph

[Graduation photograph of Primitivo L. Niño]

Photograph of Primitivo L. Niño in his graduation cap and gown. Mr. Niño was a graduate of Rice Institute in 1928.

Date: 1928

Creator: Schlueter, Frank L.

Item Type: Photograph

[Maintenance men move desks in Bellaire]

Photograph of men carrying desks. The desks were for Condit Elementary School in Bellaire, Texas.

Date: May 2, 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.70277806761236 -95.46700379999999

[Photograph of Elias Ramirez]

Photograph of Elias Ramirez, taken in Magnolia Park during the early years of LULAC.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.738561201978012 -95.29058727513541

[Photograph of Elias Ramirez and his family]

Photograph of Elias Ramirez and his family. Standing, from left to right: Elias Ramirez ; Filomeno Ramirez. Seating, left to right: Concepcion Almoguer, mother of Elias and Filomeno ; Julio Guoyoido, Concepion Almoguer's brother.

Date: unknown

Creator: Cantu

Item Type: Photograph

[Coronation of Mexico Bello Queen]

Photograph of coronation ceremony of Mexico Bello Queen. Men, left to right: Dr. Luis Vensor ; Mario Lozano ; Jose Valdez ; Fernando Salas ; Mexican Consul Barrera ; Jose Buentello ; E.J. Garcia ; Dr. Angel Leyva ; Armando Morton ; Fernando Sepulveda. Women, left to right: Juanita Gutierrez ; Dolores Gutierrez ; Carmen Euerte ; Cynthia Garcia ; Queen Bertha Macias ; Miss Brett ; Elvira Luna ; Mimi Ypina ; Eloise Gonzalez.

Date: September 16, 1926

Creator: Schlueter, Frank J.

Item Type: Photograph

[Men carrying flags and sign in Minimum Wage March]

Photograph of men carrying flags and sign in the Minimum Wage March in 1966. Text on sign: "Dignidad y justica para el obrero."

Date: 1966

Item Type: Photograph

[Participants in Minimum Wage March]

Photograph of participants in the Minimum Wage March in 1966. Text on sign: "justicia"

Date: 1966

Item Type: Photograph

[Group of children in Guadalupe Church yard]

Photograph of a group of children who were instructed by the catechists for their first communion.

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.759070818153486 -95.34499499999998

[First Communion class at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

Photograph of the students of the First Communion class of the Guadalupe Church on May 15, 1949. All the children are dressed in white.

Date: May 15, 1949

Creator: The Maurers Photographers

Item Type: Photograph

[Postcard of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

Postcard of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Houston, Texas. Cars parked outside and people going to the Church.

Date: unknown

Creator: American Candid Photo

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 29.759070818153486 -95.34499499999998

[Property tax receipt for Nicholas Negreta from Harrisburg Independent School District]

Postcard sent to Nicholas Negreta for a property tax receipt No. 4858 from Harrisburg Independent School District, Harrisburg, Texas dated 1925 for $4.30 for lot 11, Block 2, Division MPS, Value $500. Sent to Nicholas Negreta at his address, 1014 Woodbury.

Date: unknown

Creator: Harrisburg Independent School District

Item Type: Postcard

[Christmas card sent by Esther - 1932]

Christmas card sent by Esther from Houston dated Christmas Eve, 1932. The printed text of the card reads: "To wish you all happiness / at Christmas and throughout / the coming year."

Date: December 24, 1932

Item Type: Image

[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Houston]

Water service bill sent to Nicandro Medrano at 1101 Wooding, Houston, Texas, for the month of February 1939. On the back stamped, Postage .01, and Houston, Texas Feb. 13, 1939.

Date: unknown

Creator: City of Houston. Water Department

Item Type: Text

Location: 29.74203700907343 -95.29846399999997

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Una revolucion en favor de la infancia

Rusk School to give way for a freeway

[Contract for Statuary for Audelia Gabino's grave, 1929]

[Texas LULAC 31st Annual National Convention Booklet - 1960]

Carr will speak to LULACs

Program of the Regional State Convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens, August 29, 1943

[Remembrance Card for Mary A. Carroll]

[Club Azteca at the Houston Ship Channel]

[Second shift crew of the Southern Pacific Lines Mechanical Department]

[Photograph of a family next to train tracks]

[Mexican American housing in San Antonio, 1920s]

[Graduation photograph of Primitivo L. Niño]

[Maintenance men move desks in Bellaire]

[Photograph of Elias Ramirez]

[Photograph of Elias Ramirez and his family]

[Coronation of Mexico Bello Queen]

[Men carrying flags and sign in Minimum Wage March]

[Participants in Minimum Wage March]

[Group of children in Guadalupe Church yard]

[First Communion class at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

[Postcard of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

[Property tax receipt for Nicholas Negreta from Harrisburg Independent School District]

[Christmas card sent by Esther - 1932]

[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Houston]