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[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

[Provisional passport for Manuel Urbina]

Photocopy of a provisional passport for Manuel Urbina, issued on December 3, 1945. Includes a photograph of Urbina and a partial thumbprint.

Date: December 3, 1945

Item Type: Text

[Publicity photograph of Valentino]

Photograph of the musical group Valentino. Publicity photograph. Circa 1980s.

Date: 198X

Item Type: Photograph

[La Pupusa Alegre restaurant]

Photograph of the La Pupusa Alegre restaurant, located at 6902 Bellaire Boulevard.

Date: July 1987

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.705138117214275 -95.49068248306583

[La Pupusa Alegre restaurant entrance]

Photograph of the La Pupusa Alegre restaurant entrance, located at 6902 Bellaire Boulevard.

Date: July 1987

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.705054246823835 -95.49069321190188

[Rachel Lucas with husband]

Photograph of Rachel Lucas with her husband. Rachel Lucas is wearing a red shirt with black pants. The man is wearing a white shirt with black pants.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Reception for Miss Mexico at Brazos Hotel]

Photograph of a reception for Miss Mexico at the Brazos Hotel in the 1920s. Standing, left to right: unidentified ; Felipe Santander, father of Elenita Farrington ; Mrs. Satander ; unidentified ; Gustavo Rosales Ypina, by post ; unidentified ; unidentified ; Jose Sarabia ; Pinfilo Tellez ; unidentified ; unidentified ; Sororro Sarabia. Sitting, left to right: unidentified ; Mrs. Ypina (Gustavo) ; unidentified ; unidentified ; unidentified ; Elenita Santander (Farrington) ; unidentified ; uniden… more

Date: 192X

Creator: Suarez, Luis

Item Type: Photograph

[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

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

[Rice Hotel, chefs and cooks]

Photograph of thirty-two men, cooks and chefs at the Rice Hotel, in Houston, Texas.

Date: 1929

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.757612309079132 -95.36437409999996

[Rice Hotel, chefs and cooks in kitchen]

Photograph of five men, chefs and cooks at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas.

Date: January 19, 1922

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.76028430908013 -95.36281499999996

[Rice Hotel employees]

Photograph of seven men and twemty-eight women, all employees at the Rice Hotel, in Houston, Texas.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.757612309079132 -95.36437409999996

Riding with Pancho Villa lasting memory for restaurateur

Article clipped from the Houston Chronicle chronicling the life and adventures of Aurelio "Leo" Reynosa, owner and founder of Houston Restaurant Leo's Mexican Restaurant. Reynosa fought with revolutionary Pancho Villa as a young man. Reynosa later came to Houston, Texas and opened his diner in 1942.

Date: unknown

Creator: Karkabi, Barbara

Item Type: Clipping

[Rio Rico Grocery and Market, 1940]

Photograph of the Rio Rico Grocery & Market employees. From left to right: Melchor Garza Cantu, Simon Ibarra, Ruben Lopez, Lila Ibarra.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.76899810908332 -95.35335090000001

[Rosalio Gonzalez's War Ration Book One]

War Ration Book One that belonged to Rosalio Gonzalez. Rosalio Gonzalez's address and physical description is recorded. The booklet contains 13 unused ration stamps for a variety of goods.

Date: May 4, 1942

Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.

Item Type: Text

[Roy Cavazos and Paul Herrera]

Photograph of Roy Cavazos and Paul Herrera in Chicago, 1940s.

Date: 194X

Item Type: Photograph

[Rudy Martinez at Hennessey Park]

Photograph of Rudy Martinez at Hennessey Park, 1940s.

Date: 194X

Item Type: Photograph

[Rudy Vara, Cindy Vara-Leija, and two men standing by a poultry truck]

Photograph of Rudy Vara, two other men and a young girl standing by a poultry truck. The young girl is Mr. Vara's daughter, Cindy Vara-Leija. They are displaying the LULAC Christmas baskets waiting to be delivered. On the side of the poultry trucks is written: "M-G. Poultry & Egg Co. 1003 St. Emanuel."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

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

[Saint Theresa's Sodality]

Photograph of Saint Theresa's Sodality at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in the late 1920s.

Date: 192X

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.759070818153486 -95.34499499999998

[Sal Garcia and Calistro Valedez]

Photograph of Sal Garcia and Calistro Valedez, 1930s, Main Street, Houston.

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

[Salon Juarez in Magnolia Park]

Photograph of the Salon Juarez in the Magnolia Park neighborhood. The building is a grey one-story structure. A sign in red font hangs above the front door, reading: "Benemerita Sociedad Mutualista Benito Juarez." This is a historic building in Houston's East Side.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.73690995832532 -95.29456364999999

[Salon Juarez on Navigation Boulevard]

Photograph of Salon Juarez on Navigation Boulevard. Two-storied building, partially white-washed. This is a historic building in Houston's East Side.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[San Antonio mom contributes 6 sons to U.S. war effort]

Photograph of a newspaper clipping about the six sons of San Antonio's Vara family who are participating in World War II. They are the sons of Mrs. Sara C. Vara.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

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

[Provisional passport for Manuel Urbina]

[Publicity photograph of Valentino]

[La Pupusa Alegre restaurant]

[La Pupusa Alegre restaurant entrance]

[Rachel Lucas with husband]

[Reception for Miss Mexico at Brazos Hotel]

[Remembrance Card for Mary A. Carroll]

Una revolucion en favor de la infancia

[Rice Hotel, chefs and cooks]

[Rice Hotel, chefs and cooks in kitchen]

[Rice Hotel employees]

Riding with Pancho Villa lasting memory for restaurateur

[Rio Rico Grocery and Market, 1940]

[Rosalio Gonzalez's War Ration Book One]

[Roy Cavazos and Paul Herrera]

[Rudy Martinez at Hennessey Park]

[Rudy Vara, Cindy Vara-Leija, and two men standing by a poultry truck]

Rusk School to give way for a freeway

[Saint Theresa's Sodality]

[Sal Garcia and Calistro Valedez]

[Salon Juarez in Magnolia Park]

[Salon Juarez on Navigation Boulevard]

[San Antonio mom contributes 6 sons to U.S. war effort]