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[Arturo Rosales standing at podium]
Photograph of Arturo Rosales, Professor of Chicano History at the University of Houston, standing at a podium. Rosales is wearing glasses and a white shirt.
[Decorated car with banner in Fiestas Patrias parade]
Photograph of a decorated car with banner in the Fiestas Patrias parade, 1978.
[Decorated Fiestas Patrias car]
Photograph of a decorated Fiestas Patrias car, 1978.
[Detail of the mural, The Rebirth of Our Nationality]
Photograph detail of Leo Tanguma's "The Rebirth of Our Nationality", a mural spanning a building on Canal Street in Houston, Texas. The brightly colored mural depicts multiple figures reaching toward each other. At the top of the mural: "To become aware of our history is to become aware of our singularity." The work was completed in 1973 during the Chicano mural movement.
[Fiestas Patrias parade near Rice Hotel]
Photograph of Fiestas Patrias parade near the Rice Hotel, 1978.
[Houston Mexican Chamber of Commerce float in front of Kress building]
Photograph of Houston Mexican Chamber of Commerce float in front of the Kress building, Fiestas Patrias Parade, 1978.
[Photograph of Maria Ellen Gonzalez - 1974]
Photograph of Maria Ellen Gonzalez, younger sister of Sylvia Gonzalez.
[Photograph of Miss Fiestas Patrias in parade car]
Photograph of Miss Fiestas Patrias 1977-78, Martha Quintanilla, waving in a parade car, 1978. Sakowitz Building in background.
[Photograph of Rev. Dr. William F. Edwards]
Photograph of Rev. Dr. William "Bill" F. S. Edwards, with the note "5'6" slight build." Below that is the name and address of Shauna Higgins; a return address label for James L. Higgins (same address as Shauna) is also attached to the back of the photo.
[Photograph of Rice Hotel]
Photograph of the Rice Hotel, 1978.
[Photograph of Sylvia Gonzalez - 1973]
Photograph of Sylvia Gonzalez. The back of the photograph is largely scribbled over but includes the note: "Love ya Sylvia Gonzalez 1973."
[Spectators at Fiestas Patrias parade]
Photograph of spectators at Fiestas Patrias parade, 1978.
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