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[Letter from Robert Calvert to La Colmena Candy Company - 1960-02-08]

Description: Letter from Robert Calvert, Controller of Public Accounts, State of Texas, Austin, to La Colemena Candy Company, Houston, Texas, acknowledging over-payment for the Cigarette Dealers permit which expires in February 29, 1960. The correct amount of tax due was $1.25. Therefore he asked the La Colemena Candy to attach a copy of the letter sent with the balance due, along with the Cigarette Dealers Permit No. 23934 (attached), to allow him to issue the permit.
Date: unknown
Creator: Calvert, Robert

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers]

Description: Photograph of fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers in three rows in front of a dark-colored curtain. They are wearing matching light-colored floor-length dresses with short puffy sleeves. Two of the girls in the front row are holding bouquets and an arrangement in a vase is on the floor in the center of the group.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú

[Group of Club Terpsicore members]

Description: Photograph of a group of Club Terpsicore members, 1939-1940. All of the girls are wearing identical, floor-length, light-colored, sleeveless dresses with an attached cape and flowers in their hair. They are posing in front of a building backdrop with a round window and large arch; the front row is seated on chairs or stools and a second row is standing behind them.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú

[Ten Club Terpsicore members posing at the White Ball]

Description: Photograph of ten Club Terpsicore members posing at the White Ball at the Rice Hotel Ballroom, 1939-1940. Standing, left to right: Angelita Perez, Virginia Gomez, Lupe Quintanilla, Edelia Cantú, Maria Medrano, Hortensia Ornelas. Seated, left to right: Socoro Garcia, Laurentina Rodriguez, Esther Luna, Catalina Gomez.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú

[Business card of Manuel Urbina]

Description: Business card of Manuel Urbina II, who had a Ph.D. in History from the University of Texas at Austin. Card lists Urbina's contact information at the College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas, and his home address in Pasadena, Texas. On the back of the card is the address for Leo's Mexican Restaurant.
Date: unknown
Creator: College of the Mainland

[Letter from Lauro Cruz to Jesse Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]

Description: Letter from Lauro Cruz, State Representative, House of Representatives, Austin, Texas, to Jesse Bocanegra of Houston, Texas, thanking him for the samples of candy sent through his secretary. He also enclosed a resolution by the House of Representatives, recognizing the hard work and success of the Bocanegra brothers, and carrying on the tradition of the Bocanegra family.
Date: May 27, 1969
Creator: Cruz, Lauro
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