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[Contact sheet of Site of Orcoquisac and La Placita Market]

Description: Contact sheet of images on a roll of film shot of Site of Orcoquisaz and La Placita Market in Houston, Texas, identified on the back with handwritten notes. The first row of images are of a grassy area edged by trees; the second and third rows of images include grassy areas, water and a lake, surrounded by trees. The fourth row includes images of water edged by trees, and two of men (identified as Kevin Ladd and Harry) standing in grassy areas; one of the men is holding an object and gesturin… more
Date: July 1987
Creator: Kerek, T.

[Santa Anita Restaurant, front view]

Description: Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant taken from the opposite street corner. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof.
Date: 1984

[Santa Anita Restaurant, view of street entrance]

Description: Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof. Central Bank building and a billboard advertisement for Sprite visible in the background.
Date: 1984

[Detail of the mural, The Rebirth of Our Nationality]

Description: 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.
Date: 1973
Creator: Tanguma, Leo

Aurelio "Leo" Reynosa: "A tribute to great achievement"

Description: Flyer from Leo's Mexican Restaurant detailing the biography of founder Aurelio "Leo" Reynosa, who fought with revolutionary Pancho Villa as a young man. Reynosa later came to Houston, Texas and opened his diner in 1942. The image on the front is of Reynosa (on left) and a compatriot, both in military costume. The photograph was taken in 1914, when Reynosa was 14 or 15 years old.
Date: 198X
Creator: McCandless, Marla

[Carlos Antonio Rios at market]

Description: Photograph of Carlos Antonio Rios at a small market. Rios is wearing a brown polo and jeans, with a camera hanging from his neck and a camera case slung on his right shoulder. Behind Rios, a market stall titled "J & A Electronics" displays several stereos systems. Many people can be seen wandering through the market.
Date: unknown

[Club Azteca at the Houston Ship Channel]

Description: 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
Location: 29.727620261788285 -95.27900834418028

Farm Security

Description: Photograph of workers lined up outside Dillon & Dexter Pecan Factory, in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lee, Russell

[Group portrait on porch of Rusk Settlement]

Description: Photograph of a group of twenty-eight men, women and children on the porch of Rusk Settlement. A sign above the group reads: "Rusk Settlement. 301 Gable Street. A Community Chest Agency. Visitors Welcome."
Date: unknown
Creator: Cecil Thomson Studios

[Man standing on tank]

Description: Photograph of a soldier standing on a tank. Painted on the side of the tank: "Big Gas Bird (Navy)"
Date: unknown

[Men and children in front of stores]

Description: Photograph of two men standing with a young boy and a young girl. Several stores are visible behind them, including: Botica Guadalupe Drugs, a liquor store, a hotel, and a radio shop.
Date: unknown

[Mexican American housing in San Antonio, 1920s]

Description: 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

[Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

Description: Photograph of the front of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic church in Houston, Texas. The building is made of red brick with white trim and has multiple stories with a square tower in the front. A street and traffic light are visible in the foreground. This is a historic building in Houston's East Side.
Date: unknown
Location: 29.759114650510796 -95.34576901852415
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