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[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

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

Water bill sent from the City of Magnolia Park, City Water Department, to Nicandro Medrano, 1101 Wooding Street, for 0.75 cents.

Date: unknown

Creator: City of Magnolia Park. Water Department

Item Type: Text

Location: 29.74203700907343 -95.29846399999997

Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League All Stars

Clipping from the magazine El Puerto Volume 1, Number 2, Houston, Texas, Oct. 1959. Contains a colored picture of the "Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League" before their final game of the season with the "Medias Negras" from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico. The league played at Piedras Negras Labor Day.

Date: October 1959

Item Type: Clipping

[Postcard portrait of Franco Jimenez]

Postcard featuring an image of Franco Jimenez taken in Fresno, California. Franco is sitting on a chair, dressed in a suit and bow tie.

Date: October 29, 1924

Creator: Comet Photo Studio

Item Type: Postcard

[Postcard of "Downtown" Houston]

Postcard of Downtown Houston's Main Street after dark. The streets, buildings, and the advertisements on the buildings are colorfully lighted.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Letter from Jesse M. Medel to his mother, Francisca M. Medel - 1945]

Photocopy of a handwritten letter sent by Pvt. Jesse M. Medel from #t# Platoon Cantonment, A.R.O. 15922, care of Postmaster. New York, New York to his mother, Francisca M. Medel at 48 Kaiser Street, Houston, Texas. In that letter, he requested his mother to send to him a picture that he had asked her to save for him, and that he was presently in France.

Date: unknown

Creator: Medel, Jesse M.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Donald D. Grose to Jesse and Mike Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]

Letter sent by Donald D. Grose, Regional Director, Small Business Administration, United States Government, Houston, Texas to Jesse and Mike Bocanegra of La Colmena Mexican Candy Manufacturing Company, on the occasion of celebrating the National Small Business Week from May 11 through May 17, 1969. He thanked Jesse and Mike Bocanegra for arranging a field trip, "Operation Growth" for the students at their place of business, and for making the trip a resounding success.

Date: May 27, 1969

Creator: Grose, Donald D.

Item Type: Letter

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

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

Item Type: Letter

Mexican candy-makers changing to modern ways

Mike Weingart, a Houston Chronicle reporter, writes about "a third-generation firm of candy makers, working by hand in make-shift quarters, producing $100,000 worth of Mexican candy a year and supplying 98 per cent of the Houston market." The photograph by Larry Evans, a Chronicle staff, shows two employees making the candies. The top of the article reads: "'The Bee Hive' just has too much buzzing."

Date: unknown

Creator: Weingart, Mike

Item Type: Clipping

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

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

Item Type: Letter

Burnham Executive van (with or without power tailgates)

Design of a 22 foot executive van featuring: With and without 4000 lb power tailgates ; Tire size - 900 x 20 ; Aero-Logistic tie-offs in walls and floors ; nylon strapping - 3500 lb test; cubic capacity - 1300 cu. ft. All the drawings have indicated the exact measurements in height, length and width.

Date: unknown

Creator: Burnham

Item Type: Image

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[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]

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

Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League All Stars

[Postcard portrait of Franco Jimenez]

[Postcard of "Downtown" Houston]

[Letter from Jesse M. Medel to his mother, Francisca M. Medel - 1945]

[Letter from Donald D. Grose to Jesse and Mike Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]

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

Mexican candy-makers changing to modern ways

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

Burnham Executive van (with or without power tailgates)