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Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015
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Interview with Daniel Acevedo, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, involvement with the Chicano movement, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and civil rights activism in South Texas.
Date:
June 29, 2015
Duration:
47 minutes 24 seconds
Creator:
Acevedo, Daniel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
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TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
[Pat Ross]
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Photograph of Pat Ross standing in front of a backdrop, wearing a dark-colored dress with a rope belt. The dress was an entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show in which citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
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unknown
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Weslaco Museum
[News Script: Violent deaths]
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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date:
July 8, 1967
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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UNT Libraries Special Collections
[Trees Frame a Snow-Covered Church]
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Photograph of a side view of a snow-covered church. The entrance of the church, which is facing the right-hand side of the image, has a tall, modern belfry with a large cross on top. There are several windows on the brick building, including several tall windows along the one side that faces the left and further down the front of the church, which is cut off by the edge of the image. There are two snowy trees in the foreground that form a frame around the rest of the image. There is a handwritt…
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Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
[Large Tree in Front of a Church]
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Photograph of a sprawling church from a street view. The church, which spans the entire image diagonally, has a large tree in the front yard, along with many other smaller shrubs scattered. There is a sidewalk that leads from the road in the foreground to a break in between the buildings. There is a large cross on top of the building visible in the background. There is a handwritten note on the back of the image that reads, "'Dream Church' First Presbyterian Weslaco, Texas".
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[View of a Snow-Covered Church]
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Photograph of a side view of a snow-covered church. The entrance of the church, which is facing the right-hand side of the image, has a tall, modern belfry with a large cross on top. There are several windows on the brick building, including several tall windows along the one side that faces the left and further down the front of the church, which is cut off by the edge of the image. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "'Dream Church' 1st Presbyterian, Weslaco,…
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[Nikki Lettunich]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Miss Nikki Lettunich (7 years old, daughter of Mr. N.J Lettunich) Jack & Jill's childrens shop, 1950. Party dress of orchid yellow short circular skirt: grapefruit membrane ruffling. Bodice & Bonnet: bachelor button petals. Shoes: glyps…
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Date:
December 14, 1950
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[Jean Van Porter]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Jean is wearing costume mimicing Cleopatras, made of citrus peel and leaves.
Date:
December 1935
Creator:
Edrington Studio
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Weslaco Museum
[Martha Jo Davey]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
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unknown
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Edrington Studio
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Weslaco Museum
[Elizabeth Melton]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Elizabeth Melton is wearing a gown mimicing a queens dress. Dress was made out of citrus peel.
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Edrington Studio
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Weslaco Museum
[Dot Smith]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Arbor Vitae and Poinsettas wearing an evening gown made of some sort of tree leaf.
Date:
December 1938
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[Mardelle Kendall]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Mardelle Kendall is wearing a gown made of cotton and poinsettas.
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Edrington Studio
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[Virginia Clark]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Virginia is wearing a dress made of corn husks, with gloves & hat of red peppers.
Date:
December 1937
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[Contestant 5]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Contestant is dressed like the statue of liberty. Dress is probably made of citrus peel.
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[Margie Kimmel]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Margie is representing the Fine Arts Club.
Date:
December 1935
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Edrington Studio
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Weslaco Museum
[Amparo Rodriguez]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Amparo is wearing a dress made of cotton.
Date:
December 1938
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Edrington Studio
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[Mardelle Kendall]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Mardelle is wearing a long dress with gloves that is made out of bougainvillea petals and some kind of seed.
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[Billy Ruth Gound]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Billy is wearing a long gown. Seems like it might be bachelor buttons.
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[Contestant 4]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Contestant is wearing a long strapless evening gown made out of bachelor buttons.
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Edrington Studio
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[Contestant 3]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Contestant is wearing a dress, hat, and boots. Dress is made out of chrysanthemums & boots are ground corn.
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Edrington Studio
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[Dorothy Carlisk]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Dorothy is representing the Harlingen Garden Club. Her dress is made out of 1000 acalypha leaves. The purse is overlaid with ground alfalfa. The jerkin is made of rows of the scarlet bracts of the poinsetta plant.
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Edrington Studio
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[Boots Barnett]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Boots is representing the raleigh dairy and keno cafe. Her dress and muff of bougainvillea petals and the jacket is of carded cotton.
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Edrington Studio
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[Charlyn Avant]
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An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Charlyn is representing the Mercedes business and professional womens club. Her blouse is designed of the U.S flag, made out of red and blue straw flowers with white stripes of chrysanthemums. Skirt is made of 300,000 grease back beans. …
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