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[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

[Letter from Oscar Holcombe to Olivia C. Herrera - August 24, 1939]

Description: Letter to Mrs. Olivia C. Herrera, wife of John J. Herrera, from Houston Mayor Oscar Holcombe. Holcombe acknowledges Mrs. Herrera's letter concerning her husband, whom Holcombe refers to as "Johnny," and informs Mrs. Herrera that he had written to Mr. Herrera two days before suggesting that Mr. Herrera meet with City Secretary H. C. Jacobs.
Date: August 24, 1939
Creator: Holcombe, Oscar, 1888-1968

[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
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