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[Photograph of a queen with roses]
Several women in costume. May be a pageant, possibly related to benefit society. The label reads: "Crowning of Queen, Note: Mayor Louie Welch" -
Bellezas Mexicanas
Cover of Gaceta Mexicana with black and white photograph of Señorita Elena Santander. There is a a sticker or label at the bottom that reads "Future Mrs. Curtis Farrington." -
El Concurso de Belleza y Simpatía
Announcement of beauty competition with images of the contestants. -
International Antifascist Solidarity (U.S. Section) (S.I.A.)
S.I.A. fundraiser flyer -
[Escuche! La Hora bautista, el programa favorito del pueblo]
Flyer advertising the Spanish-language Baptist radio show, La hora bautista with Reverend James L. Novarro, broadcast daily at 4:45pm on KLVL Houston. The flyer describes Novarro as a preacher, friend, counselor and philanthropist. It includes a black and white photograph of Novarro with an open Bible at a microphone. -
To Lic. Alonzo [Alonso] S. Perales, From Octavio R. García, Julio 23, 1939
Letter from Octavio R. Garcia to Alonso S. Perales regarding the unsanitary conditions in a public school designated for Mexican-American children and the school board members' refusal to fulfill their promises to give them a new building and other accomodations. -
To [Alonso S. Perales], From [Manuel] Ramírez Pérez, February 13, 1944.
Attachment belonging to a letter from Manuel Ramírez Pérez to [Alonso S. Perales] listing the various counties and cities in Texas in which public establishments discriminate against people of Mexican descent. Additionally, Pérez names Dodson Cafe and Steak House Cafe as two of the restaurants in Sinton, Texas that refuse service to individuals of Mexican descent. -
To Lic Alonzo S. Perales, From [ Juan and Emilio Flores Jr.], February 27, 1944
Letter from Juan Garces and Emilio Flores Jr. to Alonso S. Perales informing him that Manda's Cafe in Runge, Texas refuses service to people of Mexican descent. -
To Frank Hines, From [Unknown], November 1, 1942
Letter from [Unknown] to Frank Hines regarding an instance of discrimination at Sommers Cafe in Anson, Texas where he and others were refused service because they were of Mexican descent. -
To Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Enriquez, September 27, 1949
Letter from Pedro Enriquez to Alonso S. Perales regarding his veteran son and two veteran nephews who were arrested, beat, and told to confess to beating an Anglo American by the Fort Worth police. Additionally, Enriquez mentions a previous instance in which one of his children was also beat by the police and kicked out of a theatre in Slaton, Texas.