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Alonso S. Perales Awarded the Medal of Civil Merit

Item

pera0107.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

Alonso S. Perales Awarded the Medal of Civil Merit

Subject

PERALES, Alonso S., 1898-1960
CASTAÑEDA, Carlos Eduardo, 1896-1958
LUCEY, Robert Emmet, 1891-1977
OUR Lady of the Lake College
MEDALS--Spain
AWARDS
MEXICAN Americans
ARCH Bishops

Description

Posed photograph of Alonso S. Perales, second from left, being awarded the Medal of Civil Merit from the Spanish government, granted by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Also pictured are, from left, Dr. Carlos E. Castañeda, historian and author, the diplomat from the Spanish Consul in Galveston, Texas presenting the medal, and the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, the Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey. The ceremony took place at Our Lady of the Lake college in San Antonio, Texas.

Creator

Joe Bacon Photographs, San Antonio, Texas

Source

Date

1952-03-20

Relation

Format

JPEG

Type

Photograph

Identifier

pera0107

Coverage

SAN Antonio (Tex.)
GALVESTON (Tex.)
SPAIN

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

photograph

Physical Dimensions

21.59 x 25.40 cm

Citation

Joe Bacon Photographs, San Antonio, Texas, “Alonso S. Perales Awarded the Medal of Civil Merit,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed December 3, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/218.