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Photograph of Candy Torres inside the space craft at NASA Space Center.

Candy Torres inside the control unit of the space craft, used to communicate down to Earth.

Photograph of Mission Control

Candy Torres working in Mission Control, surrounded by other colleagues.

Photograph of space shuttle launch

A space shuttle is launched into space.

Candy Torres at NASA panel pinning

Close-up photo of Candy Torres at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) panel in which she was awarded a pin for her work.

Space Shuttle

Candy Torres is sitting at the entrance of a space shuttle.

Candy Torres at NASA Space Craft Launch

Candy Torres doing a report awaiting the launch of space craft in 1986.

Envelope addressed to Sr. [Mr.] Lic. [Licenciado/Esq.] Alonso S. Perales, postmarked 11 October 1945

Envelope addressed to Alonso S. Perales from Josse Zuniga in Schertz, Texas, postmarked 11 October 1945. Scratched out in pencil: c/o [care of] Sr. [Mr.] Ignacio E. Lozano. This envelope cannot be definitively matched to any of the letters in the Alonso S. Perales Collection.

Tags Sobres (de carta)

To. Sr. Lic. Alonso S. Perales, From Silvestre M. Zepeda, Feb. 19th, 1944.

Letter from Silvestre M. Zepeda to Alonso S. Perales regarding discrimination of Mexican American military personnel that took place in San Antonio, Texas.

Tags Cartas; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos; Zepeda, Silvestre M.

Envelope addressed to Sr. [Mr.] Alonso S. Perales, postmarked 30 May 1939

Envelope addressed to Sr. [Mr.] Alonso S. Perales from Candelario Zapata in Beeville, Texas, postmarked 30 May 1939. This envelope cannot be definitively matched to any of the letters in the Alonso S. Perales Collection.