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Mexican-Americans in Minnesota: Images

Photograph Collections

Kenneth Garcia Family Photographs
Views of Kenneth & Alice Garcia family and their home at 320 Tennessee, St. Paul, Minn. Includes views of children’s first communion, confirmation and baptism at Our Lady of Guadalupe and views of 1952 flooding of St. Paul’s West Side.
MNHS call number: I.114

Mexican-American Cultural Center Photographs
Views of the center’s building at 550 Gorman, St. Paul, Minn. and activities, including a remodeling project, driver’s education, children’s dancing class, softball tournament and youth boxing program.
MNHS call number: Photograph Album 98

Mexican Independence Celebrations Photographs
Views of the parades, a softball tournament, Fiesta Queen pageants and other celebration events, Mexican celebration parade commemorating Mexico’s anniversary,
MNHS call number: III.15
MNHS call number: Photograph Album 97
MNHS call number: I.105

Books & Other Publications

Borders in the Heartland: A Photographic Exploration of Old and New Immigrant Populations in a Minnesota Small Town = Fronteras en el alma ultural nacional : una exploración fotográfica de poblaciones inmigrantes antiguas y nuevas en un pueblo rural de Minnesota.
Northfield, Minn.: Northfield Arts Guild, 1996.
MNHS call number:  F612.R69 N825 1996

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