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Gamio_compressed.jpg
Manuel Gamio, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, created this map from the 1920 U.S. census.

Sanborn_Fort Madison.jpg
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Fort Madison Iowa showing "Mexican Shanty Town," or the barrio known as "El Cometa," located in the Santa Fe Railroad Yard.

Page 1 of map of Cook's Point barrio drawn by Joseph Gomez<br />
Map of Cook's Point barrio drawn by Joseph Gomez

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Page 1 of lyrics for "Recuerdos," written by Otilia Gomez Savala and Joseph Gomez about life in Cook's Point barrio.
Lyrics for "Recuerdos," written by Otilia Gomez Savala and Joseph Gomez about life in Cook's Point barrio.

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Fort Madison LULAC 1.jpg
National LULAC officers meet with leaders of Iowa's first LULAC council (Fort Madison's LULAC Council 304) to discuss challenges facing Mexican Americans in Iowa.

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