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Photograph of Mary Vasquez
Photograph of Mary Vasquez
Photograph of Mary Vasquez and a friend
Photograph of Mary Vasquez and a friend in Davenport, Iowa
Map of El Cometa barrio, Fort Madison, Iowa
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.
Photograph of the railroad yard in Silvis, Illinois, the location of the Mexican settlement "La Yarda."
Photograph of the railroad yard in Silvis, Illinois, where many families lived. At its peak, around 400 Mexicans lived in three adjacent areas within the Rock Island railroad yards in Silvis in the Mexican settlement known as La Yarda. The first two…
Work assignment for the Scott County Emergency Relief
Work assignment for the Scott County Emergency Relief, addressed to Peter Gomez of Cook's Point, Davenport, Iowa, in 1934.
Work Progress Administration reassignment slip for Peter Gomez, 1935.
Work Progress Administration reassignment slip for Peter Gomez, 1935, in Davenport, Iowa. Peter Gomez worked as a laborer for the streets.
Notice to Works Progress Administration employees
Notice to Work Progress Administration employees regarding improvement in local economy.
Relief notice from the Scott County Welfare Department
Relief notice from the Scott County Welfare Department, Davenport, Iowa
Work identification cards for Peter Gomez
Work assignment and identification cards for Peter Gomez, husband of Otilia Gomez Savala, from 1934-1935 in Cook's Point, Davenport, during the Depression.
Photograph of Otilia Gomez in front of her family home, Cook's Point barrio.
Otilia Gomez stands in front her home in the Cook's Point barrio in Davenport, Iowa circa 1945. The buckets on her left were used to carry water from the two outside pumps used by residents throughout the year.