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

Bettendorf foundry workers, including Mexicans, 1920s.

Railroad workers employed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Fort Madison, Iowa, 1920s.

Mississippi River flooding Cook's Point homes, ca. 1945.

Maria Mercedes Aguilera stands by the family car dressed for First Holy Communion, Cook's Point, 1940s.

Celebrating Mexican Independence Day, Fort Madison, Iowa, ca. 1926.

Blanca Vasquez, second from left, with Puerto Rican women at Fort Des Moines, 1945