Photograph of the Vallejo sisters the day after Agnes' wedding, in Des Moines, Iowa, June 1945. Left to right: Margaret, Agnes, Florence, Benita, Dorothy, Linda, and Josie.
Photograph of some of the early Mexican immigrants who migrated to the Silvis yards to work in the Rock Island Railroad shops. More than half of these Mexican men were recruited by the Macias brothers who taught them music and to play in the musical…
Photographs of David & Manuel Macías, from the state of Zacatecas in Mexico, emigrated to the U.S. in 1914 and 1915 respectively to work in the foundry of the Bettendorf Company.