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Photograph of the Vallejo sisters in Des Moines, Iowa, 1945.
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.
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Blanca Vasquez Gaines photographs, 1945
Friends and family of Blanca Vasquez stationed at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Puerto Rican WACs celebrate New Year's Eve, 1944
Puerto Rican WACs celebrate New Year's Eve at national Women's Army Corps training camp, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. 1944.
Puerto Rican Women Army Corps women at Fort Des Moines, 1945
Blanca Vasquez, second from left, with Puerto Rican women at Fort Des Moines, 1945
Article on the Migrant Action Program in the Des Moines Sunday Register
"Iowa improves the lot of the migratory worker," August 18, 1968
Ila Plasencia, 1948.
In front of her high school in Des Moines.
Scrap Metal Drive, World War II, Des Moines, Iowa, ca. 1942.
Mexican American women in West Des Moines, Iowa, collecting scrap metal to support the war effort, 1942.
Letter to Paul Rodriguez
Letter to Paul Rodriguez regarding the death of his son, Buster Rodriguez (brother of Ila Plasencia).
"Iowa LULAC Glances," February 1959
This newsletter page includes a brief piece about the "Little School of the 400," a preschool program inspired by national LULAC president Felix Tejerina, that aimed to teach Mexican American children in Texas 400 basic English words, enabling them…