Manuel Macias, Director, David Macias, Asistente. The band played a potpourri of American tunes, European classics and Mexican folk music. David Macias standing far right.
Source
David & Manuel Macías papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
Photograph of the railroad yard in Silvis, Illinois, the location of the Mexican settlement "La Yarda."
Description
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 areas were reserved for families while a third yard was for single men. They lived in boxcar homes and worked in the shops and the roundhouse.
Source
David & Manuel Macías papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
Photograph of the first band of the Silvis Mexican Community, Silvis, Illinois, 1921. Manuel Macias, director, far left; David Macias, assistant director, behind base drum..
Source
David & Manuel Macías papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa