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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.
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.
Vincent Martinez.
Vincent Martinez of Cook's Point in Davenport, Iowa, ca. 1943.
Three maps of Holy City barrio in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Between the 1910s and 1940s, the Holy City barrio was home to many Mexicans who worked in the foundries of the Bettendorf Car Company and Zimmerman Steel Company
Ray Martinez in front of Cook's Point homes
Ray Martinez in front of Cook's Point homes, Mississippi River in the background, ca. 1950.
Ray Arguello tops onions in Pleasant Valley, Iowa
Topping onions in Pleasant Valley, Iowa; newspaper article by Linda Barr, Quad City Times, 1980s
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…
Photograph of Richard, John, and Estefania Rodriguez
From left, Richard (3 yrs.), John (4 yrs.), and Estefania Rodriguez (5 yrs.) in front of their boxcar home in Holy City, Bettendorf, Iowa, ca. 1928.
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.