Iowa City freight depot and stockyards, 1917
Mexican railroad workers labored and socialized in this area near the freight depot and stockyards.
1917 atlas of Johnson County.
Iowa City Mexican shanties near the railroad, ca. 1930
The five rectangular buildings seen in this image were the shanties lived in by Mexican families during the 1930s.
Image from a 1933 Sanborn Insurance Company map.
Map of Cook's Point barrio drawn by Joseph Gomez
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Map of Cook's Point barrio drawn by Joseph Gomez
Joseph Gomez
Otilia Gomez Savala papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City Iowa
Davenport (Iowa)
Map of El Cometa barrio, Fort Madison, Iowa
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Fort Madison Iowa showing "Mexican Shanty Town," or the barrio known as "El Cometa," located in the Santa Fe Railroad Yard.
Map Collection, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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Fort Madison (Iowa)
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
Ernest Rodriguez papers, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa Digital Library, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/latinas/id/2335