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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.

Photograph of Mary Vasquez and a friend in Davenport, Iowa

Cook's Point, Davenport, 1945. Left to right: Tillie Gomez, Florence Gomez, their mother Luz Gomez; Joe Gomez in the background climbing the fence post.

Type: Photograph

Cook's Point, Davenport, 1940s.

Type: Photograph

Photograph of Dawn Jimenez, husband Joseph Jimenez, dog, and children in Davenport, Iowa, in the 2000s.

Photograph of Florence Gomez, Cook's Point, ca. 1945. Florence Gomez later married John Terronez, the son of Mary Ramirez and Felipe Bravo Terronez.

Type: Photograph

Basilisa Herrera, known as "Mama Bacha," in her home in Davenport, Iowa. Basilisa left with her son Marcelino, His wife Lupe, and their children. Valerie Ramriez bottom left.

1995 obituary of Manuela Mendez Garcia
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