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Archive of photos and real photo postcards of American troops at the Mexican Border during the war between the revolutionary Mexican government and the U.S., primarily during the 1910s.Archive of 58 photos ranging from 2" x 3" to 8" x 10". Black and white photos, many sepia toned. Many are.....
Photo archive of vernacular life in Mexico. Circa 1940s. Archive consists of 38 large silver gelatin photos. Most measuring approximately between 7.5" x 7.5" to 7."5 x 9.5 ", one smaller piece measuring 5" by 7.5". Shot professionally, the artist captures the essence of rural life in Mexico. Black and.....
Langston Hughes. Signed contract authorizing use of Hughes' autobiography I Wonder As I Wander. New York, 1957. Measures 14" x 8.5". 2 pages. Contract between Hughes and Jacobo Huchnik for the publication and distribution of the book's Spanish-language translation. I Wonder As I Wander was published in 1934, twenty three.....
Archive of five issues of the The Militant. Vol. 32, No. 38, September 1968, Vol. 33 , No. 21., Vol. 33, No. 28, Vol. 35, No. 30, and Vol. 37, No. 44, November 1973. New York: Militant Publishing Association 18" x 11.25" inches. Five well-preserved copies of The Militant, a......
Guevara, Che. La Guerra de Guerrillas. Publisher: Departamento de Instruccion del MINFAR. 1960. First edition. 187 pages, 8" x 5.5." Illustrated wrappers with original staples. This Spanish-language handbook for guerilla warfare by Marxist-Leninist revolutionary Che Guevera, predates all other edition. Che Guevara here analysis the Revolution in Cuba and writes.....
[Chicano Literature] Con Safos. Vol 2 No. 5. 1970, Los Angeles. 48 pages, 8" x 10.5." Bound in bright orange illustrated wrappers with a portrait drawing of Cesar Chavez before a bunch of grapes. Con Safos was a leading Chicano literary and art magazine that emerged in the East Los.....
Archive of seven original press photos from 1966-86 of Cesar Chavez and the UFW advocating for farm workers. Photos range from 9" x 6.5" to 11" x 8" inches. Black and white silver gelatin print photographs. The earliest photo from 1966 depicts Chavez leading a march in a sunny field.....
Indentured servant contract document for Chinese Emigrant in Cuba during Spanish colonial rule. Island of Guanajay in Spanish Cuba, Dated 1869. Cuba participated heavily in the slave trade to obtain cheap labor for the sugar plantations beginning in the 16th century but stopped officially participating in the slave trade in.....
Photograph album with 52 black and white photographs of a trip through 1930s Mexico. Photographs measure 3.5" x 2.5" and album measures 10" x 7". Ten leaves of photographs, 21 leaves bound in the album, black paper. Brown faux-leather binding with a design in blind on the front cover, gold.....
Photo album of 69 black and white silver gelatin photos the life of people of many backgrounds in various parts of the southwest and Cuba dating between the 1920s-1930s. Images are crisp and clear. In original cloth covered board photo album held by cord with gilt lettering "Photographs". Album measures.....
Archive of three transcriptions of hearings of civil rights issues. All three are first edition. Two of the Hearings are before the Committee on the Judiciary (1959 and 1963) and the third is a Hearing before the Commission on Civil Rights (1966). The first hearing was before Subcommittee No. 5.....
Archive of 3 real photo postcards at the turn of the century of El Paso and the Texas and Mexican border. Each measure 3.5" x 5.5". One postcard shows a procession of soldiers on horseback and carriage surrounded by spectators as they traverse "Texas Street between Mesa and Stanton". Another.....
[Chicano Movement] Agenda: A Journal of Hispanic Issues. Washington DC: National Council of La Raza, 1977-1981. 12 issues of the bimonthly magazine, spanning the period from January 1977 to February 1981. Issues present are Vol. 7 Nos. 1 and 5, Vol. 8 No. 3, Vol. 9 Nos 1-4, Vol. 10.....
"Boycott Campbell's Condemned Cream of Exploitation Soup In Support of Midwestern Farm Workers", Farm Labor Organizing Committee broadsheet. 1970s. 8.5" x 11". In 1978, President Velasquez led over 2,000 FLOC members on strike in the tomato fields of Ohio, the largest in agricultural history of Midwest, who demanded union recognition.....
MATTHIESSEN, Peter. Sal Si Puedes: Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution. First edition. Signed by author. Not price clipped. A nonfiction account of Cesar Chavez and the struggles of the United Farm Workers to form a migrant workers' union to end the dramatic exploitation of temporary farm labor prevalent.....
Brochure in newspaper format calling for support of Ricardo Chavez Ortiz, who hijacked a Fronteri Arilines 737 from Albuquerque to Los Angeles to gain a public forum for injustice towards Chicanos. Independently published, possibly by the Chavez Defense Fund. He conducted interviews aboard the plane with Spanish-language stations, after which.....
[Chicano Movement] Fiesta Magazine. Produced for the Fiesta de los Barrios, edited by Jesus Trevina and Judy Svec. Los Angeles: 1969. Staple-bound tan wrappers. Cover image depicts a stenciled image of a man wearing a sombrero. Measures 8.5" x 11". 39 pages. A literary magazine showcasing the creative talents of.....
[Chicano Movement] "Si La Raza No Para a Nixon, Nixon Aplastará a La Raza". Designed and illustrated by Andrew Zermeño. Measures 34" 7/8 x 22" 3/4 in on offset cream-toned paper. "Si La Raza No Para A Nixon, Nixon Aplastara a La Raza" (Unless La Raza Stops Nixon, Nixon Will.....
[LGBTQ] De Acosta, Mercedes. Here Lies the Heart. London: Andre Deustch Limited, 1960. First Edition. 372 pages. Bound in dark brown cloth hardcovers with gilt title on spine. As issued, no dust jacket. Octavo. Mercedes de Acosta was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. She was professionally unsuccessful but is.....
Tintype showing Mexican woman's seated portrait. Circa 19th century. Measures 2.5" x 3.5". Image shows a seated Mexican woman wrapped in traditional Aztec patterned sarape blanket. Her expression is stoic and her gaze intense. Her hair is pulled back with a ringlet peaking from her left, a common hairstyle in.....
[Mexico Photography] Photo archive of rural life in Mexico. Circa late 1930's to early 1940's. Photo archive consists of 13 small black and white and sepia toned silver gelatin photos. Measuring between 3" x 3.5" to 5.5' x 3.5". The photographer captures a large parade along the streets of Mexico.....
[Mexico Photography], [Catholicism] Archive of 11 black and white photos. Dated 1939 in various Mexican cities. Each photo measures 3.5" x 5". The photos capture a glimpse of the baroque , gothic, and neoclassical architecture that remains, alongside vast, lush landscapes. One image captures the Mexico City cathedral, the "largest.....
[Latinx] NACLA's Latin America and Empire Report Archive of 10 Issues. New York: North American Congress on Latin America, 1974. Ten issues of the magazine, a complete run for the year 1974. Issues present are Vol. 8 Nos. 1-10. Various pagination, 8.5 x 11 inches wraps. The NACLA Newsletter, which.....
Loose Woman, Poems, Sandra Cisneros. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Uncorrected proof signed by the author. The collection is a reflection on female love and sexuality through the lens of Cisneros' distinctly Chicana style. Her work is poetic social commentary on misogyny, assimilation culture and gender identity in American.....
Illicit Traffic in Weapons and Drugs Across the United States-Mexican Border. Washington D.C: US Government Printing Office. 12 January 1977. First edition. 107 pages, 9" x 6." Original staple bound wrappers. Transcript of hearings held in California and Texas, complete with photographic evidence, all black-and-white. The pictures show Cuban drug.....