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A bride and groom standing outdoors in wedding attire.

The Marriage / La Boda
Carmen Macias and Tomás Warner
1929

MP SPC 173:1027
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Woman in early 20th-century clothing holding a baby, with a small dog nearby in a rural setting.

Mother and Daughter / Madre y Hija

1912

MP SPC 173:852
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Sepia-toned photo of a WWI-era nurse in a white uniform with red cross emblems.

Red Cross Volunteer / Voluntario de la Cruz Roja

Maria Delgado

MP SPC 173:813
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

A vintage black and white photo of a group of people in casual 1950s attire, standing outdoors.

Empire Zinc Strike

Hanover, New Mexico

1951

MP SPC 186.5:31
Clinton E. Jencks Collection
Los Mineros Photographs

A vintage photo of three women in early 20th-century attire.

Officers of "Alianza Hispano Americana" / Oficiales de la "Alianza Hispano Americana"

Maria Delgado, Maria Lopes, Lupe Castillo

MP SPC 173:812
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Woman in military uniform with a cap and insignia, smiling.

Dora Ocampo Quesada

1st Lt. Army Air Force / 1er Teniente del Army Air Force

Nurse Corps / Cuerpo de Enfermeras

1944

MP SPC 173:621
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Group photo of people in traditional attire, holding a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Folklorico

N.D.

MP MA21
Jan Young, Photographer
Mexican American Collection

A woman in a dark coat with embroidery stands smiling in front of leafy branches, wearing a cap with a white band.

Dora Ocampo Quesada

1st Lt. Army Air Force / 1er Teniente del Army Air Force

Nurse Corps / Cuerpo de Enfermeras

1944

MP SPC 173:621
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Woman standing on a tennis court holding a racket in a black and white photo.

Rachel Palacio College Coed / Alumna Universitaria

Arizona State College

Los Conquistadores Club Scrapbook

1950s

130.9C26
University Archives Collection

A group of twelve women posing indoors, with five seated at a table and seven standing behind them.

Marcella Ocampo

(middle row, 2nd from left) / (media fila, segunda a la izquierda)

Business and Professional Women's Club

1958

MP SPC 173.501
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Three people with home made signs advertising a Valentine dance, including a man standing and two women seated.

L.U.L.A.C. Members / Socios de L.U.L.A.C.

(League of United Latin American Citizens)

1973

MP MA 16
Jan Young, Photographer
Mexican American Collection

Young woman in a vintage baseball uniform holding a bat.

Rosie Miranda

Arizona Ramblers

women's softball team / Equipo de Softball

Glendale

1957

CP SPC 90:A38
William McIntyre Photographs

A woman speaking at a podium with a VIRGINIA YRUN - Congress - Democrat sign, surrounded by people clapping.

Virginia Yrun

Campaign for Congress, Tucson / Campaña por el Congreso, Tucson

1992

Virginia Yrun Papers

Two women in front of a building. One of the women is standing in a celebratory pose with one arm thrust into the air.

Josie Arredondo

Champion of walking race / Campeona de Caminata

N.D.

MP MA12
Mexican American Collection

A man in a suit and a woman in an apron smile at each other in a communal buffet setting.

Volunteer / Voluntario

Samuel P. Goddard for Governor Campaign / Campaña Gubernativo de Samuel P. Goddard

ca. 1964

MP MA22
Mexican American Collection

A group of seven people smiling, standing in a room with framed buffalo skull art on the wall behind them.

Chicana Faculty, Arizona State University

Dr. Laura Rendon, Educational Leadership

Dr. Letticia Galindo, Foreign Languages

Dr. Delia Saenz, Psychology

Dr. Maria Cristina Gonzalez, Communications

Dr. Cordelia Candelaria, English

Dr. Dula Espinosa, Microbiology

1993

From the collection of M. Cristina Gonzalez

A woman in a dark suit receives an award while shaking hands with a man in a suit at a formal ceremony.

Alice Quesada receiving the

Commissioner's Award from the Social

Security Administration in Baltimore, MD

1967

MP SPC 173:346
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Man at podium speaking, with a woman standing beside him and flags in the background.

Mary Rose Wilcox

with Senator Dennis DeConcini

1991

MP SPC 283:3
Mexican American Collection

Two women smiling indoors in front of a lectern.

Christine Marin,
Archivist, Chicano Research Collection,
ASU Library

with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

October 8, 1993

Christine Marin Collection