La Chicana: Cultural Pride

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Two women on horseback in front of a rustic wooden building.

Cowgirls / Vaqueras

1900s

MP SPC 173:687
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

A woman sits on the fender of a vintage 1930s car with trees and hills in the background.

Marcella Ocampo

with her first car / con su primer coche

1937

MP SPC 173:592
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

A group of women seated around a table, engaged in crafting activities with paper.

Woman making traditional paper flowers / Mujer elaborando flores tradicionales de papel

ca. 1973

MP MA-76
Mexican American Collection

A group of twelve women in coordinated white outfits pose on stage with pom-poms at their feet.

Clifton High School Cheerleading Team / Equipo de animadores

N.D.

MP SPC 211:68
Clifton High School Collection

A woman kneels in prayer before a statue of the Virgin Mary adorned with flags and flowers.

Young girl

presenting her bouquet to the Virgin Mary

Our Lady of the Guadalupe Church

N.D.

Jan Young, Photographer

MP MA-10
Mexican American Collection

An elderly person in prayer with a cross shadow in the background.

Woman in Prayer / Mujer Rezando

SPC 90:A63
William McIntyre Photographs

A man in a light suit writes in a book while an elderly woman observes him.

Carlos Fuentes signing his book "Old Gringo" for Alice Quesada /
Carlos Fuentes dedicando el libro "Gringo Viejo" a Alice Quesada

1989

MP SPC 173:752
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection