La Chicana: Beauty

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Two women in light dresses and hats stand by a wire fence, facing a rocky landscape.

Friends / Amigas

Marcella Ocampo and Carmen Molina

1930s

MP SPC 173:138
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Child in a feathered costume with a headdress stands beside a wooden post against a backdrop of foliage and a painted moon.

Maria

1800s

MP SPC 173:336
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Two women in period dresses stand in front of a tent with two children visible at the entrance in a desert landscape.

At the Mining Camp / En el Mining Camp

Superior

ca. 1910

CP RR 270
Ryder Ridgway Photograph Collection

Person performing an acrobatic pose against a decorative backdrop.

The Acrobat / La Acróbata

1914

MP SPC 173:490
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Two young girls in dresses holding dolls, standing in a dirt area with trees and hills in the background.

Sisters / Hermanas

Eva and Marcella Ocampo

1912

MP SPC 173:A33
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Portrait of a smiling woman in 1940s style leaning against a pillow.

Portrait / Retrato

Emma Verdugo

ca. 1944

MP SPC 173:450
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Three women in early 20th-century attire, two standing and one seated, in a black-and-white photo.

Three Women / Tres Mujeres

1912

MP SPC 173:353
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Sepia-toned photograph of a woman in a 19th-century dress standing by a draped table.

Andrea Galindre de Valencia

1882

MP SPC A-40:3
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Two women in early 20th-century clothing seated on a crescent moon prop against a starry background.

Comadres

Teresa Grijalva de Orosco / Francisca Ocampo Quesada

1912

MP SPC 173:567
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Vintage family portrait of a woman with three children, with a tropical-themed backdrop.

Family Portrait / Retrato Familiar

MP SPC 186.3:6
Art Castro Collection
Los Mineros Photographs

Older woman in glasses sitting in a rocking chair with a mural and foliage in the background.

Matriarch / Matriarca

Francisca Ocampo Quesada

1969

MP SPC 173:882
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

Black-and-white portrait of a seated woman in an elegant dress with puffy sleeves and floral accents.

Portrait / Retrato

1900s

MP SPC 173:337
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection

A group of women in formal gowns on a stage with curtains and flags in the background.

Spring Formal at the Westward Ho Hotel

1945

MP SPC 173:757
Ocampo Family Photograph Collection