8th grade graduation class at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 12, 1929
A photograph of Lucy Aguirre's 8th grade graduation class at Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Topeka, Kansas.

Abel Alcala, World War II veteran
Date: around 1980
This is a newspaper article on John Alcala and his father Abel G. Alcala of Topeka. Abel Alcala, a veteran of World War II, had a draft number of 25. This likely made him the first Mexican-American drafted in the United States. The 1966 book "Among the Valiant" by Raul Morin, however, cited Pete Aguilar Despart with a lottery number of 158 as the first drafted Mexican-American. Fourteen years later, John Alcala contacted the book's publisher and the Topeka Capital-Journal to set the record straight.

Ana Rodriguez and Bob Ahrens in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1970s
This is a photograph of dancers Ana Rodriquez and Bob Ahrens in Topeka, Kansas.

Ana Rodriguez, Joanna Arce, Mary Lou Rodriguez, Loysa Gutierrez at Fiesta, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1970s
This is a photograph of dancers Ana Rodriguez, Joanna Arce, Mary Lou Rodriguez, and Loysa Gutierrez at the Fiesta in Topeka, Kansas.

Angel and Mary Ramirez Valdivia at their wedding meal held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Topeka, Kansas
Date: September 13, 1958
This is a photograph showing Angel and Mary Ramirez Valdivia's wedding meal at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Topeka, Kansas. People in the photograph are (left to right) Rito Valdivia, Marcelina Aguiano, Carman Valdivia, Mary Valdivia, Victoria Ramirez, Josephine Carmone, Mary Ramirez Valdivia, Angel Valdivia, Edmund Carmona, Father Krutkramer, Father Roman, Raymond Valdivia, Ygnacio Ramirez, and Leonila Valdivia. The wedding was held September 13, 1958.

Atanacio and Jane (Juana Gonzales) Corona married in 1978
Date: 1978
Here is a photograph of Atanacio and Jane (Juana Gonzales) Corona who were married in 1978.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House staff, El Paso, Texas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1945 and 1959
This photograph shows the staff at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, El Paso, Texas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company worker
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1970 and 1979
This photograph shows Christine Gonzales, the first woman engineer for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, inside the cab of locomotive #3357 near Socorro, New Mexico.

Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Comppany section crew, Pauline, Kansas
Date: 1913
This photograph shows a section crew of Mexican laborers from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company near Pauline, Kansas. Standing beside the men is a young girl dressed in a white dress.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, section crew
Date: Between 1925 and 1935
This photograph shows a section crew of Mexican Americans from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company box car
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
This black and white photograph shows cotton being loaded into Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company box cars after being compressed near a facility in Lubbock, Texas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company box car
Creator: Erb, Don
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
This black and white photograph shows cotton being loaded into Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company box cars after being compressed near a facility in Lubbock, Texas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight house, Lubbock, Texas
Creator: Bradley, R Collins
Date: Between 1961 and 1969
These three black and white photographs show freight being moved at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight house in Lubbock, Texas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company worker
Date: Between 1970 and 1979
This black and white photograph shows Christine Gonzales, the first woman locomotive engineer for the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company workers handling blocks of ice, Stockton, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: September 2, 1952
This black and white photograph shows a group of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company workers handling blocks of ice, in Stockton, California. The men working in the ice plant are shown wearing protective shoes.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway shop workers in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1921
This is a postcard showing workers at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway shops in Topeka, Kansas. Men the photograph are Simon Lerma, Befiegio Armendores, Domingo Lopez, Felix Ornelos, Juan Martinez, Rafael Rayos, unidentified boy, and Jess Perdue, boss.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway tool car
Date: Between 1930 and 1935
This is a photograph showing two workers in the doorway of an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway tool car possibly in Topeka, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway track workers
Date: Between 1930 and 1935
Here are two photographs showing Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway track workers possibly near Topeka, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway workers
Date: Between 1945 and 1950
This is a photograph showing six Mexican American railroad workers probably in Kansas City, Kansas. They worked for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and lived in box cars.

Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Section Crew, Pauline, Kansas
Date: 1913
This black and white photograph shows a section crew of Mexican laborers from the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company repairing tracks near Pauline, Kansas.

Augustine Valdivia
Date: July 1974
This is a photograph of Augustine Valdivia holding a portrait of Rito Valdivia on a Mexican Fiesta stage in Topeka, Kansas.

Augustinian priest at the Campos' home in Topeka, Kansas
Date: June 1981
This is a photograph showing an Augustinian priest at Jesse Campos' home in Topeka, Kansas.

Aztecas baseball team in Kansas City, Kansas
Date: Between 1945 and 1950
This is a photograph of the Aztecas baseball team in Kansas City, Kansas.

Bailes Mestizos program
Date: 1970s
This is a program for the traditional Mexican dance group, Bailes Mestizos, under the direction of Emilio Rivas. The group was from Topeka, Kansas.

Bailes Mestizos program for a performance at White Concert Hall, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1980s
This is a Bailes Mestizos program for their performance at White Concert Hall in Topeka, Kansas. Bailes Mestizos was a group who performed traditional Mexican dance.