Picturing Mexican America

Looking at the history of Mexican Los Angeles to help us understand our present and undo the systematic erasure of LA's Mexican past - in a fun way!

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We produced an episode of the @C19Podcast! Season 5, Episode 4, "Public Memory and Los Angeles’ Latinx C19." Featuring @marissaklopez @gabyisgabby & @efrenMlopez. https://t.co/HXlDIFIxGJ

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Ranch hands in the LA area shearing sheep under a branch canopy in 1881. Santiago Valenzuela is left, Santos Carrisosa is 3rd from left (wearing cap), and Tomás José Caliz is holding the shears in the middle. 📸 courtesy @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla #ranchlife #chicanohistory

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Mexican Independence Day is NOT May 5th, nor is it July 4th. It’s September 16th, and that’s the day, in 1945, that this dancer (📸 courtesy @lapubliclibrary #shadesofla) entertained crowds. #4thofjuly #oldlosangeles #mexicanamerican #mexicanamericanhistory #losangeleshistory

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Let's hope #climatechange doesn't drive us back to the old days of horse-drawn water carts! Here, Alfredo Romero drives a water wagon in San Pedro in 1916. 📸 courtesy @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla #drought #oldlosangeles #mexicanamerican #vintagephoto

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Lugo family children in 1910. The Lugos are one of LA's oldest and most important founding families. Their ancestor Francisco Lugo is commemorated on the plaque of those present at the founding of Los Angeles on September 4. 📸 courtesy @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla

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Happy #fathersday! Portrait of Jose Morillo and son, Ignacio, ca 1880 @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla #oldlosangeles #losangeleshistory #mexicanamerican #chicanohistory #californiahistory #vintagephoto #throwbackpicture #historyinpictures #dads #fathersandsons

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Mexican agricultural workers sorting fruit Los Angeles, ca 1890. 📸 courtesy @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla
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#oldlosangeles #losangeleshistory #mexicanamerican #chicanohistory #californiahistory #vintagephoto #throwbackpicture #historyinpictures #laborhistory

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Wedding portrait of Guillermo Rodriguez and Bernardina de Siena Duarte, ca 1870 @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla #oldlosangeles #losangeleshistory #mexicanamerican #chicanohistory #californiahistory #vintagephoto #throwbackpicture #historyinpictures #weddings #weddingdress

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Happy #memorialday! Enjoy this pic from 1958 - "Mexican-American Memorial Day celebration at Brooklyn Avenue and Indiana Street" - courtesy @usclibraries. #mexicanamerican #chicano #mexicanamericanhistory #californiahistory #losangeleshistory #vintagephoto #historyinpictures

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Newsrooms, if you don’t have Latine reporters covering this tragedy, please provide resources or reach out to @NAHJ on how to pronounce the names of these beautiful innocent children, of all victims…It won’t change what happened, but it matters 💔🙏🏽

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Wedding portrait, possibly of members of the Avila or Lugo families, ca 1900 #weddings #weddingdress @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla #oldlosangeles #losangeleshistory #mexicanamerican #chicanohistory #californiahistory #vintagephoto #throwbackpicture #historyinpictures

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Who’s this chingona? With weapons & words, women like her were key to the success of the Mexican Revolution. Learn more TONIGHT, 5/23, 7pm @skylightbooks on Vermont - when PMA’s @marissaklopez talks with @klytlehernandez about @macfound genius Hernandez’s new book, Bad Mexicans!

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Do you know who these guys are? Well, you should, especially in this day and age of fake news and misinformation. Learn more 5/23, 7pm @skylightbooks on Vermont when @marissaklopez talks with @macfound genius @klytlehernandez #mexicanhistory #mexicanrevolution #journalismmatters

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View of Mexican #laborers in Glendale, CA building the Pacific Electric line, ca 1903-04. @MyGlendale @LAPublicLibrary #publictransportation #shadesofla #oldlosangeles #losangeleshistory #mexicanamerican #chicanohistory #californiahistory #throwbackpicture #historyinpictures

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Did you know that women like radical journalist Juana Mendoza were key players in the Mexican Revolution? Learn more 5/23 7pm @skylightbooks on Vermont - when PMA’s @marissaklopez talks with @macfound genius
@klytlehernandez #mexicanhistory #mexicanrevolution #journalismmatters

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Group photo of the Laguna School girls' drill team in #milpitas, ca 1900. @LAPublicLibrary #shadesofla #mexicanamerican #chicanohistory #californiahistory #vintagephoto #throwbackpicture #historyinpictures #drillteam

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Celebrating #CincodeMayo started right here in California by Mexican Americans 160 years ago.
https://t.co/fX2hv4ru6N

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Mark your calendars! So excited for PMA's @marissaklopez to be in conversation with the incomparable, amazing, brilliant @klytlehernandez, 5/23 @skylightbooks! #mexicanhistory #mexicanamericanhistory #oldlosangeles #mexicanamerican #californiahistory #losangeleshistory

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This #loyalfam looks happy, right? (courtesy @lapubliclibrary). Lots would've angered Mexican angelenos in 1915 when this pic was taken. But, if the Arroyos had enough $ for this pic, they were probably doing ok. #oldlosangeles #vintagephoto #throwbackpicture

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Happy 4/20 from George Contreras, one of LA’s most notorious party poopers! Conteras was born in LA in 1888 to a Mexican dad and a white mom. He began working for the DA’s office in 1919 and in 1922 was put in charge of the city’s “Booze Squad,” which enforced prohibition.