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[Frank Cuellar Sr. and Alfred Cuellar at the Plaza Café]
Portrait of Frank Cuellar Sr. (left) and Alfred Cuellar standing behind a counter inside the "Plaza Café." An unknown man sits at the end of the counter and looks directly at the camera. Four tables with chairs can be seen. Behind the counter, a menu, bottles, and various products are visible. A cash register and glass display case rest on the countertop.
Date:
December 11, 1934
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of an Winfield Farmer]
Portrait of Winfield Farmer, a longtime employee of Frank Cuellar in Shreveport, Louisiana. Farmer looks off to the side with a blank expression on his face. A handwritten greeting to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cuellar is including on the folder.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Frank Cuellar Jr. and John Wayne]
Portrait of Frank Cuellar Jr and John Wayne wearing sombreros and formal attire. John Wayne is wearing a button advocating to elect a Democratic candidate. A large crowd can be seen in the background.
Date:
1964
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of Bill Cuellar at 6 months old]
Portrait of Bill Cuellar at 6 months old, looking off to the side with a slight smile on his face. He wears a knit onesie and hat. The photograph is contained in a folder that includes a handwritten note that reads, "To Uncle Frank and Aunt Julia with all my love, Bill Cuellar."
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of baby Norma]
Portrait of a baby girl named Norma. She looks downwards with her tongue slightly sticking out. The photograph is contained in a folder that includes a handwritten note.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of Craig Hoyle]
Portrait of Craig Hoyle in a suit and tie. Decor can be seen hanging on the wall behind him.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Group photo from the Texas Restaurant Association Convention 1976]
Photograph of a group of individuals from the 1976 Texas Restaurant Association Convention held in San Antonio, Texas. The group poses and looks at the camera. One woman wears a "Miss El Chico" sash.
Date:
1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Cuellar brothers hoeing cotton]
Photograph of the Cuellar brothers hoeing cotton in a field located in Kaufman, Texas. Everyone is wearing long-sleeve, button-up shirts with large hats. From left to right: Manuel, Willie Jack, Amos (standing), Mack, Alfred, Frank, and Gilbert.
Date:
1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Five of the Cuellar brothers]
Portrait of five of the Cuellar brothers, smiling for a photograph. All five men are wearing suits and ties. They are in a small room with a desk and a lamp. From left to right: Alfred, Mack, Frank Sr. (seated), Willie Jack, and Gilbert Cuellar.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
Messina Studios
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Tejano restaurant menu]
A menu from the Tejano restaurant in Oak Cliff, Dallas; now called El Corazon de Tejas.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Exterior of the El Patio Café]
Postcard of the exterior of the El Patio Café in Shreveport, Louisiana. The restaurant is a light-colored building with curved windows and has a large sign on the roof that reads "El Patio Café."
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[El Chico Corporation Annual Report 1968]
The El Chico Corporation Annual Report from 1968. It includes portraits of Frank Sr. and Mack Cuellar, a letter to El Chico shareholders, provides a layout of restaurant and franchise operations and updates readers on new management and El Chico profits among other things.
Date:
1968
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[“El Chico Fixin’s For Good Mexican Food at Home” brochure]
An El Chico brochure advertising El Chico Commissary products and recipes. The front of the brochure includes an image of El Chico products.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[“El Chico Corporation Grows” article]
An article titled “El Chico Corporation Grows” from 1965. The article describes El Chico's origins, restaurant locations, and a captioned image of “Mama’s Boys” Alfred, Mack, Willie Jack, Gilbert, and Frank Sr. Cuellar.
Date:
October 1965
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Cuellar Family Genealogy]
A handwritten document depicting the Cuellar family genealogy.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[El Patio Café menu]
Menu for the El Patio Café run by Frank Cuellar Sr. in Shreveport, Louisiana. The menu includes food and beverage items as well as illustrations.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[“El Chico News” Volume 1, Number 1]
The “El Chico News” Volume 1, Number 1; the first printing of the El Chico Newsletter. The newsletter includes El Chico Corporate updates, a contest to name the newspaper, photographs, and a "letter to the editor."
Date:
August 1969
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Frank Sr., Julia, Yolanda and Mack Cuellar]
Photograph of two of the Cuellar brothers and their wives seated in a booth at El Chico. From left to right: Frank Cuellar Sr., Julia Cuellar, Yolanda Cuellar, and Mack Cuellar. There is a mural on the wall behind them that includes a native man and a woman.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Interior of the El Patio Café]
Photograph taken in 1945 of the interior of the El Patio Café in Shreveport, Louisiana. Individuals can be seen seated at tables, having a meal. The row of booths on the left side have poles with hats placed on them.
Date:
1945
Creator:
Grahams Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[National Restaurant Association Menu Idea Exchange Award]
An award from the National Restaurant Association for the "Menu Idea Exchange Award.” A hard-backed award certificate presented to the El Chico Corporation in 1968 for placing in the top ten menu designs.
Date:
1968
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Plaza Café menu]
A menu for the Plaza Café run by Frank Cuellar Sr. in Shreveport, Louisiana. The menu includes food and beverage items, illustrations and photographs.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Cuellar brothers demonstrating tortilla forming]
Group photograph of three of the Cuellar brothers demonstrating to guests how to form El Chico tortillas. From left to right: Willie Jack Cuellar, unknown man, unknown woman, Frank Cuellar Sr., Gilbert Cuellar, and an unknown man. They are all wearing aprons with the "El Chico" logo printed on them.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
Johnson, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[“Miracle of El Chico” article]
An article on the founding of El Chico from the "Texas Parade" magazine. The article includes photographs of the Cuellar brothers and one of their restaurants. The founding, family background, and evolution of El Chico are described in the article. The lower picture is Claude Cuellar & Willie Jack Cuellar serving Mexican to Princess Grace Kelly in Monaco in 1966.
Date:
March 1970
Creator:
Kaufman, Janice
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Frank Cuellar Sr. shaking hands with Glenn Jackson]
Photograph of Frank Cuellar Sr. shaking hands with Glenn Jackson, who is seated. There is a table next to them that contains El Chico Commissary canned and packaged goods. Both men are smiling and looking at one another.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library