Photograph of a brick manse with a young Mexican family standing on the porch. The front of the building is one long brick wall with a corner at the entrance. The primary wall has three tall windows and a screened door; two of the windows are coupled together. The wall coming out of the corner has two more shorter windows and another screened door. There is a simple wooden deck with no railing that runs along both walls. Stairs leading up to the deck connect to a sidewalk. The front yard is made up of sparse and patchy grass and a few trees and shrubs. The young Mexican family is standing in a group on the deck in front of the two doors. The family consists of a couple and their six young children. Handwriting on the back of the image reads, "Laredo - manse familia Olivares 8-51".

Photograph of the front entrance of a brick manse. The entance is located at a corner of the building. Two of the walls are facing toward the right side of the image, and the other wall that makes up the corner is facing the left side. On the first main wall on the left side, there are two windows visible and a screened door. On the wall facing the left side, there is another screened door and two shorter windows. There is a deck with no railing that runs along these two walls. Stairs leading up to the deck connect to a sidewalk that is in front of the building. There is a large tree in front of the building on the righthand side. In the foreground, the headlight and part of a bumper of a car is visible on the right. Part of the back of a car is visible on the far right in the foreground of the image. Handwriting on the back of the image reads, " Laredo, 1953 - Manse".

Photograph of a young Mexican family (identified as the Olivares family) standing in front of a brick house. The family consists of a couple and six young children. The family is standing in a row and looking at the camera. From left to right, there is a young boy and two girls of the same age, a slightly older boy, the mother holding a toddler, the eldest daughter, and the father. The two youngest girls are twins, and are both wearing the same skirts and white shirts. Everyone else is wearing light colored shirts and pants or shorts except for the eldest daughter, who is wearing a plaid dress and an apron, and the mother who is wearing a dress. The brick building behind them has two screened doors on either side of the corner. It also has two windows on the right side of the image. Shrubs are visible in the foreground. There is handwriting on the back of the image that reads, "Laredo - Olivares family Agosto 1951".

Photograph of a large group of Presbyterian women sitting at a long table and enjoying a formal group meal. All of the women are dressed in church-appropriate clothing, and many are wearing hats. The long table, which has a tablecloth, dishes with food, and several wine bottles on it, runs all the way into the background of the image. On the lefthand side of the image also in the background, there is a pillar and a buffet table with women standing behind it. There is a tall silver pot on the buffet table along withmore dishes and various condiments. There is a flower-printed curtain hanging on the wall in the background beside the table. Handwriting is visible on the back of the image; it reads, "Presbyterial Laredo 1951".

Photograph of the side of a large, light colored Hispanic Presbyterian church house. There is a large grouping of tropical trees and shrubs beside the house on the lefthand side of the image, including a tall palm tree at the front. There is also a tall electricity pole that is parallel to the palm tree. The steep stairs that lead up to the entrance of the church house are visible on the righthand side of the image along with the entrance itself. There is a sign above the door that reads, "IGLESIA PRESBITERIANA MEXICANA". There are more trees and another building visible on the other side of the church in the background. Writing on the back of the photograph reads, "Laredo 1953".