Photograph of the interior wall of a hand-dug well at Randado. The well is nearly 90 feet deep, and is lined with "sillares" (caliche blocks) all the way down to the caliche base.

Photograph of a "jacal de leña" on a ranch on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The thatched roof has been replaced with tin.

Photograph of an unidentified family posing outside the entrance to a jacal home. There is a man on the far left, holding a small dog and wearing a conical hat, two women in the middle, and a young child on the far right, standing near one corner of the house. The house behind them appears to have wood or mud walls with a thatched roof and the yard is enclosed by a stick fence. Handwriting on the back of the photo says "Typical 'jacal' found in the Rio Grande Valley up into the early 1900's. The 'jacal' was the home of the 'peón' class. John E. Connor Museum"

Photograph of an unidentified family posing outside the entrance to a jacal home. There is a man on the far left, holding a small dog and wearing a conical hat, two women in the middle, and a young child on the far right, standing near one corner of the house. The house behind them appears to have wood or mud walls with a thatched roof and the yard is enclosed by a stick fence. Handwriting on the back of the photo says "jacal in the Rio Grande Valley" and "Typical jacal found in the Rio Grande Valley up into the early 1900s. The jacal was the home of the peón class."

Photograph of a jacal home with a shingled roof. There is one door on the side of the house that is facing the camera, and another home is visible in the background.

Photograph of a jacal home with a thatched roof. A simple wooden fence surrounds the home.

Photograph of jacal va in Val Verde, Municipio de Ojinaga, Chihuahua. This particular jacal was used for storage. The walls between the horcones (corner and center posts) are made of adobe brick.

Photograph of José Varela seated in his backyard on a bench, holding one of his handmade images of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Photograph of the Lujáns of Loma de Juárez, a barrio of Malatta, making asaderas. A woman is rolling dough on a kitchen table, a man is shaping the dough from a bowl, and a child watches both of them.

Photograph of a man weaving a sheath. He is seated and wearing a cowboy hat, suspenders, and a plain white button down short-sleeved shirt. Tools and supplies sit on a small table next to him.

Photograph of a manual cornmeal grinder that is clamped to a small platform outdoors. Visible in the background is a small wooden crate and a broom resting against a wall.

Photograph of two men holding fiber for making rope. They are both sitting outside and facing each other. A third person sits in the grass by a cardboard box in the background.

Photograph of three men standing on a platform of an oil rig.

Photograph of a jacal de leña (mesquite jacal) along the Rio Grande. The walls and thatched roofs are supported by horcones (corner posts) that are set vertically into the ground.

Photograph of morteros (bedrock mortars) used by Native American Indians to grind corn. Shown are five of a total of twenty-one mortars that were found in an area of about 20 square feet.

Photographs of a jacal home, a close-up view of a wall of the jacal home, and a small home made of branches and twigs. In the picture of the jacal home, rotary tiller is visible in front of the house. The close-up view of the jacal home's wall shows that most of the boards are stacked parallel to the ground, with vertical beams added for support. The small home made of branches and twigs also has some corrugated tin siding, and a prickly pear plant is visible on the right side of the picture, along with a pile of branches, presumably to be used for firewood.

Photograph of some Native American ceremonial clothing hanging on a chain link fence.

Photograph of a close-up view of one end of a piece of handmade rope. The rope is knotted at the end, and the fibers past the knot are frayed.

Photograph of an outdoor shrine in Kingsville. The shrine consists of two religious images, one of which is in an enclosed case, and some floral arrangements. All of the items sit under an arched cover that is trimmed with Christmas lights.

Photograph of an outside wall of the home of Jesus Treviño, the founder of San Ygnacio, also called the Treviño Uribe Rancho. Two doors are visible on the wall.

Photograph of a group of people doing a Native American ceremonial dance while wearing traditional clothing. Some people who are not participating in the dance are sitting on blue benches in the background.

Photograph of two people holding Hispanic artifacts. They are standing side by side behind a small wooden table that holds another Hispanic artifact.

Photograph of three people making baskets indoors. Finished baskets hang in lines on the ceiling.

Photograph of people making chicharrones in San Carlos in 1979. The food is in a large pot outside, and someone is stirring it with a stick while another person watches.