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[Contact sheet of Site of Orcoquisac and La Placita Market]

Contact sheet of images on a roll of film shot of Site of Orcoquisaz and La Placita Market in Houston, Texas, identified on the back with handwritten notes. The first row of images are of a grassy area edged by trees; the second and third rows of images include grassy areas, water and a lake, surrounded by trees. The fourth row includes images of water edged by trees, and two of men (identified as Kevin Ladd and Harry) standing in grassy areas; one of the men is holding an object and gesturing to his left. The fifth row includes two images of water surrounded by trees; the third image includes a building with a sign that says "La Placita Farmer's Market" with additional advertisements in English and Spanish, and a man is walking on the sidewalk next to the business. The final three images include storefronts of businesses that have signs in Spanish.
Date: July 1987
Creator: Kerek, T.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Manuel Urbina to Thomas H. Kreneck - 1986-11-17] (open access)

[Letter from Manuel Urbina to Thomas H. Kreneck - 1986-11-17]

Letter from Manuel Urbina, II, to Thomas H. Kreneck, Director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, dated November 17, 1986. The letter accompanied Documents No. VII A and VIII A, which had been omitted from a previous donation of Manuel Urbina's documents by his family. Urbina also sends Kreneck copies of photographs of the ceremony at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center.
Date: November 17, 1986
Creator: Urbina, Manuel
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Manuel Urbina to Thomas H. Kreneck - 1986-10-31] (open access)

[Letter from Manuel Urbina to Thomas H. Kreneck - 1986-10-31]

Letter from Manuel Urbina, II, to Thomas H. Kreneck, Director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, dated October 31, 1986. The letter accompanied seventeen documents and two folders containing information on the life and work on Reverend Manuel Urbina, of the Magnolia Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. The donation to the Houston Metropolitan Research Center also includes a book written about Urbina by his widow, Irene Salce de Urbina.
Date: October 31, 1986
Creator: Urbina, Manuel
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Manuel Urbina from Sally Peck - 1985-10-08] (open access)

[Letter to Manuel Urbina from Sally Peck - 1985-10-08]

Letter from Sally Peck, Director of Financial Development of the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, to Manuel Urbina, II. Reverend Urbina had sent a donation of $246 to the American Red Cross form the Reverend Manuel Urbina Memorial Foundation, Inc. Peck thanks Urbina for the foundation's donation for the victims of the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake.
Date: October 8, 1985
Creator: Peck, Sally
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Innauguration of The Reverend Manuel Urbina Memorial Foundation, Inc. (open access)

Official Innauguration of The Reverend Manuel Urbina Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Remarks by Irene Salce de Urbina at the official inauguration of the Reverend Manuel Urbina Memorial Foundation, Inc. A listing of the Founder, Salce de Urbina, and the trustees, including Manuel Urbina, III, is included.
Date: July 21, 1985
Creator: Salce de Urbina, Irene
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant and street parking, 1984]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant and its parking lot. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, courtyard entrance]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, front entrance]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, front entrance from across the street]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant's front entrance. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof. Large billboard advertising Sprite is visible in the background.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, front view]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant taken from the opposite street corner. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, plaque]

Photograph of commemorative plaque hung outside of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, view from opposite street]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant taken from the opposite street. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, view of front entrance]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anita Restaurant, view of street entrance]

Photograph of the Santa Anita Mexican Restaurant. White stucco building with red-clay tiled roof. Central Bank building and a billboard advertisement for Sprite visible in the background.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voter Registration card for Rudolph C. Vara, 1982] (open access)

[Voter Registration card for Rudolph C. Vara, 1982]

Voter Registration card for Rudolph C. Vara, 1982. Card valid from March 1, 1982-Feb. 29, 1984. His address is given. Card has his signature.
Date: March 1, 1982
Creator: Harris County (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement between Ray D. Hetrick and Richard and Patricia Darville, October 1, 1981] (open access)

[Agreement between Ray D. Hetrick and Richard and Patricia Darville, October 1, 1981]

Document detailing the terms of a loan agreement between Ray D. Hetrick and Richard and Patricia Darville. Hetrick will pay the Darville $1,600 over a period of 16 months, with no interest.
Date: October 1, 1981
Creator: Hetrick, Ray D.; Darville, Richard & Darville, Patricia
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of members of Houston LULAC Council Number Sixty, 1981] (open access)

[List of members of Houston LULAC Council Number Sixty, 1981]

LULAC, Council no. 60, list of members for the quarter ending, March 1981. Gives the name, phone number, address and initiation. The officers for 1981-1982 are given.
Date: March 31, 1981
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program for the dedication ceremony for Biblioteca at the Magnolia Baptist Church] (open access)

[Program for the dedication ceremony for Biblioteca at the Magnolia Baptist Church]

Program for the dedication ceremony for Biblioteca at the Magnolia Baptist Church, on November 27, 1980. The Biblioteca was dedicated to Rev. Manuel Urbina, who had served at the Magnolia Baptist Church for many years. On the back of the program is a poem by Irene Salce de Urbina.
Date: November 27, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of members of Houston LULAC Council Number Sixty, 1980] (open access)

[List of members of Houston LULAC Council Number Sixty, 1980]

LULAC, Council no. 60, list of members for the quarter ending, March 1980. Gives the name, phone number, address and initiation. The officers for 1980-1981 are given.
Date: March 29, 1980
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voter Registration card for Rudolph C. Vara, 1980] (open access)

[Voter Registration card for Rudolph C. Vara, 1980]

Voter Registration card for Rudolph C. Vara, 1980. Card valid from March 1, 1980-Feb. 28, 1982. His address is given. Card has his signature.
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Harris County (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Toby P. Hernandez to McCane-Sondock Security - 1979-08-13] (open access)

[Letter from Toby P. Hernandez to McCane-Sondock Security - 1979-08-13]

American Legion letter dated Aug. 13, 1979 to McCane-Sondock Security. This letter is about B. F. Rader having been voted out of the organization and his pass card needs to be cancelled and Mr. Joe Garcia replacing him as part of the American Legion Building Corp. He needs to be issued a pass card as does Joe Garcia, Leticia Salazar and Evangelina Allen.
Date: August 13, 1979
Creator: Hernandez, Toby P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter authorizing Dolores Hernandez to travel with Mr. & Mrs. Porfirio Beltran] (open access)

[Letter authorizing Dolores Hernandez to travel with Mr. & Mrs. Porfirio Beltran]

Letter to the State of Texas, Harris County, from Toby P.Hernandez authorizing his daughter, Dolores R. Hernandez, to travel with Mr. And Mrs. Porfirio Beltran.
Date: August 3, 1979
Creator: Hernandez, Toby P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Toby P. Hernandez to Dorris Danner - 1979-05-10] (open access)

[Letter from Toby P. Hernandez to Dorris Danner - 1979-05-10]

Letter from Toby Hernandez to Dorris Danner regarding hotel reservations at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel. The reservations are for the 1979 LULAC convention June 13-17, 1979.
Date: May 10, 1979
Creator: Hernandez, Toby P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to the American Legion’s "Annual Hawaiian Luau Post Dance” - 1979-04-24] (open access)

[Invitation to the American Legion’s "Annual Hawaiian Luau Post Dance” - 1979-04-24]

Letter announcing the American Legion’s “Annual Hawaiian Luau Post Dance” on Sat. May 19, 1979.
Date: April 24, 1979
Creator: Hernandez, Toby.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History