Photograph of a group of people standing in front of First Mexican Presbyterian Church. The people are gathered together on the front lawn. One man is standing on the road in the foreground. The church behind the group is white with wood siding and round-arched windows. Small bushes line the edge of the front lawn.

Photograph of a group of men, identified as a presbytery, standing outside a church. The men are gathered on the lawn and dressed in suits and ties. Other men, women, and children are congregating behind the men. The church behind the people is a one-story building with white plaster walls.

Photograph of Reverend Alberto Luna and his wife exiting a house. Rev. Luna is dressed in slacks, collared shirt, and tie while Mrs. Luna is wearing a long, tan dress coat. The house behind them is white with wood siding and is described as being a manse. In front of the couple is a chain link fence surrounding the lawn. A large palm tree is in the left foreground.

Photograph of the side view of First Mexican Presbyterian Church. The building has white wood siding and a gray shingle roof. Windows are evenly spaced along the side of the building. In front is a low fence. Trees are visible on either side of the frame.

Photograph of the top of a heavily damaged church building. There is a short tower on the left-hand side that has a window with shattered panes. On the right-hand side of the image, an entire wall of bricks have been ripped off, making the wooden support beams and the inside of the church visible. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Antonio 1st. After fire 11-21-52".

Photograph of a row of broken windows in a dark and cluttered room. The windows are lined up on a wall that is on the right-hand side of the image. The light coming through the shattered windows from the outside illuminates silhouettes of various objects piled in the dark room. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Antonio 1st. After fire 11-21-52".

Photograph of five teenagers, three girls and two boys, at a convention at Divino Salvador in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1952. The date and location are identified on the back. They are standing between two cars, and on of the girls is standing in the open door of the white car on the left. There are trees and houses in the background.

Photograph of three ornately carved wooden chairs sitting against a decorative wood-grain wall. The tips of a potted plant is visible in the foreground, and there appears to be repeated motifs carved into the wall behind. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph.

Photograph of three ornately carved wooden chairs positioned atop a raised platform. The chairs are surrounded by a myriad of healthy-looking potted plants and shrubs. There is what looks like a rectangular patterned banner in front of the middle chair. Both the floor and the walls surrounding are made of wood. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "Mexican Church Mercedes 1952".

Photograph of a woman standing and looking at a section of a church. There is a man in front of the woman who is bent over, and they are both situated at the bottom left-hand side of the image. The building has numerous broken windows and charred bricks. There are steps leading up to a charred double-door entrance on the left. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Antonio 1st. After fire 11-21-52".

Photograph of the members of the Texas Mexican Presbytery. According to the information on the back, the gathering took place at El Divino Salvador Church in Corpus Christi, Texas in September of 1952. The men are posing in the church. There is a railing in front of them and a wall behind with a sign that says "Bien Venidos." Accompanying information identifies the following men by the numbers written on the photograph: 1. Rev. Jesse Leos, 2. Rev. J. F. Rojos, 3. Rev. Juan Cavacos, 4. Rev. R. D. Campbell, 5. Rev. Samuel Ramirez, 6. Rev. Ben Armendariz, 7. Rev. C. C. Acevedo, 8. Muñoz, 9. Rev. Isaac Olivares, 10. Jose Martinez, 11. Juan Veja, 12. Rev. Jose Martinez, 13. Manuel Garcia, 14. Isaac Morales, 15. Arcadio, 16. Rev. Francisco Rugerio, 17. Rev. Guadalupe Armendaril, 18. Rev. Jose De La Luz Guerrero, 19. Rev. Luis Hernandez, 20.Rev. J. B. Franco, 21. Pascual Guzman, 22. Rev. Juan DaLucios, 23. Rev. A. L. Sedden, 24. Issequias Pimentel, 26. Rev. Alberto Luna, 28. Manuel Quintania, 30. Rev. G. M. Valenzuela, 31. Rev. Diego Vera, 32. Esequil Caseres, 34. Rev. Bernarndino Del Pozo, 36. Rev. Ismaiel Maldonado.

Photograph of the front door of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana after a fire. The church is a red-brick structure with stained glass windows. Fire damage and black marks are visible on the walls and door. The church was burned on November 21, 1952.

Photograph of a window of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana after a fire. The church is a red-brick structure. Fire damage and black marks are visible on the exterior of the window and on the interior of the building. The church was burned on November 21, 1952.

Photograph of a church in Angleton, Texas. The church is a white wooden building with lots of windows. There are other buildings in the background, and there is a playground to the left.

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Beeville, Texas. The church is a large wooden building with a tower in front, and there is a fence around it. The building is identified on the back of the photograph and the date is 1953.

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Beeville, Texas in 1953. The church is a large wooden building with a tower on the front. There is a fence around the church.

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Beeville, Texas. The church is a white wooden building with a fence around it. The entrance in front is built to look like a tower. A building behind the church was the Pastors' manse. According to the information on the back, this photograph was taken in 1953.

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Beeville, Texas. The church is a white wooden building with a fence around it. The entrance at the front is built to look like a tower. There is a shed at the back of the building to the left and another building behind it. According to the information on the back, this photograph was taken in 1953.

Photograph of a large Hispanic Presbyterian congregation standing in a group in front of the entrance of a light-colored, wood-slatted church. The large group, which spans the length of the entire image, consists of men in suits, women in skirts and blouses, and children. Most of the people are looking toward the camera, however there are many people in the background walking around and looking elsewhere. There is a young boy in the foreground standing away from the group and posing with his eyes closed and his hands on his hips. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Antonio 1st. 50th Anniversary 1/4/53".

Photograph of a group of Hispanic choir women. The women are all wearing shiny choir robes and holding books, and the group spans the entire length of the image. There are four men wearing suits scattered in the background behind the women. The wall of a light-colored, wood-slatted building with a row of windows makes up the background. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Antonio, Central Presby. Choir - on day of 50 Anniv. 1-4-53".

Photograph of several Hispanic church-goers mingling in front of the entrance of a church. There are several small groups of men, women, and children visiting and talking to each other. The men are all wearing suits and the women are wearing blouses and skirts. There is a covered porch with a door that leads to the inside of the church in the background. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Antonio 1st 50th Anniversay 1-4-53".

Photograph of E.P. Castaneda and four girls on the porch of a house. Castaneda is dressed in slacks, button-down shirt, and tie. The girls are more casually dressed. Two of the girls are identified as his daughters while the other two are neighbor children. The house is white with wood siding and is identified as a manse for an unknown church. On either side of the porch are tall bushes with red flowers.

Photograph of the home of Dr. Rev. R.D. Campbell. The house is a one-story, red-brick building. A chain-link fence surrounds the front yard. To the left of the house is a building with cream-colored wood siding. That building has a white wooden lattice in front of it upon which flowers are growing. The road in front of the house is dirt.

Photograph of a Hispanic Presbyterian minister and his family standing in front of a wood-slatted house. The Reverend is standing next to his wife, who is holding a baby in a blanket and smiling at the camera. There is a young toddler girl standing at the Reverend's feet, and two slightly older boys standing to his right. The eldest daughter is standing behind the young boys and next to her father. The front porch entrance of the house is visible on the left-hand side of the image in the background, along with a fence and a part of the neighbor's house. The family is standing in front of a raised back porch. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "Palacios 1953 Left to right: Aarón Raúl, Jonatán, Aurora, Rev. Bernardino del Pozo M., Margarita, Aida, Sra. M. N. del Pozo"