Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bercu Sisters Advertisements, 1925-1936
The collection includes papers, records, correspondence, photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspapers and newspaper clippings, framed photographs, documents, quilts and needlework, Vaudeville costumes and instruments, books, and record albums.
Bercu Sisters at The Gold Palace, 1925
Photograph of the Bercu Sisters performing at the Gold Palace in Juarez, Mexico in 1925. Harryette Bercu is on the left wearing a tutu and Dorothy Bercu is wearing a costume with pants and a tall decorative helmet. Both girls are standing on their toes in ballet shoes. The sisters were part of the Orpheum Vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.
Oral History Interview with Francisco Uviña, 1979 August 14, 2006 November 15
Born in Durango; recollections of his chilhood and youth; job experiences; came to Ciudad Juárez in 1953; worked as a bracero in Pecos and Ysleta, Texas; accident while on the job; stories told to him by his father concerning the Mexican Revolution and smallpox in Mexico.
Oral History Interview with José Ramirez
Member of Otomi Indian tribe biographical data, including his family and life in the tribe; joined the Mexican Army as a young man; the Diaz-Taft meeting in El Paso in 1909' the Mexican Revolution; El Paso and Ciudad Juárez in 1920; labor experiences in Texas, Michigan, and Illinois; the Escobar Revolution and the Cristero Revolt.