Legacies Project

Legacies Project - Capital District Latino

Images used in the Legacies Project section of Throughout the Ages.

Image. Capital District. Latino. Excerpt from the Amsterdam Evening Recorder, 1945.

Capital District. Latino. Excerpt, Amsterdam Evening Recorder, 1945.
Excerpt, Amsterdam Evening Recorder, June 15, 1945.

Image. Excerpt, Buffalo Courier Express, 1946.

Capital District. Latino. Excerpt, Buffalo Courier Express, 1946.
Excerpt, Buffalo Courier Express, February 17, 1946. Courtesy of the Erie County Public Library.

Image. Excerpt, U.S. Amendment of Contract to Employ and Transportation Agreement, 1943.

Capital District. Latino. Excerpt, U.S. Amendment of Contract to Employ and Transportation Agreement, 1943.
Excerpt, United States of America, Amendment of Contract to Employ and Transportation Agreement, July 24, 1943. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Image. Photo of the Camacho family, Amsterdam, 1953.

Capital District. Latino. Photo of the Camacho family, Amsterdam, 1953.
The family of Adelmo Camacho in Amsterdam, 1953. Courtesy of Tina Camacho.

Image. Interior of the Ernestina Dicoccio Bilingual Multicultural Day Care Center, Albany.

Capital District. Latino. Ernestina Dicoccio Bilingual Multicultural Day Care Center, Albany.
Interior of the Ernestina Dicoccio Bilingual Multicultural Day Care Center at Centro Civico Hispanoamerica, Inc. in Albany.

Image. Computers at the Ernestina Dicoccio Bilingual Multicultural Day Care Center, Albany.

Capital District. Latino. Ernestina Dicoccio Bilingual Multicultural Day Care Center, Albany.
The Ernestina DiCioccio Bilingual Multicultural Daycare Center at Centro Civico Hispanoamericano, Inc., in Albany has a full bank of computers for children to use.

Image. Lobby of the Centro Civico of Amsterdam, Inc.

Capital District. Latino. Lobby of the Centro Civico of Amsterdam, Inc.
The lobby of Centro Civico of Amsterdam, Inc. The new building was the first phase of the organization's urban renewal project.

Image. Easter Procession, Amsterdam, 1994.

Capital District. Latino. Easter Procession, Amsterdam, 1994.
Easter Procession, 1994. The Amsterdam Latino community sponsors a Reenactment of the Stations of the Cross procession each Easter. Photo from Evangelist, April 7, 1994.

Image. Photo of First Communion class at St. Michael's Church, Amsterdam, 1956.

Capital District. Latino. Photo of First Communion class at St. Michael's Church, Amsterdam, 1956.
Spanish-speaking children are among those receiving their First Communion at St. Michael’s Church in Amsterdam in 1956. Courtesy of Ana Velez.

Image. Excerpt, "Mexican Workers for United State Agriculture," 1953.

Capital District. Latino. Excerpt, "Mexican Workers for United State Agriculture," 1953.
Excerpt from “Mexican Workers for United States Agriculture.” U.S. Government Farm Placement Service. Pamphlet. U.S. Government Printing Office 1953. Migration Division Pamphlets, Collection of Centro Archives, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY.

Image. Amsterdam's 175th Anniversary Celebration Parade, 1979.

Capital District. Latino. Amsterdam's 175th Anniversary Celebration Parade, 1979.
Amsterdam Latinos participate in a parade during Amsterdam's 175th Anniversary Celebration, 1979.

Image. Photo of the Amsterdam Spanish American Club softball team, 1970s.

Capital District. Latino. Photo of the Amsterdam Spanish American Club softball team, 1970s.
Members of the Amsterdam Spanish American Club formed a softball team in the 1970s.

Image. Photo of a crowd of Mexicans registering for the U.S. Bracero program, 1943.

Capital District. Latino. Photo of a crowd of Mexicans registering for the U.S. Bracero program, 1943.
A crowd of Mexicans in Mexico City wait to register for the U.S. Bracero program, circa 1943. Photo taken by Hilda Mayer and printed in “Snapshots in a Farm Labor Tradition,” by Howard Rosenberg, Labor Management Decisions Volume 3, No. 1, Winter-Spring 1993. Available online at http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/lmd/html/winterspring_93/snapshots.html.