Commemorative snapshot of soldier sons while on leave. Back, left to right: Levi Biggs Jr. and John Biggs. Front, left to right: Esther Rivas Jones and Richard J. Biggs. Photograph taken in Nogales, Arizona.
First national journalism convention. Santiago Rivas was publisher and editor of El Intruso, 1921-1969. The group portrait includes journalists and their guests. Santiago Rivas can be seen in the back row, second left.
Photograph of Juana Vásques Rivas taken in Nogales, Arizona. Inscription on the back reads, "To my dear grandson with all my love from your grandmother, Mrs. Juana H. Vásques." Photograph was originally taken on Mother's Day, 1944.
Dolores Rivas Biggs and her children. Back row: John Biggs, Levi Riggs Jr., and George W. Biggs. Front row: Bertha Biggs (Castillo), Dolores Rivas Biggs, and Richard J. Biggs. Photograph was taken in Nogales, Arizona.
Photograph of Levi and Dolores Rivas Biggs taken in Spring Lake, North Carolina, where Levi was stationed in 1941. Inscription on back of photograph reads, "Biggs and Lola when they were muy cantanto. Taken at Spring Lake, NC. Jan. 1941. These are…
Letters discussing life in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Letters were shared between cousins Virginia Marsh and Jeannie Reyes. This letter was written by Jeannie Reyes, who was living with Mrs. Villa, and sent to her cousin, Virginia Marsh.
Photograph of Reva Reyes, an entertainer. Her father was a lieutenant with Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution. This photograph was taken in El Paso, Texas and the newspaper clipping discusses a gig in Fort Worth, Texas. Image and clipping are in…
Isabel Martinez Pacheco, great grandmother to Carmella Scorcia Pacheco, sitting outside while playing with a kitten on a tire. Photograph taken in northern New Mexico, likely in El Guiche.
Epimenio Antonio (Tony) Pacheco attended the University of New Mexico. Pacheco's student activity card shows what life was like in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the university. His granddaughter is Carmella Scorcia Pacheco.
Photograph of Carmella Scorcia Pacheco's grandfather (Epimenio (Tony) Pacheco), great grandmother (Isabel Martinez Pacheco), and two children standing with an old car. The photograph was taken in northern New Mexico.
Postcard from Epimenio (Tony) Pacheco to his daughter Marie, son-in-law Robert, and granddaughter, Carmella Scorcia Pacheco. The postcard discusses travels in Spain and was mailed from Salamanca, Spain to Farmington, New Mexico in 1982.
Portraits of Maria (Tadino) Scorcia with her family. Photograph on the left depicts Maria (Tadino) Scorcia, her brothers and sisters, the mother of Maria Tadino Scorcia, possibly her father, and a small dog. The photograph on the left was taken in…