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This picture captures a group of refugees feeling the Mexican Revolution to the Texas border.

Memo from Texas Governor Allan Shivers addressing the Good Neighbor Commission.

List of Mexican refugees living in Laredo, including description of former profession, factions that these refugees support, and in some cases, whether or not these refugees are considered by the creator as "important."

A photograph of Babb with a migrant farmer and a girl after a win for the migrant farmers over a walnut strike in 1938.

A photo postcard. The front is a picture of Luis Hernandez and Carolina Villalongin de Hernandez. Luis Hernandez is the son of Encarnacion Hernandez and Antonia Pineda de Hernandez, the first two leaders of the Compania from 1848 to 1904. Carolina is…

A photograph of Babb and a hispanic migrant farmer after a win involving a walnut strike in 1938.

A mounted photograph of Concepción Hernández de Orozco, star actress in La Companía Cómico Dramática Carlos Villalongin. Daughter of Antonia Pineda Hernández and Encarnacion Hernández.
Photo mounted on large grey-blue backing with borders in…

Tom Collins on left, and Sanora Babb on right, hanging up material on a line in a migrant camp in either 1938 or 1939 while working for the Farm Security Administration.

Back Transcription:
"Book Tom Collins + Sanora Babb Migrants Camp…

A playbill advertising the Compania Comico Dramatica Carlos Villalongin performance of Tierra Baja. The cast is listed, highlighting the stars Concepcion Hernandez and Carlos Villalongin in the leading roles. The tickets cost 30 centavos each. The…

A picture of Carlos Villalongín, Mexican actor, director, and head of the Villalongín Dramatic Company 1904-1924.