MANA de Kansas City Collection

An older Mexican American woman smiles as she sits on the lap of Santa Claus at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol. Santa is handing her a gift. Two other Mexican...

Santa Claus sits in a chair looking away from the camera as Mexican American men and women stand in a group around him during a Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees. Two Mexican American women...

Seven Mexican American women stand sideways in a line and look back to their left sides to smile at the camera at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. Freda Mendez-Smith is on the left side of...

Seven Mexican American women stand sideways in a line and look back to their left sides to smile at the camera at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. Freda Mendez-Smith is on the left side of...

Seven Mexican American women stand sideways in a line and look back to their left sides to smile and give a thumbs up at the camera at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. Freda Mendez-Smith is...

Seven Mexican American women sit at a banquet table finishing their meals at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. Other banquet participants can be seen seated at their tables behind...

Several Mexican American women and two African American women sit at a long table sharing a meal during an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol.

Several Mexican American women perform at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol by standing in front of a Christmas tree and reading from sheets of paper. The woman...

Seven Mexican American women and one Mexican American girl stand behind a piano with a three-ring binder on the music rack during the MANA Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees. Elizabeth...

Two Mexican American men and one Mexican American woman stand together at an unknown event. Sherry Martinez stands on the right looking to her right as a man with the first name of Lorenzo stands in...

Four African American women, one Mexican American woman, and two African American men sing around a piano that an unidentified white woman is playing at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. A...

Four African American women, one Mexican American woman, and two African American men sing around a piano that a white woman is playing at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. A brick wall and...

Four African American women, one Mexican American woman, and one African American man sing from behind a piano that an unidentified white woman is playing at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event...

An unidentified Mexican American woman stands with her hands folded by a podium as she glances to the right at a round table full of five Mexican American women at an unknown event at the Kaufmann...

Six Mexican American women line up and stand in front of a speakers area. The two in the center hold a framed certificate. A women behind them is stepping down from the speaking area. There is a flag...

Six Mexican American women sit around a coffee table in a living room, with many papers spread around the coffee table and floor, planning the national conference during the Summer of 1989. Sally...

Six Mexican American women gather around a chair in possibly a hotel lobby at an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. Three women sit in or on the arms of the chair. Three women stand behind the chair...

Six Mexican American women sit on lawn chairs wearing casual clothing and visit. Freda Mendez-Smith sits with her fingers entwined around her knee. To her left is Sally Ramos with her elbow resting on...

Six Mexican American women dine with one Mexican American man at a banquet table at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. A banner hangs on the wall that reads, "MANA de Kansas City...

Six Mexican American women stand in a line in front of a screen holding a present each and a certificate each during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event.

Six Mexican American women sit at a long table with a red tablecloth and turn their heads to smile at the camera during the MANA Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees. Their plates on the table...

Six Mexican American women stand in a line together as another Mexican American, possibly Sally Ramos, woman hands them a blue card at an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. The woman on the right side...

Six Mexican American women stand together and smile for a photograph as the woman in the center, Mary Estrada, holds a large plaque that honors past presidents of MANA de Kansas City during an unknown...

In a blurry photograph, six seated Mexican American women throw their heads back in laughter in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas on Hispanic Day on the Hill.

Two Mexican American women at the banquet table look at the camera and smile while two other Mexican American women and two Mexican American men look away an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards...