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Holy Family Church, 1950s

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"Father Jose de Jesus Vega is surrounded by the families who attended and help build La Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) church in the 1950s. Altar boys are in the middle. The choir is on the left. Father Vega established the Episcopal mission in…

Holy Family Float, 2000

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Holy Family Church of East McKinney took part in the Mexican Independence Day Celebration with the La Escuelita (The Little School) Float.

Holy Family School, 1997

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"Manuela Ponce reads a story to students at Holy Family School in 1997. the non-profit, non denominational school was started in the 1950s as :a escuelita, the Little School, in Old McKinney's La Loma neighborhood."

Honoring of Previous Fiesta Queens, 2000

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Previous Fiesta Queens standing side by side at the 2000 Mexican Independence Day Celebration in Downtown McKinney.

Indoor Cultural Performance, 1987

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An indoor performance with the performers dressed in cultural dress.

Juliana Quiroz with McKinney Monarch Butterfly, 2021

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Juliana Quiroz staning next to a monarch butterfly at McKinney’s 2021 Dia de los Muertos celebration in Glenn Mitchell Park.

La Loma Children, 1959

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"La Loma residents Onesma Garcia, Margarita Carranza, Anita and Gilda Garcia dressed in their Easter best in 1959. The open space behind them looks south to Virginia Street and beyond."

Maricela Hernandez & Amy Garza, 2000

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Previous Fiesta queens Maricela Hernandez and Amy Garza posing together before the 2000 Mexican Independence Day Celebration.