{"id":2252,"date":"2013-12-11T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/?p=737"},"modified":"2013-12-11T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T12:00:29","slug":"lulac-christmas-party-early-1960%e2%80%b2s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2013\/12\/11\/lulac-christmas-party-early-1960%e2%80%b2s\/","title":{"rendered":"LULAC Christmas party, early 1960\u2032s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-739\" alt=\"xmas1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas1-300x227.gif\" width=\"243\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-740\" alt=\"xmas2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas2-300x226.gif\" width=\"243\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-741 aligncenter\" alt=\"xmas3\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas3.gif\" width=\"466\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-742\" alt=\"xmas4\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas4-300x226.jpg\" width=\"164\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-743\" alt=\"xmas5\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas5-300x239.jpg\" width=\"164\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-744\" alt=\"xmas6\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas6-300x226.jpg\" width=\"164\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-738 aligncenter\" alt=\"xmas7\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/xmas7.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s History Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>As part of its project to document the history of Iowa Latinas and their families, the Iowa Women\u2019s Archives preserves and makes accessible the records of the LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) Council 10 of Davenport, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Mexicans arrived in Iowa as early as the 1880s, and by the 1920s boxcar communities had grown up near railroad yards in towns such as Fort Madison, Davenport, and Bettendorf.\u00a0During the mid-20th century, second- and third-generation Mexican Americans fought for civil rights through organizations such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulac10.org\/\" >Davenport\u2019s LULAC Council 10<\/a>, founded in 1959 and still going strong today.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured here is a LULAC Christmas party from the early 1960s, showing a blend of traditional activities such as pinata games alongside an early example of what has become an internet phenomenon \u2014 the \u201cScared of Santa\u201d photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/latinas\/\" >Iowa Digital Library: Mujeres Latinas Digital Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collguides.lib.uiowa.edu\/?IWA0733\" >Iowa Women\u2019s Archives: Guide to the LULAC Council 10 records<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/mujeres\/\" >Iowa Women\u2019s Archives: Mujeres Latinas Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>*This post is duplicated from the <a href=\"http:\/\/iowawomensarchives.tumblr.com\/post\/69723411416\/womens-history-wednesday-as-part-of-its-project\" >Iowa Women&#8217;s Archives Tumblr<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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