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Free to Use and Reuse: Hispanic Heritage Month

Selected images represent the historical experiences and achievements of people with Latino and Hispanic roots across the United States. A formal celebration of Hispanic heritage occurs each year in the United States between mid-September and mid-October. Unless otherwise noted, the images here are from the Prints & Photographs Division.

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  Cuban singer La Lupe performing in New York City. Photo by Charlotte Brooks, 1970

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  Mexican migrant labor in Arizona: in unity there is strength : la union hace la fuerza. Poster by Wm. Jeffrey Hartter, 1976

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  Questa, New Mexico. Grade school. Photo by John Collier, 1943

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  Little Haiti, Miami, Florida. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2020

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  Luis V. Gutierrez during a news conference in support of the Community Reinvestment Act. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell, 1999

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  Young man with Puerto Rican flag. Photo by Frank Espada, around 1970

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  Buffalo, New York, artist and educator Betsy Casañas was invited to create this mural celebrating the contributions made by the region's Hispanic and Latinx communities. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2018

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  Mexican migrant woman harvesting tomatoes. Santa Clara Valley, California. Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1938

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  Scene from a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexico," Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2014

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  Representative Loretta Sanchez speaking at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus press conference outside the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Maureen Keating, 1997

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  Puerto Ricans demonstrate for civil rights at City Hall, New York City. Photo by Al Ravenna, 1967

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  Boricua: Escucha a la voz de tu comunidad, escucha a Palante en radio. Listen to the voice of your community, listen to Palante on radio. Poster, 1971

• Virgie's Mexican Food sign, Grants, New Mexico. Photo by John Margolies, 2003

• UFW Boycott lettuce. Poster from the 1970s

• Day of the Dead mural on a utility box, Roswell, New Mexico. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2018

• Actor Edward James Olmos (center) meeting with Senator Bob Dole (right). Photo by Roll Call, 1972

• Dolores Del Rio mural by artist Alfredo de Batuc in Hollywood, California. SPARC Neighborhood Mural Program. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2012

• Ramon Novarro. Portrait photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1934

• A portion of artist Melchor Ramirez's mural honoring Chicano activist Cesar Chavez. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2018

• Interview with Cesar Chavez. Photo by Marion Trikosko, 1979.

• Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. Photo by Lewis Hine, 1915

• Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. Photo by Lewis Hine, 1915

• Rosa Covarrubias. Portrait photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1932

• Mexican family. Brawley County, Imperial Valley, California. Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1935

• Daughter of Mexican field laborer. Near Chandler, Arizona. Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1937

• Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California. Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1937

• Mexicans entering the United States. United States immigration station, El Paso, Texas. Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1938

• Removing the meats from cracked pecans. Non-union pecan shelling plant. San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Russell Lee, 1939

• Mexican pecan shellers cracking nuts, non-union plant. San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Russell Lee, 1939

• Wagon Mound, New Mexico. Spanish-American family waiting at the gate at Bean Day Rodeo. Photo by Russell Lee, 1939

• Native dance by Spanish-American. Fiesta, Taos, New Mexico. Photo by Russell Lee, 1940

• Spanish-American girls, Chamisal, New Mexico. Photo by Russell Lee, 1940

• Rice in a lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico? Photo by Jack Delano 1942

• Senor Vigues, wife and 5 children - live in this homemade shack opposite American-Mexican "Jim Crow" housing project, "Santa Rita." Photo, 1942

• Stockton (vicinity), California. Mexican agricultural laborer topping sugar beets. Photo by Marjory Collins, 1943

• Chacon, Mora County, New Mexico. A Spanish-American rancher. Photo by John Collier, 1943

• Penasco, New Mexico. A dance. Photo by John Collier, 1943

• Zoot suiters lined up outside Los Angeles jail en route to court after feud with sailors. Photo by Acme Newspictures, 1943

• Celia Cruz, on stage. Portrait photograph, 1962

• Ybor Cigar Factory, Tampa, Florida. Photo by Walter Smalling, Jr., 1979-1980

• Gutierrez Building, 1603 East Seventh Avenue, Tampa, Florida. Architectural drawing, 1973

• Olvera Street in the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, California. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2012

• Mural on side of La Chiquita Bakery depicting Mexican-American family life in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2014

• Artist James de la Vega's mural painting of Pedro Pietri, Harlem, New York. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2018

• Little Haiti, Miami, Florida. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2020