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Alonso S. Perales Awarded the Medal of Civil Merit
Alonso S. Perales Awarded the Medal of Civil Merit
TitleAlonso S. Perales Awarded the Medal of Civil Merit
CreatorJoe Bacon Photographs, San Antonio, Texas
DescriptionPosed photograph of Alonso S. Perales, second from left, being awarded the Medal of Civil Merit from the Spanish government, granted by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Also pictured are, from left, Dr. Carlos E. CastaƱeda, historian and author, the diplomat from the Spanish Consul in Galveston, Texas presenting the medal, and the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, the Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey. The ceremony took place at Our Lady of the Lake college in San Antonio, Texas.
DateMarch 20, 1952
Original Item Extent21.59 x 25.40 cm
GenreBlack and white photographs
ConferenceIn Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican American Public Intellectuals
Subject (Name)Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960
Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975
Castaneda, Carlos, 1931-1998
Lucey, Robert E.
Subject.Topical (AAT)awards
archbishops
authors
Subject.Topical (LCSH)Mexican Americans
Medals--Spain
Subject (Geographic)San Antonio, Texas
Original CollectionAlonso S. Perales Papers, 1898-1991 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=436
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
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