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Mexican Farm Workers, Edinburg, TX, 1939. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Graciela Perez-Gutierrez

Graciela Perez-Gutierrez performing with Machito Grillo, 1947. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. Graciela, born in Havana, Cuba, in 1915, has been called the "First Lady of Latin Jazz." Her brother, Francisco Raul Gutierrez Grillo, known as Machito, encouraged her to sing with him.

1940 Census in Puerto Rico

In this photograph, a census worker takes the census in Puerto Rico in 1940.