Free to Use and Reuse: Hispanic Heritage
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 -
Mexican migrant labor in Arizona: in unity there is strength : la union hace la fuerza. Poster by Wm. Jeffrey Hartter, 1976 -
Questa, New Mexico. Grade school. Photo by John Collier, 1943 -
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2020 -
Luis V. Gutierrez during a news conference in support of the Community Reinvestment Act. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell, 1999 -
Young man with Puerto Rican flag. Photo by Frank Espada, around 1970 -
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 -
Mexican migrant woman harvesting tomatoes. Santa Clara Valley, California. Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1938 -
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 -
Representative Loretta Sanchez speaking at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus press conference outside the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Maureen Keating, 1997 -
Puerto Ricans demonstrate for civil rights at City Hall, New York City. Photo by Al Ravenna, 1967 -
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