Photograph (interior) of Mexican Ward School boys' outhouse (toilet facility) in Mathis, Texas. Photograph labeled S-11. Annotation reads "Shows the incredible, insanitary conditions in the boys' toilet of the Ward School, a condition which would never be allowed or tolerated in the Anglo American system. The feces nearest the door are fresh and certainly constitute a menace to health by their accessibility to the flies and rats in the vicinity." See other Mathis photographs for context. Photograph identifier sanmat13.
Creator/Contributor:
Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940s
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
negatives (photographs), still image, and photographs
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
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Language:
not applicable
Topic:
Discrimination in education--Texas, Mexican Americans, Mexican American children--Education--Texas, Public schools--Texas, and School buildings--Texas
Place Name:
Mathis (Tex.)
Geographic Coverage:
United States (country), Texas (state), and San Patricio County (county)
General Note:
Part of Series V. Photographs, 1930s-1966 of the George I. Sánchez Papers. Photographs documenting conditions in schools for Mexican American children as part of "A Study of the Educational Opportunities Provided Spanish-Name Children in Ten Texas School Systems" by Virgil E. Strickland and George I. Sánchez (1948). This study preceded a successful District Court decision, Delgado v. Bastrop ISD, which led to desegregation of Texas schools for Mexican American children.
Citation Note:
George I. Sánchez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin