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Portrait of Rafael and Concepcion (Connie) Lopez, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. Mr. Lopez served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and he later worked as a civil service barber at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. Beginning in 1963, the couple owned and operated Connie's Mexico Cafe in Wichita.
Date: Between 1950 and 1955
Item Number: 211083
Call Number: B Lopez, Rafael *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211083
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Barbers and beauticians
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Cooks
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Restaurant workers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Hispanics
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Photographs
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