Manuel Quiles Films
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Creators:
Wood, Priscilla
Quilles, Mario
Quiles, Manuel, 1908-1989
Dates:
1944-1947
Size:
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0765
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Home movies documenting various events in a small, close-knit, South Bronx, New York community of Puerto Ricans who came to the mainland U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s. The films depict birthdays, weddings and Christmas celebrations.