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| Newspapers.com, Evening Star (DC), 14 Apr 1926. |
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| Newspapers.com, Evening Star (DC). |
Back in July 2016, I wrote about
Francisco Suastegui, a great-grandson of my 6th-great-grandparents Jose Antonio Suastegui and Maria Ignacia Canete. In 1925, he was appointed as the commercial attache at the Mexican Embassy in Washington DC. His wife, Laura Vasquez, was a daughter of Adolfo Vasquez and Amelia Herras (and
Adolfo was a grandson of my 5th-great-grandfather,
Francisco Suastegui). I previously overlooked this article, highlighting a gala event hosted at the historic
Pan American Union Building in Washington DC. The building serves as the ceremonial headquarters of the Organization of American States. It is a grand building, one I have been in many times for meetings and events.
Reading the article, I can definitely imagine how the building hosted a glittering party of ambassadors & their wives, government representatives, conference delegates and others in mid April 1926. The article says Laura Vasquez de Suastegui wore a purple crepe gown with crystals.
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. OAS Hall of the Americas, 1 June 2016. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. OAS, 27 Jun 2013. |
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