Customer Communication:

ID: 2832 ~ Source: Cintron, Margie Lopez. Interviewed by Elinor Mazé, November 11, 2006, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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Margie Lopez Cintron recounts shopping at Monnig’s Department Store with her grandmother, a native-Spanish speaker. Though they enjoyed shopping on Austin Avenue, the store lacked bilingual workers, and her grandmother struggled to communicate with employees.

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By Allie Roberts
For many immigrants throughout the 1800s, the United States seemed to be a land filled with promise. Texas, in particular, appeared to be a place where dreams could be fulfilled. Otto Monnig, a Prussian immigrant to Missouri, believed this to be…