Sins of the Father

216 1/2 Fourth St. El Paso, TX. 79901

A critique on Mayor Tom Lea II, known to be a racist, classist, xenophobe and germophobe that implemented inspections, baths, and dehumanizing of the daily commuters from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, to El Paso, Texas circa 1917 and his influence reflected on his sons work Tom Lea III who often depicted favoritism to Anglos by use of Mannerism in his art.

Reference Photos : - Braceros by Leonard Nadel, from the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives

- Inspector as found in book “Ringsiide Seat to a Revolution” by David Dorado Romo

- Pass of the North mural by Tom Lea III as found in livingnewdeal.org

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Interpretation of Pass of the North mural Sponsored by the Works Progress Administration in 1938 painted inside the historic Federal Courthouse in El Paso, Texas.