Title	Gregorio Chavez, Jr. with President Barack Obama, 2009
Owning Institution	Gregorio Chavez, Jr.
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Item ID	LFD2017_003_CHAVEZ_W_OBAMA_2009
Description	Gregorio Chavez, Jr. is pictured with President Barack Obama in 2009. The photo was taken at a Town Hall event at Concord Community High School in Elkhart, IN. President Obama made this visit during while the country was waiting on a economic stimulus bill to pass. Elkhart was a national symbol for unemployment and downturn in the manufacturing sector during the 2008 election – it had one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country.
Subject	Hispanic Americans Hispanic Americans--History Obama, Barack Presidents American flag
Date	2009-02-09
Time Period	2000s (2000-2009)
Geographic Location	Indiana--Elkhart County--Elkhart
Source Collection Name	Gregorio Chavez, Jr. Photographs
Source Collection Number	2017.0003
Digital Collection Name	Latino and Hispanic Heritage Collection
Digital Collection Number	dc095
Format of Original	Photographic print, color
Digital Format	JP2000
Resolution	600 ppi
Notes	IHS does not own the original material. This item was loaned for digitization.
Type	Image
Copyright Notice	Digital Image 2017 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
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