Last week I had the opportunity to visit with art and history students at Burbank High School, my alma mater, to discuss San Antonio labor leader Emma Tenayuca and the pecan shellers’ strike. When ...
Thousands of workers at the Southern Pecan Shelling Company walked out of their jobs 87 years ago in what has become known as the Pecan Shellers Strike, the largest strike in San Antonio history. The ...
After years of workshopping and countless smashed pecan meats, Bland Quantz perfected a pecan-cracking machine. This is a modern version. The original prototype of the Quantz cracking machine is in ...