Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose outside their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right, on the front stoop: Ramon and Carolina...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Restaurants.; Alcaro family--Pictorial works.; Gonzales...
- [1958]
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose on the porch of their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Top row: Celia, Arnold, Marta, Ray...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Restaurants.; Gonzales family--Pictorial works.; Casa Mayan (Denver,...
- [1958]
- Helen Ankele, calling bingo
- Helen Ankele, a teenage student, sits in front of an electric bingo board at St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. She is in front of an electric console and microphone. She wears a blouse and earrings.
- St. Cajetan's School (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bingo.; Teenagers.; Ankele, Helen--Pictorial...
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- Floria and Lucy Herrera
- Lucy Herrera poses with her daughter, Floria Herrera in front of St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Floria wears a first communion dress and veil, her mother wears a long jacket and a skirt.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mothers.; Girls.; Herrera, Lucy--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Floria--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1952]
- Johnny Baca
- Photo booth portrait of Johnny Baca a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The twelve year old boy wears a t-shirt and a v-neck sweater.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Baca, Johnny--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1952 and 1960?]
- Children and Christmas tree
- Children group around a Christmas tree on Christmas day in a living room in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right as: (back row) Bobby Herrera and Lydia Herrera, (front row) Dolores Herrera, Evelyn Olguin,...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Christmas trees.; Herrera family--Pictorial works.; Olguin family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1957 December 25]
- Herrera and Olguin children
- Group portrait of children from the Herrera and Olguin families, residents of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified: top back: Agnes (Ness) Olguin; middle row: Manuel Olguin, Dolores Herrera, Tommy Herrera, and Gloria...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls.; Boys.; Herrera family--Pictorial works.; Olguin family--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1956 November 8]
- Bobby Herrera
- Studio portrait of Bobby Herrera, a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The 3-years-old, sits in a wooden high chair, he wears shorts, a short sleeved shirt, laced boots, and striped socks. He has curly hair.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1952 and 1960?]
- Wedding, St. Cajetan's
- Interior view of the wedding of Lupe Morales and Gene Vigil at St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The couple kneel in front of the altar, shows religious paintings and statues....
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Brides.; Grooms (Weddings); Weddings.; Morales, Lupe--Pictorial works.; Vigil, Gene--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1950
- Magdalena Gallegos
- Portrait of Magdalena Gallegos as a young woman, the local historian and author poses with her hands on her hips in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Authors.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- 1954
- Baby Mary Trujillo with a basket
- Nine month old Mary Trujillo, a fourth generation resident of the Auraria neighborhood, hangs on to a basket in the yard of her house at 943 1/2 10th (Tenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows a wooden fence and flagstones.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baskets.; Girls.; Infants.; Trujillo, Mary--Pictorial works.; Baskets--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1956
- Mary L. and Shirley Trujillo
- Shirley Trujillo holds her niece Mary L. Trujillo in front of a coal shed in the backyard of her house at 943 1/2 10th (Tenth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shirley, a teenager, wears a jacket and jeans. The baby wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls.; Infants.; Teenagers.; Trujillo, Shirley--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1956
- Ness Olguin and Bernadine Herrera
- Ness Olguin sits behind Bernadine Herrera and holds a book for her to look at near the front door of a house at 1105 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Bernadine, an infant girl, sits in a child's rocking chair, she...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Infants.; Women.; Herrera, Bernadine--Pictorial works.; Olguin, Ness--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1958]
- Ness Olguin, David Herrera and Mike Arrigon
- Ness Olguin holds infant David Herrera and has her hand around the neck of Mike Arrigon, a young boy near a fence and the sidewalk at 1117 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Parked cars are nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Infants.; Women.; Arrigon, Mike--Pictorial works.; Herrera, David--Pictorial works.; Olguin,...
- [1953?]
- Juanita Lopez and Marcelina Morales and sons
- José "George" Lopez, has his arm around his mother Juanita Lopez, and Bonifacio "Lee" Morales, stands with his mother Marcelina Morales in an unidentified location. Juanita Lopes wears a print dress and glasses. Marcelina Morales wears a dark...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Interiors.; Women.; Lopez family--Pictorial works.; Morales family--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- Pauline and Phyllis Morales
- Pauline and Phyllis Morales pose in front of an unidentified house in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Pauline wears a sleeveless striped blouse. An unidentified young girl looks on.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Women.; Morales, Pauline--Pictorial works.; Morales, Phyllis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Morales family members
- Women, members of the Morales family, pose inside 1057 8th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified, left to right , as Guadalupe "Lupe" Morales, Gabriela Francisca "Gail" Morales, Felipa María "Phyllis" Morales...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Women.; Morales family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- May crowning, Young Ladies Sodality meeting St. Cajetan's Catholic Church.
- Mexican Americans Frances Roybal, Sadie Gomez, and Marion Salas, members of the Young Ladies Sodality crown the statue of the Virgin Mary on May Day in Saint Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver,...
- Catholic Church--Rites & ceremonies--1950-1960.; St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Rites & ceremonies.; Teenagers.; Women.; Catholic Church--Liturgy--Pictorial works.; St. Cajetan's Church...
- 1952
- Young Ladies Sodality meeting St. Cajetan's Catholic Church.
- Members of the Young Ladies Sodality pose for a group portrait in at St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: back row: Ida Navarez, Marion Salas, Magdalena...
- St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Teenagers.; St. Cajetan's Church (Auraria, Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Confraternities--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1951
- Hank Enrique Roybal 11th Street.
- Hank Enrique Roybal sits on the front steps of the porch at his home on 11th Street, in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. He has his hair cut short and wears a polo shirt and jeans with the bottoms rolled into cuffs. The wood frame...
- Porches.; Teenagers.; Roybal, Hank Enrique--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American teenage boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver,...
- [1953?]
- Viola Roybal Ford front St. Cajetan's Grade School.
- Viola Roybal Ford poses on the steps of St. Cajetan's Grade School with her diploma in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.
- Alumni & alumnae.; Women.; Ford, Viola Roybal--Pictorial works.; Elementary school graduates--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1953
- Cleotilde Rivera
- Cleotilde Rivera stands in front of her home at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The elderly woman wears a floral print dress and has curled, gray hair.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Older people.; Women.; Rivera, Cleotilde--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1950
- Pedro Rivera
- Pedro Rivera cuts a piece of metal with a large hacksaw on a sawhorse near 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He wears jeans, a leather jacket and a fedora hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawhorses.; Saws.; Rivera, Pedro--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Sawhorses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Sawing--Pictorial works.; Auraria...
- 1950
- Manuel Olguin and Bobby Herrera
- Manuel Olguin and Bobby Herrera, pose outside 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The boys pose in T-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes. They have their arms over each others shoulders.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Olguin, Manuel--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria...
- 1953
- Gloria Herrera and her grandmother
- Mexican Americans Gloria Rodriguez, née Herrera and her grandmother, Tillie Rivera, pose in front of a brick house at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Gloria wears blouse, skirt, sweater, bobby-socks and tennis...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Girls.; Grandparents.; Older people.; Rivera, Tillie--Pictorial works.; Rodriguez, Gloria--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1955
- Lourie and Stevie Herrera
- Lourie and Stevie Herrera pose outside a brick house at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Lourie wears bib overalls and a short sleeved shirt, his brother wears jeans, suspenders and a short sleeved shirt.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Families.; Herrera, Lourie--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Stevie--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1954
- Pete Baca, Bobby and Gloria Herrera, and Robert Marquez
- Children Pete Baca, Bobby Herrera, Gloria Rodriguez, née Herrera and Robert Marquez sit on the front steps at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Pete wears a striped shirt and shorts and has curly hair, Bobby...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver,...
- 1947
- Skip Lucero, Ernie Salazar and Skip Herrera
- Three young friends, Skip Lucero, Ernie Salazar, and Jim "Skip" Herrera, stand in front of St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Skip Lucero wears pleated pants and a suede leather jacket. Ernie Lucero wears a suit...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Teenagers.; Herrera, Jim--Pictorial works.; Lucero, Skip--Pictorial works.; Salazar,...
- [1953]
- Jim Gallegos, Jim Herrera and Bobby Martinez
- Teenage boys, Jim Gallegos, Jim Herrera and Bobby Martinez pose in front of an automobile at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Teenagers.; Herrera, Jim--Pictorial works.; Gallegos, Jim--Pictorial works.; Martinez,...
- [1955]
- Dolores and Tom Herrera
- Dolores and Tom Herrera stand in front of their home at 1117 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dolores watches as her younger brother Tom crosses his arms and gives a shy smile.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Smiling.; Herrera, Dolores--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Tom--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1958]
- Friends, Auraria neighborhood
- Five young friends, Paul Coleman, Robert Rosales, Manuel Olguin, Reuben Salazar, and Bobby Herrera stand at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Commercial buildings, a crane and trucks are in the distance.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Teenagers.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1955]