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- Elderly man shaving, Chama, Colo.
- An elderly Hispanic American man, identified as Mr. Atencio, sits at a table in his kitchen and shaves in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. A coffee cup with a shaving brush and a small mirror are on the table. Kitchen cabinets are on the wall.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.;...
- 1950 September
- Jacal and new vigas, Chama, Colo.
- View of an adobe and log jacal probably near Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. New vigas (beams) lean against the building. A Hispanic American woman in a bonnet works in a field nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Huts--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.; Chama...
- [1950]
- Elderly Hispanic man near coyote fence
- An elderly Hispanic American man, probably Mr. Atencio, walks on a dirt road near a coyote fence (stick fence) near Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a shirt, ragged pants and a hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.; Wooden...
- [1950]
- Elderly woman in headscarf, San Luis, Colo.
- Portrait of an unidentified elderly Hispanic woman, probably of Native American descent from either San Luis or Chama in Costilla County, Colorado. She has a checkered headscarf over her gray hair.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- 1950 September
- Checking the mailbox
- A Hispanic American man and a teenage boy ride their horse toward a mailbox on a dirt road near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. A dog runs beside the horse. The metal mailbox is mounted on an upright logs. A wood and wire fence is along side...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding.; Teenagers.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American...
- 1950 September
- Bath time
- A young Hispanic American girls sits in a metal wash tub balanced on a chair and is bathed by her mother in Costilla County, Colorado. The girls has long dark hair. Her mother wears a dress. The room has wallpapered walls, a calendar hangs on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bathing.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- 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
- Santa Ana Fiesta, San Luis, Colo.
- Women pose by a fence probably at the Santa Ana Fiesta carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Cenaida Roybal Manzanares in a dark dress and her head covered with a manta leans on the fence. To her left is Francisca Manzanares Quintana,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Manzanares, Cenaida Roybal--Pictorial works.; Quintana, Francisca Manzanares--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- 1950 September
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sam Jr, barber shop in Globeville, Sam Maestas Jr.
- Samuel Maestas Jr. gives a customer a hair cut in his barber shop, "Sam's Barber Shop" in Globeville, Colorado. He wears a white barbers smock, barber equipment and supplies are in a case and on a counter behind him.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Barbers.; Barbershops.; Interiors.; Maestas, Samuel--Pictorial works.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1958
- 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]
- María Oralia "Orie" Durán Trujillo
- Studio wedding portrait of María Oralia "Orie" Durán Trujillo of Denver, Colorado. She wears a long, silk wedding gown with a scoop neck, trimmed in lace, a veil trimmed in lace and holds a bouquet of flowers. María married Filbert G....
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Brides.; Wedding clothing & dress.; Trujillo, María Oralia Durán, 1927-2003 ---Pictorial works.; Brides--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Louise Campa in Spanish dance costume
- Louise Campa, Lucille Campa, a well known dancer and teacher of Mexican, Spanish classical dance and flamenco, poses in a classical style Spanish dance costume. She wears a dark top and a silk scarf decorated with fringe, a full, mid-length,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress.; Dancers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa, Louise, 1919-2005--Pictorial works.; Clothing and...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Vocational students
- Portrait of students in the General Vocational Program at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The men crowd around the open hood of an automobile. The unidentified men wear jackets, hats and one...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [1953]
- Albie R. Duarte
- Freshman Albie R. Duarte poses by a chair in a room at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears a jacket and patterned tie.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Interiors.; Duarte, Albie R.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts
- View of the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a modified Territorial design with vigas and stepped pediments. The building has a two story central core with two wings and entrances covered with...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts...
- [1953]
- Women's physical education class
- Women in a physical education class pose in a large room at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The women are identified (left to right) as: Margie Cordova, Josephine Prezzia, Lucille Ortega, Sally...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Physical education.; Interiors.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- San Luis Institute chorus
- Students in the General Vocational Program pose inside the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. The men are identified as, Top row: Abel Rodriguez, Abel Rena, Jose A. Lucero, Raymond Muniz, and William...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Choral organizations--Pictorial...
- [1953]
- That hurt!
- A young Hispanic American girl cries as an unidentified physician gives her an injection at the San Luis Health Center in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. His nurse holds the girl's hand and comforts her.
- San Luis Health Center (San Luis, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clinics.; Injections.; Crying.; San Luis Health Center (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1950]
- Amarante Lopez
- Stdio portrait of Amarante Lopez, a student at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a coat and tie and has dark wavy hair.
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Students.; Lopez, Amarante--Pictorial works.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [1953]
- San Luis Institute chorus
- Members of the San Luis Institute chorus pose around an upright piano at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County), Colorado. Chorus members are identified as (top row): Mitchell Medina, Herbert Cordova, Salomon...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Women.; Choirs (Music).; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--Choral...
- [1953]
- Irene Arguello
- Portrait of freshman Irene Arguello, a student at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She sits in an arm chair and reads a book. A floor lamp and table are nearby. She wears a blouse, scarf, shirt,...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Clothing & dress.; Interiors.; Arguello, Irene--Pictorial works.; San Luis...
- [1953]
- Rueben Pacheco
- Portrait of Rueben Pacheco, a student in the General Vocational Program at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He stands beside a workbench, he wears a welding mask and leather gloves and holds a...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Pacheco, Rueben--Pictorial works.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- Freshman class officers
- Portrait of freshman class officers at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. They are identified (left to right) as: "Secretary-Treasurer: Irene Trujillo, Vice President Gene Medina, [and] President...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Clothing & dress.; Women.; Interiors.; Trujillo, Irene--Pictorial works.; Duarte,...
- [1953]
- Unidentified group in front of church door
- An unidentified group of students and adults poses in front of an wooden arched entrance to a church. The men women and teenage boys and girls stand or kneel on the concrete sidewalk in front of the building..
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American teenagers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Church doors--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1957?]
- Girl with hair rolled in rags
- A unidentified Hispanic American girl poses with her hair in rag curlers probably in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She looks over her shoulder.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- Padilla family
- Members of probably the Padilla family pose for a portrait with an unidentified older priest, in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Two of the women are nuns, and they wear habits. An older woman in a print dress and an older man in a white...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Priests.; Older people.; Nuns.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Priests--Colorado--Fort...
- [between 1950 and 1958?]
- Mass, Immaculate Conception Church, Chama, Colorado
- Hispanic American parishioners attend Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. The priest and altar boys stand in front of the multi-tiered altar with paintings of Christ and the Virgin Mary. A banner on a mast is...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Worship programs--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Elderly man eating lunch
- An elderly Hispanic American man, probably Mr. Atencio, eats his lunch in his home in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. he sits at table in front of a plate of beans and holds a spoon. He wears a denim shirt. His hat, an enamel cup, and a tortilla...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking.; Interiors.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Dinners and...
- [1950]
- Ted Rodriguez
- Studio portrait of Ted Rodriguez, a resident of Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. He poses in a dress shirt and patterned tie. His dark hair is parted on the side.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Rodriguez, Ted--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [1958?]
- Carlos Lopez at ferris wheel
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man, looks up at ferris wheel at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. Children ride the ferris wheel, women and teenage...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- 1950 September
- José Ramos Valdez
- José Ramos Valdez, an elderly Hispanic American, former postmaster of San Luis and owner of the Heraldo newspaper stands by a chair in the auditorium of the San Luis Institute in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He is balding, has a...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Valdez, José Ramos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older...
- [1950]
- Carlos Lopez watches dice game
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man (back row, center), watches a dice game at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. One man holds dice as a group of...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- [1950 September]
- Josephine Cardenas Lucero delivers mail
- Josephine Cárdenas Lucero, a mail carrier, leans our of her truck window to put a letter in a mailbox in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears glasses. The metal mailbox is on an piece of wood.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lucero, Josephine Cárdenas--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- Moises Vialpondo walks towards Chama cemetery
- An elderly Hispanic American man (right) and Moises Vialpondo, possibly his son, walk towards the cemetery in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. In the distance are the gate to the cemetery, crosses, tombstones and mountains.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Costilla County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Vialpondo, Moises--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- Jacobo Trujillo
- Studio portrait of Jacobo Trujillo, sons of Acacio Trujillo and half brother to Jose and Andy Trujillo. He poses with his hand on a bent wire chair and wears a cap, a long double breasted jacket, knickers and dark hose.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Boys.; Trujillo, Jacobo--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Acacio--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1959?]
- Sister Pauline Apodaca and her father
- Sister Pauline Apodaca poses in a living room with her father. She wears a blue habit and glasses. Her elderly father wears a shirt and tie. He has gray hair and eyeglasses
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Women.; Older people.; Apodaca, Pauline--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1969
- Tony Lucero family
- Studio portrait of Tony Lucero, a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, his wife and children. Shows the couple, two young boys, a girl and an infant. Tony and the boys wear coats and ties, his wife and the girls wear dresses.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Spouses.; Children.; Lucero, Tony--Pictorial works.; Lucero, Tony--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1950?]
- Rosenda Valdez and Emma Vigil Maes
- Two Hispanic American Women, Emma Vigil Maes (left) and Rosenda Valdez (right) sit at an event in the auditorium of the San Luis Institute in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Emma wears a scarf over her head and striped jacket with a pin on...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Maes, Emma Vigil--Pictorial works.; Valdez, Rosenda--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [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
- Moises Vialpondo at Chama cemetery
- Two men stand at the grave of Maria Ursulita Vialpondo in the cemetery in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. An elderly Hispanic American man stands with his hat in his hand. Beside him stands possibly his son, Moises Vialpondo. A large cross is...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Costilla County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Vialpondo, Maria Ursulita, 1877-1940--Tomb--Pictorial works.; Vialpondo, Moises--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1950]